Low efficiency is a problem at all levels of competition, from the lowest level up to the largest, such as the World Cup. A large number of good opportunities for achieving goals are not realized, even in the situations 1: 1 with goalkeeper, and 1:0 without goalkeeper. The maximum efficiency of the FIFA World Cup was achieved in 1954 and amounted to an average of 5.38 goals per game. Despite the use of modern technology and research with thousands of football topics , the effectiveness on the last World Championship was 2.67 goals per game. Even 50% less than before sixty years!? Why is it so? Are the football researches going to the right direction ? Do we deal in our researches with essential and for football practice useful problems?
Isn't this analysis assuming that defense strength is similar? How many chances did each team have to score 5.38 goals per game?
My local five-a-side kick about usually ends up with 15 goals or more scored in an hour. Yet we are not more efficient than Real Madrid.
PS the research from these guys in the link might be of interest to you.
Dear Dominic,
I am interested in the research results of your local five-a-side kick and I look forward for new knowleges on the topic of football efficiency.
It is certain that better, stronger and more organized game in defense in modern football contributed for the reducing of efficiency (achieving goals) of the attackers. I have the information only for the average scored goals in the previous matches on the World Championships , but not for the total shoots on the opponent’s goal, for what you are interested. I suppose that some of the researchers was involved in this issue, but to me, for now it is not known.
Kind regards,
Football players in England (and I suspect many other countries) are more skilful, athletic, stronger, fitter and train harder than in previous decades. Football tactics have improved. Commentators/managers argue 'there are no easy games' and to some extent they have a point - we used to have matches between full time professionals v amateurs but these are much more rare in modern times. There is also much more scrutiny of players in multimedia forms than previously and children can learn skills from an early age. Thus the men v boys games that would produce enormous wins for one team are rare.
However, inefficiency as you describe it has always been there at the top level. A top striker might score better than one goal every two games but that would likely be from several chances. Weaker players have a significantly worse success rate.
There are lots of services now to analyse performance - look at opta stats for example. Sometimes these stats can be distracting for players. Teams can become obsessed with ball possession and/or overplaying at the expense of scoring goals - Arsenal football club for example have been accused of this over the last five year - searching for the perfect goal. Ultimately every goal is counted equally no matter whether it is a 25 player interchange of passes or a goalmouth scramble from one yard.
Dear Kevin,
Thank you for your anser and I have to say that I almost agree with you, but the assence of my question concerning the efficiency of the development players is something else.
For example, if we look at the research on the development of motor skills of the players (strength, speed, endurance ...) it is generally known what exercises should be used, how many series, how many reps, how long have to be the pauses , how many times a week and in what season must those exercises be applied.
I wonder what are the exercises that would develop the efficiency of players, and that their effect was tested scientifically. How many series, how many reps, how long have to be the pauses, how many times a week, and in what season should those exercises be applied ?
Kind regards
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