TECH
What’s the Best Way to Score? An Investigation into GSOs, Zones of Possession & Effective Attack Strategies
Football academic and technical director Mark Scanlan has
completed a study to present statistical findings in an area of women’s football that hasn’t yet been explored.
To date, there’s very little published research on effective
As part of his academic journal produced at Edith Cowan
attacking strategies and the creation of goal scoring
University, Scanlan used Hudl and Sportscode to study
opportunities (GSOs) in women’s football.
video from all 52 matches in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. He assessed the factors related to the creation of GSOs
In this situation, a GSO is defined as a shot on target that’s either saved by the goalkeeper, cleared off the line by a defender, or goes in as a goal.
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April 2020
that led to success in the tournament.
