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FEATURE
REASONS FOR KICKPASS TURNOVERS
WHERE ARE TEAMS SHOOTING AND SCORING FROM?
109 KICK PASS TURNOVERS WERE OBSERVED***
232 TOTAL TURNOVER RECORDED
23 PER MINUTE GAME
TECHNICAL EXECUTION:
Misplaced, Rushed upon receiving ball, technical error.
RECEIVING ERROR:
Player receiving the ball fumbling, misreading etc.
50/50 BALL OR KICK PASS INTO CONGESTION: Kick passes
where the ball was lost in congestion or due to a player being tracked etc.
INTERCEPTED:
Defending player reading the play and intercepting.
CAUSATION OF KICKPASS TURNOVER
#
50 46%
10%
40%
4%
11
44
4
Interestingly, 42 (39%) of kick passes away came from a dead pass scenario (Excluding kick outs)
Review of the footage suggest that kick passes away from dead ball scenarios were due to players rushing
to get the ball moving again and not composing themselves and choosing the favourable option.
The data suggest that an average 20min game will see an average
of 23 turnovers. Turnovers in attack were most frequent.
This analysis correlates with what is found at senior level.
WHERE ARE TEAMS SURRENDERING POSSESSION?
WHAT CHANNELS DID TEAMS ATTACK FROM?
LEFT RIGHT CENTRE
% FROM TOTAL
6% 41% 53%
7-53% 10-34% 13-43%
1 9 12
The data suggests that an average 20min game will see an
average of 29 attacks. Attacking down the centre was the most
prominent, occurring 43% of the time. 13 times in 20 minutes.
34% of the time (10 times in 20 mins) teams attacked down
the right channel. Attacking down the left was least frequent,
occurring 23% of the time, 7 times in 20 mins.
SHOOTING FROM PLAY
SHOOTING FROM PLACED BALL
