Table 1.

Types of technical activity engaged in by players, and their operational definitions.

Groups	Parameters: Operational Definitions
Shots	Shot: An attempt to score a goal made with any (legal) part of the body, either on or off target. Shot on target: An attempt to score a goal which requires an intervention to stop it going in, or results in a goal/shot which would have gone in had it not been diverted.
Passes	Pass: A ball played intentionally from one player to another. pass accuracy: Successful passes as a proportion of total passes. Ball possession: The amount of time over which a team controls the ball during a game, from the moment the ball is taken on from the opposing team without any clear interruption, as a proportion of total time during which the ball is in play.
Dribbles	Dribble―an effort by a player in possession of the ball to maintain this status as he passes by a player of the opposing team. Successful dribbling denotes retention of the ball. Dribbling success―the number of successful dribbles (as set against all attempts by players to circumvent players of the opposing team).
Tackles	Tackle―an activity entailing the successful obtaining of a ball previously in the possession of a player from the opposing team. Tackling success―the number of successful interceptions of the ball of the above kind as set against all attempts to gain possession of the ball from members of the opposing team.