Statistical Analysis of Recent Rule Revision Effects for Tactical and Strategic Elements in Curling

Yutaka Kondo, Hitoshi Yanagi, Michal Ptaszynski, Shimpei Aihara, Fumito Masui, Fumito Masui

2023

Abstract

In this paper, PCA is performed on a set of tactical elements calculated by scoring opportunity analysis for the men’s and women’s Japanese Championships 2017, 2022, and 2023 with different rules. Curling is a winter sport called ”chess on ice”. Curling is considered as a system system consisting of multiple elements, which can be divided into three categories: physical, human and tactical. Among these, strategic and tactical factors are considered to be the most important in top-level competition. In addition, in the curling world, some rules are sometimes changed in order to improve players’ skills and tactics. In this study, we analyzed the changes in tactical factors due to the rule changes. As a result, it is considered that the nautical zone rule is not effective in men’s competitions. In the women’s competitions, scoring points by stealing became more important each time the rules were changed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kondo Y., Yanagi H., Ptaszynski M., Aihara S. and Masui F. (2023). Statistical Analysis of Recent Rule Revision Effects for Tactical and Strategic Elements in Curling. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS; ISBN 978-989-758-673-6, SciTePress, pages 70-81. DOI: 10.5220/0012178800003587

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports23,
author={Yutaka Kondo and Hitoshi Yanagi and Michal Ptaszynski and Shimpei Aihara and Fumito Masui},
title={Statistical Analysis of Recent Rule Revision Effects for Tactical and Strategic Elements in Curling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS},
year={2023},
pages={70-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012178800003587},
isbn={978-989-758-673-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS
TI - Statistical Analysis of Recent Rule Revision Effects for Tactical and Strategic Elements in Curling
SN - 978-989-758-673-6
AU - Kondo Y.
AU - Yanagi H.
AU - Ptaszynski M.
AU - Aihara S.
AU - Masui F.
PY - 2023
SP - 70
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0012178800003587
PB - SciTePress