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Biomechanical Analysis Methods to Assess Professional Badminton Players' Lunge Performance

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Published on: June 11, 2019

Entropy of Badminton Strike Positions.

Javier Galeano¹, Miguel-Ángel Gomez², Fernando Rivas³

¹Complex System Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)

|July 2, 2021

Summary

Badminton players exhibit high uncertainty in strike positions, yet favor specific court areas. Lower entropy in hitting patterns correlates with winning points, while random positions lead to losing points.

Keywords:

match analysis performance racket sports shannon entropy spatial entropy

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Sports Science
Biomechanics
Data Analysis

Background:

Understanding player movement and decision-making is crucial in sports performance analysis.
Entropy metrics offer novel ways to quantify uncertainty and patterns in player actions.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze badminton players' strike position distribution using standard and spatial entropy.
To correlate stroke positions and their entropy with point outcomes (winning/losing).
To evaluate the entropy of receiving positions.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 259 badminton matches, focusing on stroke positions and point outcomes.
Computation of standard entropy and spatial entropy for strike positions.
Identification of preferred court regions for striking.

Main Results:

High uncertainty was found in strike positions, with a preference for court corners.
Lower entropy in hitting patterns was linked to a higher probability of winning points.
Striking from more random positions was associated with a higher probability of losing points.

Conclusions:

Specific court zones are preferred despite overall positional uncertainty.
Predictive models for winning points can be developed by analyzing stroke position entropy.
Entropy analysis provides insights into strategic decision-making in badminton.