Scoring analysis of the men’s 2014, 2015 and 2016 world championship tour of surfing: the importance of aerial manoeuvres in competitive surfing.

Ferrier, Brendon; Sheppard, Jeremy; Farley, Oliver R. L.; Secomb, Josh L.; Parsonage, Joanna; Newton, Robert U.; Nimphius, Sophia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of aerial manoeuvres on scoring in professional surfing. 23631 waves were analysed for the number and types of aerial manoeuvres performed from the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Men's World Championship Tour. Additionally, the awarded score, timing and order of the aerial was also analysed. Descriptive statistics and Two Way ANOVA's were performed with Sidak Multiple Comparisons Post Hoc analysis. Results were a significantly higher score being awarded (P≤0.0001) when including an aerial in competition across all three seasons. In 2015 surfers were awarded a significantly larger score when performing an air reverse, compared to 2014 (P=0.0002) and 2016 (P=0.0057). Surfers were also awarded a higher score for the full rotation aerial in 2015 compared to 2014 (P=0.0177). In 2015 surfers performing forehand aerials were awarded a greater score than in 2016 (P=0.0113). The timing of the aerial and score awarded was significantly greater in 2015 as opposed to 2014 when the aerial was their final manoeuvre (P< 0.0001) and when surfers timed the aerial performance early within the heat (P = 0.0027). If a surfer incorporates an aerial manoeuvre during competition, generally speaking, they will be awarded a significantly higher score.

Citation

Ferrier, B., Sheppard, J., Farley, O. R. L., Secomb, J. L., Parsonage, J., Newton, R. U., & Nimphius, S. (2018). Scoring analysis of the men’s 2014, 2015 and 2016 world championship tour of surfing: the importance of aerial manoeuvres in competitive surfing. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1443747

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 12, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 22, 2018
• Publication Date: Feb 22, 2018
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 16, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Sports Sciences
• Print ISSN: 0264-0414
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-447X
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1443747
• Keywords: Notational Analysis; performance; Awarded Score; Coaching Impact
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1076190
• Contract Date: Mar 5, 2018