Research On Offensive And Defensive Tactics Of The Top Eight Women’s Water Polo In The 32nd Olympic Games

Water polo is a skill-driven,same-court rivalry event group in which tactics are the key to victory and the effectiveness of offensive and defensive tactics is an important factor affecting the outcome of the game.In this paper,the offensive and defensive tactics of the top eight women’s water polo players in the 32 nd Olympic Games are studied.Using literature method,expert interview method,video analysis method,questionnaire survey method,rank and ratio method,data statistics method and comparative analysis method,the tactical characteristics of each team are analyzed.The purpose of the study is to inquire into the winning rules of modern women’s water polo,to understand the tactical rules and characteristics of the current high-level teams in the world,to discover the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings,and to put forward relevant suggestions for the shortcomings,so as to provide a theoretical basis and practical reference for the training and competition of women’s water polo in China.The results of the study showed that:The center play outside shot score and double center play outside shot score accounted for 52.54% and 19.06% of the total position attack score respectively,and the 3-3 formation score accounted for 59.71% of the six-on-five score.Combined with the hot spot map of each team,the 32 nd Olympic Games women’s water polo scoring position is mainly concentrated on the peripheral area of the position,the inner area is close to the goal but the number of shots is less difficult to score.The basic strategy of each team is to organize the attack around the inside and score through the outside.Fast break scores accounted for 8.71% of the total scores,and six-on-five quick shots accounted for 10.42% of the six-on-five scores.The overall percentage of the fast break and six-on-five fast break scoring is not high,but the success rate of the shot is closely related to the team ranking,the higher the number of fast break and six-on-five fast break scoring and the success rate,the higher the ranking.The offense has the "foresight" to find the defensive gaps or loopholes in time,timely pass follow-up to help teammates to grasp the opportunity to score,quick awareness and counterattack swimming ability is one of the key factors to win the game.The 32nd Olympic Games women’s water polo first eight games fast attack scores mainly in 4-6 people composed of fast counterattack,relying on individual ability to form a single shot less often but a high success rate,2 play 1 and 3 play 2 due to poor shot location or inaccurate grasp of the timing of the shot by the attacker led to the difficulty of scoring,the core reason is to receive the ball and the slow speed of propulsion,not completely free from the control of the defense.The teams mainly adopted a mixed defensive strategy consisting of multiple defensive tactics to defend,a single joint defensive tactic or tight tactic does not meet the defensive needs,and a flexible and adaptive defensive strategy is more in line with the current needs of women’s water polo defense.A highly unified defensive guideline for the whole team strengthens the linkage and cooperation between players,and ensuring consistency in tactical behavior is the key to the application of defensive tactics.Serious fouls in women’s water polo at the 32 nd Olympic Games tended to be rationalized,with most serious fouls being caused by unavoidable confrontations,and serious fouls for unclear rules,disobedience to calls or malicious injuries were largely absent.According to the RSR rating of each team’s offensive and defensive tactics,the U.S.team belongs to the A grade;Spain and Australia belong to the B grade;Hungary,the Netherlands and Canada belong to the C grade;and the Russian Olympic Committee and China belong to the D grade.Comparing the offensive and defensive types of each team,Spain,the Russian Olympic Committee and the Netherlands belong to the strong offensive and weak defensive type;Hungary,Australia and Canada belong to the weak offensive and strong defensive type;the United States and China belong to the balanced offensive and defensive type.The correlation coefficients of the game ranking of the top eight teams of women’s water polo in the 32 nd Olympic Games and the top eight teams of women’s water polo in the 32 nd Olympic Games showed significant positive correlation,positive correlation,and significant positive correlation for the offensive tactics RSR value,defensive tactics RSR value,and offensive and defensive tactics RSR value respectively indicating that the offensive tactics RSR value,defensive tactics RSR value,and offensive and defensive tactics RSR value can objectively reflect each team’s tactical The correlation coefficients of offensive,defensive,and offensive-defensive RSR values showed positive correlation,positive correlation,and positive correlation respectively.