The Analysis On Characteristics Of Passing And Catching The Ball Among Spain National Team, Uruguay National Team And Japan National Team At The19th FIFA World Cup

With the method of documents and analysis, video observation, mathematicalstatistics, and comparative analysis, this paper compared the status among the teamsof Spain, Uruguay and Japan at the19th World Cup in order to conclude thedifferences in techniques of catching and passing the ball of the three represent teams.This is significant for us to identify the present international situation of football andclear the difference and gap of utilizing passing or dribbling techniques among the topteams. The main results are as follows:1. Spain national team with the largest number of catching and passing the ballhas the best accuracy.2. Spain national team has powerful control with the ball both volley and on theground,it has a little of volley ball; Uruguay national team passes and catches a lot ofvolley ball; Japan national team has poor quality in catching volley ball.3. Spain national team drips the most volley ball into the penalty area, but haspoor capacity of cutting in for goal. Uruguay national team seldom dripping with theball into the penalty area, but has powerful capacity of cutting in for goal. Japannational team neither has the ability to drip with the ball into the penalty areafrequency, nor cut in for goal.4. Spain national team does best in the quick processing technique; Uruguaynational team’s volley ball is the biggest part in all its passing; Japan national team isweak in adopting the quick processing technique to pass or shoot.5. Spain national team has specialized in trapping the ball during physical contact;Uruguay national team lose the largest number of catching, but it is good at trappingthe ball during physical contact; Japan national team is not good at catching the ballwith upper limb(not including arms),and has poor quality in catching during physicalcontact.