The Research Into Running Characteristics About South Korea And Japan Football Players In The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

With the more fierce competition of the football games and enhancement of counteraction between the players,the research into the running capability of the footballers has been paid great attention.For a long time, there is a huge gap between Asian football teams and the strong teams in the world.The thesis collects the detailed running capability data from www.fifa.com,statistical analyzing the players running characteristics data of 18 matches about South Korea Japan and Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Brazil and the 2010 FIFA World South Africa.By comparative analyzing Distance covered,Low activity distance covered, Medium activity distance covered,High activity distance covered,Sprints and High activity time spent between South Korea, Japan and Germany,the thesis summarizes the running characteristics of the South Korea and Japan football teams,it also provides references for the physical fitness training of Chinese football.The results show that:In 2014 FIFA World Cup,the player of South Korea and Japan covered fewer total distance and high activity distance than the player of South Korea and Japan in 2010 FIFA World Cup and the player of Germany.The results also reflect that given the low technical and tactical level,the Asian teams need more running distance to get better achievements.