TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – PT Liga Indonesia Baru (PT LIB) has new data on average effective playing time or playing time in the 2023-2024 BRI Liga 1 match. PT LIB saw an increase in effective time from 35 minutes to 40 minutes 26 seconds per match.
“We did this calculation for all League 1 matches 2023-2024 until week 24. The numbers are not all the same. However, the average is 40-45 minutes. For comparison, AFC is at 50-55 minutes,” said PT LIB High Performance Unit (HPU) Manager, Ricky Nelson.
PT LIB understands that the higher the playing time number, the better the quality of a league. “This figure has increased compared to last season, which playing time“It’s at 39 minutes, 43 seconds,” added Ricky.
His time playing effectively in Indonesian football competitions was the target of criticism from the Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong. According to Shin Tae-yong, a good league has an average effective playing time of around 60 minutes (out of 90 minutes).
In Indonesia, Shin Tae-yong usually just have playing time for 35 minutes. “You can imagine how bad the physical condition of our players was in the match,” said the South Korean tactician.
Therefore, Ricky Nelson emphasized that his party always concentrates and consistently monitors statistical developments playing time in the 2023-2024 League 1 match.
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“We will continue to communicate with the club to try our best to improve the quality of the competition. In this case, our focus is more on the technical aspects. There are always reports to the club as a whole, including regarding playing time,” said the former Persipura Jayapura coach.
The highest average effective playing minutes in a week in Liga 1 2023-2024 is 41 minutes, 59 seconds. Meanwhile, for one match, the figure reached 57 minutes, namely in the Bhayangkara FC vs Persebaya Surabaya duel, August 8 2023. “The lowest figure was 36 minutes, 53 seconds in week 24, and only occurred in one match,” said Ricky Nelson , without mentioning the competing teams.
The club and PT LIB have used various methods to continue to increase the number of effective playing times in League 1. One of them is through approach sport science. The concrete form is the use of GPS vests produced by Catapult and Fitogether. This tool is usually used by players during training and matches.
“This tool is very helpful for monitoring the condition of players. On a broad scale, this tool is very helpful in increasing the level of competition which will later lead to Indonesian National team. “This is proven by the results of monitoring the condition of the national team players, on average they are good,” said Ricky.