1. Title of Dataset: Temporal Demands of Elite Fencing
2. Author Information
a. Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Dr Lindsay Bottoms
Institution: University of Hertfordshire
Address: Centre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences
Email: l.bottoms@herts.ac.uk	

b. Joint Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Professor Xavier Iglesias	
Institution: Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC)
Address: Grup de Recerca en Ciències de l'Esport de l'INEFC Barcelona
Email: xiglesias@gmail.com
3. Date of data collection: 2014 
4. Geographic location of data collection: International Fencing Federation (https://www.youtube.com/@FIEvideo)
5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Professor Xavier Iglesias received funding from the Ministerio de Universidades (Spain) for mobility stays for Professors in foreign centers.  The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.  All other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-BY
2. Links to publication that cite or use the data: Currently under review in PlosOne
3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none
4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: none
5. Was data derived from another source? No
6. Recommend citation for this dataset: Tarragó, R.,  Bottoms, L., and Iglesias, X. (2023). Temporal Demands of Elite Fencing [Data set]. University of Hertfordshire. https://....

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
1. File list:
There are 7 files:

Total Data.csv
Men's Foil.csv
Women's Foil.csv
Men's Epee.csv
Women's Epee.csv
Men's Sabre.csv
Women's Sabre.csv
 
2. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
a. All data included
3. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
1. Ninety-six fencers of 24 nationalities were observed, 16 of each fencing modality. We registered 83 bouts (last 32, last 16, quarter finals, semi finals and final) of the 2014 World Fencing Championship. The videos belonged to the International Fencing Federation (https://www.youtube.com/@FIEvideo). 


The observation instrument used was ESGRIMOBS and it was registered with LINCE (v.1.1). Data was analysed using Microsoft® Excel® 2016 and SPSS Statistics (v.22, Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.).

The unit of observation was the time between the calls of Allez and Halte [16]. Bouts were analysed in slow motion, when necessary, instead of in real time. 

We analysed: 
Total Bout Time (TBT):  the length of time from the start to finish of the bout
Work Time (WT): the total of the intervals of time between the Allez and Halte
Total Pause Time (TPT): the sum of seconds that the chronometer is stopped during the bout (PRT+PTBP)
Period Rest Time (PRT): the time that elapses between each Halte and Allez of the same period
Pause Time Between Periods (PTBP): the rest time that passes between the end of a period and the beginning of the next one
Halte (n): Number of arrests of the bout (Halte) during the active phase of the assault (including the Halte at the end of each period)
Average Allez Time by bout (AAT): the average time from the referee giving the signal of Allez until Halte
Average Halte Time by bout (AHT): the average time that elapses each time the chronometer is stopped, without taking account the PTBP
Work-to-rest ratio (W/R): the comparison between the time that the chronometer is running that is stopped during the bout. Specifically, the calculation is made by dividing the AHT by the global AAT of each weapon or period and the resulting value becomes the REST ratio equivalent to each WORK unit.
Periods: 1st Period (1PER), 2nd Period (2PER), 3rd Period (3PER), Tie Extra Period (ET_A), Non-Combat Extra Period (ET_B).

2. Methods for processing the data:
SPSS and excel were both used to process the data. 
3. Instrument – or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:
Excel and SPSS v22
4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A
5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
a. See section 'Methodological description' above.
6. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Tarragó, R.,  Bottoms, L., and Iglesias, X.

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Total Data.csv

1. Number of variables: 12
2. Number of rows: 83
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. Weapon, the weapon they fence (foil, epee or sablre), 1=epee, 2=sabre and 3=foil
c. Sex, 1 = male, 2=female
d. Cod_Weappon, 1=ME, 2=WE, 3=MS, 4=WS, 5=MF, 6=WF
e. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
f. WT, Work Time, seconds
g. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
h. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
i. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
j. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
k. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
l. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds



4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
MF = men's foil
WF= women's foil
ME= men's epee
WE= women's epee
MS = men's sabre
WS = women's sabre


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Men's Foil.csv

1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Women's Foil.csv

1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds



4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Men's Epee.csv

1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Women's Epee.csv

1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Men's Sabre.csv
1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Women's Sabre.csv
1. Number of variables: 10
2. Number of rows: 21
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Bout, the identification code of each bout, numerical
b. period, 1 = first period in a DE fight, 2 = second period in a DE fight, 3= 3rd period of a DE fight, 4 = 1 minute priority time, 5= non-combativity extra period, categorical number
c. TBT, total bout time, seconds 
d. WT, Work Time, seconds
e. TPT, Total pause time, seconds
f. PRT, Period rest time, seconds
g. PRBP, pause time between periods, seconds
h. Halte, number of arrests of the bout, number
i. AAT, average allez time by bout, seconds
j. AHT, average halte time by bout, seconds


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = direct elimination