Effect of Ball Screen and One-on-One on the Level of Opposition and Effectiveness of Shots in the ACB

Jorge Serna, Verónica Muñoz-Arroyave, Jaume March-Llanes, M. Teresa Anguera, Queralt Prat, Aaron Rillo-Albert, David Falcón and Pere Lavega-Burgués
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Jorge Serna: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), 25192 Lleida, Spain
Verónica Muñoz-Arroyave: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), 25192 Lleida, Spain
Jaume March-Llanes: Gens i Ambient en la Comprensió de la Diversitat de la Conducta Human i la Etiopatogénia del Transtorns Mentals (NeuroPGA), Faculty of Psychology, University of Lleida (UdL), 25003 Lleida, Spain
M. Teresa Anguera: Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona (UB), 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Queralt Prat: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), 25192 Lleida, Spain
Aaron Rillo-Albert: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Barcelona (UB), 08007 Barcelona, Spain
David Falcón: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, Grupo de Investigación en Entrenamiento, Actividad Física y Rendimiento Deportivo (ENFYRED), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Deporte, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Pere Lavega-Burgués: Motor Action Research Group (GIAM), INDEST, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), 25192 Lleida, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: In light of the importance of shots on the final result in basketball matches, this research aims to reveal the predictive ability of variables associated with different game actions (ball screen, one-on-one near the basket and one-on-one far away from the basket), shot zone (near to or far from the basket) and players’ position (outside or inside) of the success of shots and of the type of shot, defended or not defended, in three seasons (2014 to 2016) of the Copa del Rey in the ACB (Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto) League in Spain. Observational methodology was used, and an ad hoc instrument was created using Lince software. The study was conducted on a total of 7695 game actions, of which an analysis of 877 shots was made using CHAID (Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection) classification trees. The results obtained in this research have led us to the following conclusions: (a) the most important variable in the success of shots is to find “open shots”, regardless of the game action, (b) one-on-one actions outside and inside the zone have a clear connection to the finishes of the plays and end up in defended shots, (c) shots by ball screen lead to more open shots than in one-on-one and (d) play with passes may facilitate to find “open shots”. These results can be of interest for coaches to prepare their teams in the best possible way, but they must be interpreted with caution as the sample was very specific (Copa del Rey in the ACB League) and, therefore, it is necessary to continue investigating this topic in other competition contexts.

Keywords: basketball; coach’s strategies; analysis performance; game actions; observational methodology; teamwork; effectiveness; offensive system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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