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"... Per minute stats are a good manner to compare players within a team, seeing how a player off the bench might fare compared to the player in front of him in the rotation, but we must be careful about players who scarcely play - Jackie Butler may have averaged 96 points per 48 in the 5 minutes he played for the Knicks last year, but very doubtful he could have achieved it. ...
"... How do I determine where a player who takes 1000 FGA in 2000 Min in a season, stands in terms of standard deviation as compared to the league rate of FGA/Min ? ...
The eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System has formatted many statistics analysis case studies for online viewing. The case database is growing constantly, with several members of the eBA and publishers contributing cases on a regular basis.
Here we have begun highlighting different cases each month that are of greater than normal analytical interest, have unusual characteristics and/or analysis findings, or involve rare cases or game conditions.
Let's go on with current month of November case study...
"... The weighted standard deviation doesn't succeed in seizing the unfairness between two players with the same rates in different quantities of playing time. Same rate is as if: that rate and no more. What it would succeed in catching is a significant change between the width of the distributions, having an effect upon the standard scores. The differences between player rates would be involved, but not if they have the same rate.
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"... If a player has not dibbled yet. Jumps in the air and drops the ball and starts to dribble after landing: is this traveling ? Turnover ? How this play is registered according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis ?
"... This is the second of a serial of articles which should provide you the way of analyze a Basketball game by means of video. We are entering to the proper work of the video tape analysis for Basketball. Brian Denver will give us characteristics of his unique digital multimedia system for editing and analyzing video films for Basketball games, and will return us to Basketball Video Analysis I trying to give each coach and scouter the insiders tips for a self work. ...
"... With 14 seconds left on the shot clock, defender B2 deflects the ball out of bounds. A2 makes the throw-in and the ball is deflected by B1. With the ball bouncing freely on the floor, an official inadvertently blows his whistle.
1) to whom the ball is awarded;
2) shall the shot clock reset ?
3) how the statistician register this possession according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis ?
"... From some seasons ago, the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System keep statistics on the percentage chance of scoring following each additional pass on offense, but the amount of data is insufficient to expose the research.
By this moment, we can affirm that the defenses usually give up a scoring opportunity after three passes, but this is yet under study. ...
"... but pay attention to this Box Score from some weeks ago: the game Joventut Badalona 79 vs. Panathinaikos 82....
Joventut Badalona: 8 Steals and 26 Turnovers
Panathinaikos: 14 Steals and 15 Turnovers......
Somebody can explain me how Badalona steals only 8 balls from the 15 Pana's turnovers ? and viceversa ?
I hope that at total points made they didn't messed up... "
"... The basketball statistician must knows that the achievement of their objective by the offense or defense returning from a time out in closely contested end game situations are more significant than others - these are about entirely sideline plays ...
"... A missed shot is retrieved simultaneously by A1 and B2 and a jump ball situation is called. How this play is registered according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis ?
"... The Floor Percentage is a method used by the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System and applies to teams, meanwhile to individuals is more complicated because scoring possessions and possessions are more complicated to define for individuals. ...
"... A1 shoots and, while the ball is in flight toward the basket, a teammate (A2) is guilty of goaltending or defender B2 is guilty of goaltending ..."
Which is the rule of the game and of the statistical registration in both cases ?
"... The two ( or three ) free throws represent ONE possession, it is not possible to divide it in two and register a 'turnover due to a restrictive area invasion' in the second throw which conduces to a conversion in the third throw. ...
In our work as basketball coaches with assistants, players and managers, we see many people who have a difficult time expressing and managing angry feelings. Let’s take a look at what causes players to become angry and how they can respond to stressful situations more productively during trainings and games. What is that state of being angry?
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