Effect of the 3-point line change on the game dynamics in girls' minibasketball.
We examined the game dynamics in minibasketball when comparing two different forms of the 3-point line. During the first competition, participants used a 3-point line delimited by the free-throw lane, and 1,642 ball possessions were recorded. During the second competition, participants played with a 3-point line delimited by a rectangular area, and 1,669 ball possessions were recorded. Results from the Mann-Whitney U Test show that when playing with a 3-point line delimited by the free-throw lane, higher average values were achieved in terms of points scored, number of players taking part in the ball possessions, number of passes, and one-on-one situations.
Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. jlae84@hotmail.com
José L
JL
Arias
Francisco M
FM
Argudo
José I
JI
Alonso
D000367:Age Factors; D001490:Basketball / Q000502:physiology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis