title: Interpersonal dynamics and relative positioning to scoring target of performers in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of team sports.
abstract: In this study, we examined the effects of relative positioning of attacker-defender dyads to the basket on interpersonal coordination tendencies in basketball. To achieve this aim, four right-hand dominant basketball players performed in a 1 vs. 1 sub-phase, at nine different playing locations relative to the basket (from 0° to 180°, in 20° increments). Performers' movement displacement trajectories were video-recorded and digitized in 162 trials. Results showed that interpersonal coordination tendencies changed according to the scaling of the relative position of performers to the basket. Stable in-phase modes of coordination were observed between performers' longitudinal and lateral displacements (50.47% and 43.02%) on the left side of the court. On the right side of the court, a shift in the dominant mode of coordination was observed to a defender lead-lag of -30°, both for longitudinal and lateral displacements (30.51% and 32.65%). These results suggest how information about dribbler hand dominance and relative position to the basket may have constrained attacker-defender coordination tendencies in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of basketball.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. ptesteves@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Esteves
authors.forename: Duarte
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davids
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esteves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054874:Athletic Performance; D001490:Basketball; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis