title: Performance analysis of elite men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to identify which game-related statistics discriminate winning and losing teams in men's and women's elite wheelchair basketball. The sample comprised all the games played during the Beijing Paralympics 2008 and the World Wheelchair Basketball Championship 2010. The game-related statistics from the official box scores were gathered and data were analysed in 2 groups: balanced games (final score differences ≤ 12 points) and unbalanced games (final score differences >13 points). Discriminant analysis allowed identifying the successful 2-point field-goals and free-throws, the unsuccessful 3-point field-goals and free-throws, the assists and fouls received as discriminant statistics between winning and losing teams in men's balanced games. In women's games, the teams were discriminated only by the successful 2-point field-goals. Linear regression analysis showed that the quality of opposition had great effects in final point differential. The field-goals percentage and free-throws rate were the most important factors in men's games, and field-goals percentage and offensive rebounding percentage in women's games. The identified trends allow improving game understanding and helping wheelchair basketball coaches to plan accurate practice sessions and, ultimately, deciding better in competition.
authors: a Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences , Technical University of Madrid , Madrid 28040 , Spain.
authors: Miguel Ángel
authors: MÁ
authors: Gómez
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Pérez
authors: Bartosz
authors: B
authors: Molik
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Szyman
authors: Jaime
authors: J
authors: Sampaio
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance; D001490:Basketball; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009068:Movement; D012737:Sex Factors; D014910:Wheelchairs