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Optimizing wheelchair basketball lineups: A statistical approach to coaching strategies.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 5, p e0302596 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024.
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Abstract
- This study was designed to support the tactical decisions of wheelchair basketball (WB) coaches in identifying the best players to form winning lineups. Data related to a complete regular season of a top-level WB Championship were examined. By analyzing game-related statistics from the first round, two clusters were identified that accounted for approximately 35% of the total variance. Cluster 1 was composed of low-performing athletes, while Cluster 2 was composed of high-performing athletes. Based on data related to the second round of the Championship, we conducted a two-fold evaluation of the clusters identified in the first round with the team's net performance as the outcome variable. The results showed that teams where players belonging to Cluster 2 had played more time during the second round of the championship were also those with the better team performance (R-squared = 0.48, p = 0.035), while increasing the playing time for players from Classes III and IV does not necessarily improve team performance (r2 = -0.14, p = 0.59). These results of the present study suggest that a collaborative approach between coaches and data scientists would significantly advance this Paralympic sport.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.82b74a3f3fb04b3197b5ab330ca5d2b0
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302596&type=printable