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Space-time coordination dynamics in basketball: Part 2. The interaction between the two teams
Jérôme Bourbousson1, Carole Sève, Tim McGarry
1Laboratoire Motricite, Interactions, Performance, Universite de Nantes, UFR STAPS, 25 bis Boulevard Guy Mollet, Nantes Cedex 3, France. bourboussonjerome@hotmail.com
Journal of Sports Sciences
|February 5, 2010
Summary
Basketball teams exhibit stable space-time coordination, particularly in the longitudinal direction. Team movements show predictable patterns of expansion and contraction during gameplay, reflecting reciprocal interactions.
Area of Science:
- Sports Science
- Complex Systems Analysis
- Biomechanics
Background:
- Understanding team dynamics is crucial in sports science.
- Previous research has explored individual player coordination.
- The collective behavior of sports teams remains an area for detailed investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the space-time coordination dynamics of two basketball teams during competition.
- To quantify team behaviors in longitudinal and lateral directions.
- To investigate the relationship between team spatial center and dispersion patterns.
Main Methods:
- Randomly selected six game sequences for player movement data acquisition.
- Calculated team spatial center and dispersion (stretch index).
- Applied relative-phase analysis to spatial centers and stretch indexes.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated in-phase stabilities in both longitudinal and lateral directions for spatial centers, with greater longitudinal stability.
- Observed in-phase attraction in the longitudinal stretch index and no attraction laterally.
- Identified phase transitions between stable patterns in the difference between stretch indexes, linked to ball possession changes.
Conclusions:
- Basketball teams exhibit stable space-time coordination patterns, consistent across different analysis levels.
- Team spatial dynamics are influenced by reciprocal interactions and possession changes.
- The findings contribute to understanding complex adaptive systems in team sports.
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