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Defensive Rebounds Discriminate Winners from Losers in European ArchiveAsian J Sports of MedSID. 2018 March; 9(1):e67428. doi: 10.5812/asjsm.67428. Published online 2018 February 24. Research Article Defensive Rebounds Discriminate Winners from Losers in European but not in Asian Women’s Basketball Championships Haruhiko Madarame1,* 1Department of Sports and Fitness, Shigakkan University, Obu, Japan *Corresponding author: Haruhiko Madarame, Nakoyama 55, Yokonemachi, Obu, Aichi 474-8651, Japan. Tel: +81-562461291, Fax: +81-562441373, E-mail: [email protected] Received 2017 March 28; Accepted 2017 July 01. Abstract Background: Asian national teams have not performed well compared to American and European teams at international competi- tions in basketball, possibly due in part to anthropometric disadvantages such as shorter height and wingspan. However, although anthropometric disadvantages exist in women as well as in men, Asian women have shown better performances in international competitions than Asian men. Therefore, Asian women might have developed unique strategy and tactics which would be reflected in game-related statistics. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether game-related statistics which discriminate winners from losers in women’s basketball differ between Asian and European competitions. Methods: A total of 108 games from the 2011, 2013 and 2015 FIBA Asia Women’s Championships were analyzed for Asian competitions, and a total of 178 games from the 2011, 2013 and 2015 FIBA EuroBasket Women were analyzed for European competitions. All games were classified into three types (balanced, unbalanced and very unbalanced) according to point differential by a k-means cluster analysis. A discriminant analysis was performed to identify game-related statistics which discriminate winners from losers in each game type. An absolute value of a structural coefficient (SC) equal to or above 0.30 was considered relevant for the discrimination. Results: Successful 2-point field goals discriminated winners from losers independent of the region or game type. Assists discrimi- nated winners from losers except balanced games in Europe. Defensive rebounds discriminated winners from losers only in Europe. Conclusions: The most notable difference between Asian and European women’s basketball was that defensive rebounds discrim- inated winners from losers in European but not in Asian competitions. It was suggested that losers in Asian games tended to lose ball possession before attempting field goals, and thus reducing opportunities for winners to get defensive rebounds. Keywords: Athletic Performance, Basketball, Discriminant Analysis, Sports 1. Background characteristics of men’s basketball games would be similar between the two regions and the difference in strength be- Women’s basketball began in 1892 when Senda Beren- tween Asian and European men’s basketball teams would son adapted James Naismith’s rules for women and intro- be attributed to factors which would not be reflected in duced the game at Smith College (1). Since then, the game game-related statistics. Although exact factors were not has spread internationally and been played all over the identified in that study, anthropometric differences be- world, including Asia. Although international competi- tween Asian and European players can be speculated as tions of basketball have mostly been dominated by Amer- one of the factors. For example, the average height of the ican and European teams, Asian women have shown bet- players in the top eight teams of FIBA EuroBasket 2015 was ter performances than Asian Men. To date, Asian women 201 cm, whereas that of 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was have won three medals at the Olympics (2) and five medals 196 cm (6). However, anthropometric differences between at FIBA world cups (3), whereas Asian men only have won Asian and European players exist in women as well. In fact, one bronze medal at those competitions (4). the average height of the players in the top eight teams of Recently, the author has investigated whether game- FIBA EuroBasket Women 2015 was 184 cm, whereas that of related statistics which discriminate winners from losers 2015 FIBA Asia Women’s Championship was 177 cm. Nev- in men’s basketball differ between Asian and European ertheless, Asian women have shown better performances competitions (5). The results show similar trends between in international competitions than Asian men (2-4). There- Asian and European competitions, indicating that basic fore, Asian women might have developed unique strat- Copyright © 2018, Asian Journal of Sports Medicine. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, providedwww.SID.ir the original work is properly cited. Archive of SID Madarame H egy and tactics which would be reflected in game-related 3. Results statistics. However, studies on game-related statistics of women’s basketball are limited (7-9), and to the author’s Table 1 shows the game classification made by a k- knowledge, no studies on those of Asian women’s basket- means cluster analysis. The chi-square test was significant ball have been published in major English-language jour- (P < 0.01), suggesting a difference in the proportion of nals in the field of sports science. Therefore, the purpose of game types between the two regions. this study was to investigate whether game-related statis- tics which discriminate winners from losers in women’s Table 1. Game Classification by Final Point Differentialsa,b basketball differ between Asian and European competi- tions. Balanced Unbalanced Very Unbalanced Point differential ≤ 16 17 to 41 ≥ 42 2. Methods Asia 53 (49) 42 (39) 13 (12) 2.1. Sample and Variables Europe 138 (78) 37 (21) 3 (2) A total of 108 games from the 2011 (n = 36), 2013 (n = 36) aValues are expressed as No. (%). and 2015 (n = 36) FIBA Asia Women’s Championships were bχ2 = 29.0; P < 0.01. analyzed for Asian competitions, and a total of 178 games from the 2011 (n = 54), 2013 (n = 54) and 2015 (n = 70) FIBA Tables 2 and3 show the results of an independent t-test EuroBasket Women were analyzed for European competi- and a discriminant analysis. In balanced games, signifi- tions. Data were obtained from the official box scores of cant differences between winners and losers were found in FIBA. successful 2-point field goals and assists in Asian competi- The following game-related statistics were analyzed: 2- tions (P < 0.05), while those were found in most variables and 3-point field goals (successful and unsuccessful), free in European competitions (P < 0.05) except successful 3- throws (successful and unsuccessful), defensive and offen- point field goals, offensive rebounds and blocks. In un- sive rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, blocks and fouls balanced games, significant differences were observed in committed. These variables were normalized to 100 game each variable of both regions (P < 0.05) except unsuccess- ball possessions (5,7, 10-12) in order to eliminate the effect ful 3-point field goals (not significant in both regions), un- of game rhythm. Game ball possessions were calculated successful free throws (P < 0.05, only in Europe) and fouls as an average of team ball possessions of both teams (13). committed (P < 0.05, only in Europe). Team ball possessions (TBP) were calculated from field goal Absolute values of SC are presented in Figure 1. Success- attempts (FGA), offensive rebounds (ORB), turnovers (TO) ful 2-point field goals discriminated winners from losers and free throw attempts (FTA) using the following equa- independent of the region or game type (|SC| ≥ 0.30). As- tion (13): sists discriminated winners from losers (|SC| ≥ 0.30) ex- TBP = FGA - ORB + TO + 0.4 × FTA cept for balanced games in Europe (|SC| = 0.22). Defensive rebounds discriminated winners from losers only in Eu- 2.2. Statistical Analysis rope (|SC| ≥ 0.30). The games were first classified into three types (bal- anced, unbalanced and very unbalanced) according to point differential by a k-means cluster analysis (5, 11, 14, 15). 4. Discussion The difference in the proportion of game types between the two regions was analyzed by a chi-square test. After the The most notable finding of this study was that defen- analysis, very unbalanced games were eliminated from fur- sive rebounds discriminated winners from losers in Euro- ther analyses. The difference between winners and losers pean but not in Asian competitions. A number of studies in each variable was analyzed by an independent t-test. A have shown that defensive rebounds discriminate winners discriminant analysis was performed using R code ‘can- from losers in a certain league or championship (5,7, 10, 15). dis’ (16) and ‘geneig’ (17) to identify game-related statistics For example, in the author’s previous study on Asian and which discriminate winners from losers in each game type. European men’s championships (5), defensive rebounds An absolute value of a structural coefficient (SC) equal to or discriminate winners from losers independent of the re- above 0.30 was considered relevant for the discrimination gion or game type. Although studies on women’s basket- (5,7, 10-12, 18). Statistical analyses were performed with R ball are scarce, Gomez et al. (7) have shown that defensive version 3.3.0 for Windows (19). Statistical significance was rebounds discriminate winners from losers in the Span- set at P < 0.05. ish women’s league. In contrast, however, discriminating
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