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The Regional Differences in Game-Play Styles Considering Playing Position in the FIBA Female Continental Basketball Competitions

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  • Zongpeng Zhai

    (School of Physical Education and Sports Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Yongbo Guo

    (School of Physical Education and Sports Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Yuanchang Li

    (School of Physical Education and Sports Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Shaoliang Zhang

    (Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Hongyou Liu

    (School of Physical Education and Sports Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify regional differences based on playing position in terms of the technical performances among FIBA Female Continental Basketball Championships by controlling the influence of situational variables including the game outcome, game type, teams and opponent quality. The samples comprised of 9208 performance records from 471 games in the America, Africa, Asia and Europe Championships during 2013–2017 and were collected and analyzed by generalized mixed linear modeling. Our study highlighted that, although positional differences were clear among different continental championships, it is worth noting that African guards, forwards, and centers made more turnovers (TOV) compared with the corresponding positional players from other continental championships. In addition, European guards presented the lowest number of steals (STL) compared with African (ES = 0.28), Asian (ES = 0.21), and American guards (ES = 0.24). The results provide coaches to have a better understanding of game-play styles among FIBA Female Continental Basketball Competitions, which could optimize the development of female basketball and the selection and recruitment of female players at the international level.

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  • Zongpeng Zhai & Yongbo Guo & Yuanchang Li & Shaoliang Zhang & Hongyou Liu, 2020. "The Regional Differences in Game-Play Styles Considering Playing Position in the FIBA Female Continental Basketball Competitions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-11, August.
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