LKF study: participation in the World Championship improved the results of basketball players in club teams

For your attention, the latest show of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation “Energy for Victory”, presented by the company “Elektrum”.

In this show, the general secretary of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation Mindaugas Balčiūnas presents a study conducted together with Klaipėda University student Alperus Konaks about the influence of players’ participation in national team competitions on their personal results in club basketball.

“The national team is a platform for a better career of basketball players in the club championship – noted M. Balčiūnas. “The national team strengthens the basketball player in various directions, in various aspects, especially psychologically.”

The study analyzed the players who represented the national teams of the first eight that participated in the 2023 tournament. in the FIBA ​​World Cup tournament. Statistical indicators of the players’ club basketball before the World Cup and after the World Cup were recorded. Players who changed leagues after the World Cup (e.g. moved from an NBA team to a EuroLeague team) were not included in the statistics.

“In order to be as objective as possible, it was decided to use statistical material only of those players who played in the same league last season and this season. After excluding the players who migrated, there were sixty-seven players in eight national teams, and this fully met the statistical sample and all the requirements needed to determine statistical significance,” one of the LKF managers explained the objectivity and reliability of the study.

Basketball players were divided into three tiers – NBA; Euroleague and G League; European Cup, FIBA ​​Champions League and NCAA – and analyzed a total of 23 statistical indicators (rebounds, points scored, number of shots, etc.).

“I’ll say right off the bat that there was a statistically significant trend toward improvement in nine key stats, such as field goals, field goal percentage, steals and rebounds. This means that the basketball players performed all the steps of this technique significantly better after the World Championship”, M. Balčiūnas explained the results of the study.

Analyzing the statistics of basketball players competing in the NBA, a statistically significant improvement was observed in the following categories: three-point shots made (p = 0.006950878), three-point shots made (p = 0.012934959), assists (p = 0.000205041), free throws made (p = 0.007670453 ), free throws (p = 0.002068603).

The indicators of basketball players who competed in the Euroleague and G League improved in the areas of games played (p = 0.001071876), free throw accuracy (p = 0.015178059), offensive rebounds (p = 0.025182003) and fouls (p = 0.024165719).

Basketball players who competed in the European Cup, FIBA ​​Champions League and NCAA improved their statistical indicators in the following categories: scoring average (p = 0.044890755), two-point shooting percentage (p = 0.027256339), three-point shooting percentage (p = 0.024837118), total shooting percentage (p = 0.01604443 9 ), free throws made (p = 0.032177449), free throws made (p = 0.029768978), steals (p = 0.04313543).

“The research results show that basketball players returned to the clubs better after the national team tournament and had good seasons. The general conclusion is that the World Cup gave a very positive, statistically significant boost to the skill of the players, the general secretary of the LKF summarized the results. – The national team helps the players, namely the progress of the results of the club season, and this is very gratifying. Also, I would say such a study adequately illustrates how science can help practice.”

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