Space protection dynamics in basketball: Validation and application to the evaluation of offense-defense patterns

• Main Authors: Felipe L. Santana (Author), Eduardo Rostaiser (Author), Eran Sherzer (Author), Carlos Ugrinowitsch (Author), Junior Barrera (Author), Leonardo Lamas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aims of this study were twofold: i) to validate classes of defensive actions (i.e., space protection dynamics - SPDs) for containing offense in basketball; and ii) to propose a novel approach to analyze matches based on the interaction of a space creation dynamic (SCD) and a respective SPD. Kapp...