Interpersonal dynamics and relative positioning to scoring target of performers in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of team sports |
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| Authors: | Pedro T Esteves Duarte Araújo Keith Davids Luís Vilar Bruno Travassos Carlos Esteves |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon , Lisbon , Portugal ptesteves@gmail.com;3. Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon , Lisbon , Portugal;4. School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia;5. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Abstract In this study, we examined the effects of relative positioning of attacker–defender dyads to the basket on interpersonal coordination tendencies in basketball. To achieve this aim, four right-hand dominant basketball players performed in a 1 vs. 1 sub-phase, at nine different playing locations relative to the basket (from 0° to 180°, in 20° increments). Performers’ movement displacement trajectories were video-recorded and digitized in 162 trials. Results showed that interpersonal coordination tendencies changed according to the scaling of the relative position of performers to the basket. Stable in-phase modes of coordination were observed between performers’ longitudinal and lateral displacements (50.47% and 43.02%) on the left side of the court. On the right side of the court, a shift in the dominant mode of coordination was observed to a defender lead-lag of ?30°, both for longitudinal and lateral displacements (30.51% and 32.65%). These results suggest how information about dribbler hand dominance and relative position to the basket may have constrained attacker–defender coordination tendencies in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of basketball. |
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| Keywords: | Coordination information constraints dyadic systems team ball sports |
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