The development of team’s structure of the Czech national basketball league and share of foreigners in gaming performance Cover Image

Vývoj hráčské struktury a podíl cizinců na herním výkonu družstev extraligy mužů v basketbalu v České republice
The development of team’s structure of the Czech national basketball league and share of foreigners in gaming performance

Author(s): Jiří Bubák, Emil Řepka
Subject(s): Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: basketball; extra league NBL; game statistics; national structure; team constitution;

Summary/Abstract: This article looks at the evolution of structure teams in the highest Czech basketball league. The tracking period is since seasons 1998/99 to 2008/09. This research is based on content analysis of game statistics from particular games. The sample of players is classified into three groups (Czech players younger than twenty years, Czech players twenty years old and older, foreign players) and evaluates statistical characteristics by the comparative method. These include the number of players, minutes played, points scored and coefficient of usefulness. The results confirm the expected increase of the number of foreign players as well as continuously growing impact on the game. The impact is expressed as a coefficient of player’s utility. In contrast to this, the trend of participation and usefulness of Czech players younger than twenty years is shown to be diminishing. The hypotheses of our studies are therefore proven valid. The article refers to the change of the team constitution.

  • Issue Year: 5/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 115-124
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech