The development of player’s structure in women’s basketball teams of Excelsior league in terms age and nationality Cover Image

Vývoj hráčské struktury v družstvech ženské basketbalové Excelsior ligy se zaměřením na věk a státní příslušnost
The development of player’s structure in women’s basketball teams of Excelsior league in terms age and nationality

Author(s): Petr Novotný, Emil Řepka
Subject(s): Nationalism Studies, Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: basketball; women’s basketball league Excelsior; game statistics; national structure; team constitution;

Summary/Abstract: This article looks at the evolution of structure teams in the top Czech women‘s basketball competition - Excelsior league. Tracking period is since seasons 1998/99 to 2010/11. The cardinal method of this research is based on content analysis of game match statistics – these include the number of female players (their age), minutes played, points scored and coefficient of usefulness. The sample of players is classified into three groups (Czech players younger than twenty years, Czech players twenty years old and older, foreign players). The results confirm the expected increase of number of foreign players as well as continuously growing impact on the game, in our study presented a coefficient of utility players. The trend of integration into Czech female players younger than 20 years is inversely dependent on the number of Czech female players older than 20 years. Our assumptions were confirmed. The article refers to the change of the team constitution.

  • Issue Year: 6/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 70-77
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech