Principles
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Observational categories
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Performance indicators |
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Ball control
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Attacking team: Team that recovers the ball |
Three-letter initials of the country |
Preceding situation: Link with the previous game sequence to indicate how the team conquered the ball possession |
RB: |
Received ball from the main referee at the beginning of the first or second half of the game |
DE: |
Defense of opponent throw |
OU: |
Out side throw |
BO: |
Block out |
IN: |
Infraction by the opponent |
PE: |
Penalty by the opponent |
DP: |
Defense of penalty shot |
GA: |
Goal against |
TTO: |
Team time out |
OTO: |
Official time out |
SUB: |
Substitution |
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Attack preparation
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Thrower: Identification of the player performing the attack |
1-9: |
Jersey number |
LW: |
Left wing |
CE: |
Center |
RW: |
Right wing |
Offensive strategy: The strategy the attacking team uses for the throw |
RE: |
Regular: player throws the ball from the same or surrounding sector in which (s)he defended or received a pass. For example, if (s)he defended the throw in sector 2, the throw from sector 1, 2 or 3 is considered regular (see Fig. 3) |
FL: |
Fluctuation: player defends the ball or receives a pass and, before throwing, changes the sector beyond the neighboring sectors. Example: (s)he defended in sector 2 and throw from 4, 5 or 6 (see Fig. 3) |
DB: |
Delivered ball pass: attacker receives a hand-to-hand passing before throwing |
SP: |
Set piece: organized and practiced move, other than FL and DB. |
CA: |
Counter-attack: attack is performed within four seconds after defense |
QA: |
Quick attack: subsequent to an interruption, attack is performed within two seconds after referee calls "quiet please, play" |
SB: |
Safety ball: when the player throws the ball so as not to commit penalties or to prioritize the defensive balance |
SL: |
Slow ball: strategy used at the final moments of the games by the leading teams to spend the game time left |
Attack length: Time the team uses to perform the attack |
SH: |
Short attack: up to 4 seconds after defense |
ST: |
Standard attack: between 4 and 7 after defense |
EX: |
Extended attack: more than 7 s after defense |
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Throwing
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Throw origin an throw target: Categorization of the throw trajectory, based on court division presented in Fig. 3
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O1-6: |
Sector in which the ball had the first contact with the ground after being thrown by the attacker, independently of his/her movement to perform the attack |
T1-6: |
The place where the ball thrown reaches the orientation area front line of the opponent team |
Ball type: Thrown ball feature |
BO: |
Bouncing: ball bounces at least once after the high ball line |
RO: |
Rolling: ball straight and constantly touching the floor |
CU: |
Curve: rolling ball with side spin |
Ball time: Duration of thrown ball |
Thrown ball duration to cross the distance between the high ball line to opposite orientation area front line |