Qualitative analysis of critical moments in basketball

The aim of this paper was to know the coach point of view about the critical moment concept in basketball. The methodology used in our research is a qualitative methodology. The instrument used to obtain the data was the semi- structured interviews. There were interviewed 12 ACB league coaches durin...

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Autores: Navarro Barragán, Rafael Manuel, Gómez Ruano, Miguel Ángel, Lorenzo Calvo, Jorge, Jiménez Sáiz, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:114167
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/114167
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entrevista de l'entrenador
Moments crítics
Bàsquet
Coaches's interview
Critical moments
Basketball
Descripción
Sumario:The aim of this paper was to know the coach point of view about the critical moment concept in basketball. The methodology used in our research is a qualitative methodology. The instrument used to obtain the data was the semi- structured interviews. There were interviewed 12 ACB league coaches during the 2011/12 season. Results show that incertitude is associated to the critical moment concept. Last minutes of close games and also overtime are identified as critical moment of the game. There is nott any variable in statistics considered by all coaches to determine the critical moment, and they were agree that respecting some game rules is basic to face up the critical moment.