Basketball Statistics Blog

Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
About Statistics & Statisticians... and Coaches that "are NOT stats guys"

"... It is correct that we have coaches that "are not stats guys", that only trust what they see, and they think they don't need a bunch of numbers to get in the way.

Others, use stats in various ways and are many which can speak about a tendex type formula.

Most of us, being in the basketball statistics analysis theme, and specially the analysis area, begin to understand that Basketball is a difficult game to quantify, in some degree because of the way the game changes through time, and partially because of the powerful impact of teamwork, with the constant moving interaction of 12 players and the ball. ..."

"... We are the same people which understand that at some level, we use the available information to better understand the game:  no one stat can explain everything, so the combination of the numbers and the plays appreciation, eBA statistics analysis basis, is by this time the correct way......"

"... Now, we know that Basketball has a lot of difficult areas of quantitative information when we translate a game into statistics. For example, categories as "allowed points - from 2, 3 and PF bonus"; "offensive rebounds allowed"; "turnovers - that aren't steals" and "good and bad personal fouls" - see our complete list of statistical analysis categories here, which are included in the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System, are not accounted in the traditional statistical methods, specially those made at live game time.

Gathering and analyzing those categories of data will give us a sort of information, for example, about how many unguarded shots - no fast breaks plays - were taken by the opponents, and how many were allowed to us. This kind of info is the correct way in evaluating defense. ..."

These reflections are included in the module edited at the eBA Clinics about "Statistics & Statisticians"

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Sunday Basketball Training Videos:
Passing: Jason Kidd's Alley-Oop Pass
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