Influence of Selection of Release Angle and Speed on Success Rates of Jump Shots in Basketball

Yuki Inaba, Noriko Hakamada, Munenori Murata

2017

Abstract

Enhancing the successful jump-shot percentages in basketball is critical for winning a game. A selection of release parameters and variability can influence the success rate, but the actual selection of the release parameters and variabilities in those during jump shots and the influence of this selection on success rate have not been investigated and are not understood well. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of the selection of release angle, release speed and spin rate, and variability on the success rate of jump-shots in basketball. Ten male collegiate basketball players participated in the study and actual ball trajectories for the jump-shots from the free-throw (FT) and three-point (3P) lines were recorded by the three-dimensional motion analysis system. The experimental data was compared with the theoretical optimal release parameters. We found that the players with higher success rate in FT shots had a higher release position, a lower release velocity, and a larger margin for error for the release speed. On the other hand, for the 3P shots, the player with a larger margin for error for the combination of the release speed and angle had higher success rate. Variability in release parameters did not have significant correlation with the success rate. Thus, it can be said that selecting the release parameters that allow greater margin for error was important for increasing the success rate. Also, depending on the required release speed or the shooting distance, the strategies for the selection of the release parameters must be adjusted to increase the success rate in jump-shots.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Inaba Y., Hakamada N. and Murata M. (2017). Influence of Selection of Release Angle and Speed on Success Rates of Jump Shots in Basketball.In Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-269-1, pages 48-55. DOI: 10.5220/0006505500480055

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports17,
author={Yuki Inaba and Noriko Hakamada and Munenori Murata},
title={Influence of Selection of Release Angle and Speed on Success Rates of Jump Shots in Basketball},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2017},
pages={48-55},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006505500480055},
isbn={978-989-758-269-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - Influence of Selection of Release Angle and Speed on Success Rates of Jump Shots in Basketball
SN - 978-989-758-269-1
AU - Inaba Y.
AU - Hakamada N.
AU - Murata M.
PY - 2017
SP - 48
EP - 55
DO - 10.5220/0006505500480055