Är Pick and Roll övervärderat?
En studie av den vanligaste spelmetodiken inom internationell basketboll
AimThe aim with this study was to analyse how strategic decisions through schemas of play, in this case the Pick and Roll, effect the end result of a basketball game. Following questions were answered:? How often is the Pick and Roll used? The total sum per team and game?? What field goal percentage generates the Pick and Roll?? How often generates the Pick and Roll turnovers?? How often does the attacking team receive foul during Pick and Roll, and what is the team awarded from the foul situation?? How often is the Pick and Roll interrupted without any effect?MethodTo be able to answer the questions in our study we videoanalysed 2251 Pick and Roll-situations from the European Championships for Men in 2003 through video analysis. We used nine different categories to sort the 2251 Pick and Roll situations.ResultsThe Pick and Roll is executed 62,53 times per game, or viewed as 0,43 Pick and Roll / possession. Points / possession during the games was 1,04 while points / Pick and Roll was 0,60. Our result also shows that 31,41 percent of the times the Pick and Roll is used it doesn?t generate any effect at all. Playing Pick and Roll also means that you receive less fouls during than other attacks, teams gets fouled 0,33 times / possession during the game and 0,11 times / Pick and Roll.ConclusionsOur conclusion is that the Pick and Roll is heavily overvalued as schema of play. This study shows that playing Pick and Roll generates shots with somewhat lower field goal percentage, fewer fouls received and as many as close to every third doesn?t generate any effect at all. Our results show that a coach chooses a self-defeating strategy when they use the Pick and Roll.