scholarly journals Useful Tools to Predict Future Performance? Analysis of Former Individually Prized Young Selected Male Basketball Players

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
ZSOMBOR ZILINYI ◽  
ÁGOSTON NAGY ◽  
TAMÁS STERBENZ ◽  
BOTOND ÁGOSTON NAGY ◽  
BENEDEK ÁGOST NAGY
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Team Members ◽  
National Team ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Extended Analysis ◽  
The Individual

"Success in team sports foremostly depends on individual performance and the cooperation of the team members. We aimed to investigate the individual performance changes of youth awarded basketball players from youth to senior national team level. For this purpose we examined four game-related basketball statistics: Minutes Played (MP), Points Scored (PS), Rebounds (REB), and Assists (AST) both in youth and senior level with regression analysis. We collected all the individually prized players of former youth European Championships available on the most reliable websites (N=323). We used descriptive statistical methods and also investigated correlation between their prized performance and their senior peak performance on national level (p<0.01). Our analysis showed that a larger amount of the previously awarded players became member of their senior national team (58%, n=188). 90.71% of the awarded players (n=293) were the first or second best scoring leader of their own team in their youth prime. We found moderate significant correlation between youth rebounds and senior rebounds, also youth assists and senior assists, but only weak correlation between youth and senior Minutes Played and Points Scored. From this aspect getting awards on youth level can boost an athlete’s career, but it doesn’t mean to reach the same peak when they are selected to the senior squads as time and age are dominant background variables, an extended analysis is needed in the future."

scholarly journals The effects of hybrid pay incentives on work-team performance: A longitudinal study

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-474
Author(s):  
Mbusi Dlamini ◽  
Margie Sutherland ◽  
Merle Werbeloff
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Pay Incentives

Despite the widespread use of pay incentives to drive performance, few studies empirically demonstrate their long-term benefits within work-team settings in field studies; even fewer studies incorporate hybrid pay incentives in their design. This longitudinal field study explored the effects on individual work performance of allocating tellers to teams with supervisors who received hybrid pay incentives, where 60 per cent of their incentive was based on the individual performance of each of their team members and 40 per cent on their own performance. It was conducted on bulk-cash tellers working in 19 centres, using a time-series design. The results, derived from quantitative data collected from 82 individual tellers over 24 months, showed that hybrid pay incentives for supervisors of teams of tellers, some of whom were individually incentivised, were associated with significant increases in the volume, speed and accuracy of deposit processing by all the tellers. The findings empirically demonstrate the long term sustainability of improved performance associated with the introduction of hybrid pay incentive structures within work teams.

Motivation of basketball players: a random-effects logit model for the probability of winning

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Silvia Bacci ◽  
Tijan Juraj Cvetković
Keyword(s):  
Logit Model ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Random Intercept ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
And Performance

In the sport psychology, the theories of motivation, such as the McClelland's need achievement theory and the Nicholls' achievement goal theory, play an important role in the team sports in motivating and encouraging team members. The practical implementation of these theories relies on detecting the variables that significantly affect the probability of winning so as to identify the key elements for the team motivation, the role assignment, and the decision-making process. As the relevant variables change in accordance with the type of sport, in this contribution we focus on the basketball. In detail, we consider the traditional box score of the U.S. National Basket Association (NBA) regular season games played in the seasons 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2020-21. Each season comprises of 82 games played by each of the 30 teams, which cumulates to 4920 games. Hence, data have a multilevel structure, with multiple observations for each team. To properly address the data structure, the probability of winning is modelled through a random-intercept logit model, where teams are the upper-level units and games are the lower-level units. Among the independent variables, we take into account several possible determinants of winning, such as number of assists, number of offensive rebounds, number of defensive rebounds, number of turnovers, number of stolen balls, percentage of free throws made, number of fouls made. Moreover, we devote a special attention to the effect of two more independent variables: the number of key-players that are missing or injured and a dummy if the team plays without a day of rest between consecutive games. The study provides insights in the determinants of success of the basketball games: these results can be used by the team decision makers to assign roles that favor motivation and performance of players and of team as a whole.

scholarly journals Study regarding the motivational differences of professional athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Radu Ababei
Keyword(s):  
Team Sports ◽  
Professional Athletes ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Sports

The subject of motivation in sports is a widely debated one in the professional literature, either by psychologists or by coaches, most of the times stopping at the identification of the main markers that favor or hurt top performance.The purpose variable in relation to the nature and aim of the sport, and to the motivation, where the results were almost identical. This study provides information regarding the reaching of motivational goals by individual and team sports athletes, by highlighting the components that will allow the athletes to face the negative psychological states successfully and to be able to express their peak performance ability.For this study, a group of 86 male athletes were selected, aged 18-25, divided into two groups, one for individual sports and one for team sports. The hypothesis was that there are not any significant differences between the individual and team sports athletes in regards to motivation.

scholarly journals The Dual Effect of Transformational Leadership on Individual- and Team-Level Performance: The Mediational Roles of Motivational Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hairong Lu ◽  
Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Team Process ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Efficacy ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Regulation Process ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Regulation

Using matched four-stage data from 477 team members and their 132 team leaders in Chinese companies, we examined a cross-level model in which group- and individual-focused transformational leadership (TFL) and their influence on team and member performance from the perspective of multilevel model of motivation in teams. The results indicated that group-focused TFL exerts positive effects through sequential mediation of team efficacy and team process whereas individual-focused TFL has a positive effect on team members' performance through sequential mediation of followers' self-efficacy and individual regulation process. In addition, we also find significant cross-level mediation effects demonstrating that group-focused TFL was positively related to self-efficacy through the mediator of team efficacy, team efficacy was positively related to the individual regulation process through the mediator of the team process, team process was positively related to individual performance through the mediator of the individual regulation process. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

Selection Benefits of Below-Market Pay in Social-Mission Organizations: Effects on Individual Performance and Team Cooperation

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Xiaoling Chen ◽  
Heather L. Pesch ◽  
Laura W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Individual Performance ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Performance Effect ◽  
Team Cooperation ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT Many organizations whose core purpose is to advance a social mission pay employees below-market wages. We investigate two under-appreciated benefits of below-market pay in these social-mission organizations. In a series of experiments, we predict and find that, holding employees' outside opportunities constant, those attracted to social-mission organizations that pay below-market wages perform better individually and cooperate more effectively in teams than those attracted to social-mission organizations that pay higher wages. The individual performance effect arises because below-market pay facilitates the selection of value-congruent employees who are naturally inclined to work hard for the organizational mission. The team cooperation effect arises because employees expect team members who have selected a social-mission job that pays below market to be more value-congruent and, therefore, more cooperative than those who have selected a social-mission job that pays higher wages. Collectively, we demonstrate that in social-mission organizations, offering below-market pay can yield selection benefits.

scholarly journals Body and Functional Capacity of Lithuanian Deaf Basketball Team Players and Characteristics of Game Indices

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (95) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazys Milašius ◽  
Rūtenis Paulauskas ◽  
Rūta Dadelienė ◽  
Algimantas Šatas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Muscle Power ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Team Members ◽  
National Team ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
Body Development ◽  
Game Activity ◽  
Physical Capacities

Background. The  purpose  of  the  present  study  was  to  establish  and  evaluate body  capacity and  functional capacity of Lithuanian deaf basketball national team players, 2013 Deaflympic champions, and to provide the data analysis of the players’ participation in Deaflympic Games comparing it with the data of participation in the Games of 2005 and 2009.Deaflympic Games comparing it with the data of participation in the Games of 2005 and 2009.Methods. The group of investigated persons included 12 Lithuanian deaf basketball national team members. Basketball players’ body development, body and functional capacity testing was performed. Method of systemic analysis was employed to perform comparative analysis of Lithuanian deaf basketball national team players’ game indicators.Results. The results of our research showed that body development and physical capacity indices of Lithuanian deaf  basketball  national  team  players  who  participated  in  2013  Deaflympic  Games  allowed  accomplishing  the technical and tactical requirements of contemporary basketball for players of such level. Lithuanian deaf basketball national team members have demonstrated better results in muscle mass and reached higher physical capacities comparing to those of the participants of the previous Games. This increase resulted in improved quality of the game and for the first time becoming gold medals winners. Conclusion. Comparative analysis of game indices of the teams having participated in various Games showed that the majority of the competitive activity indices were better in 2013 Games in Sofia: field of goals precision was 49.2%, the high number of defensive rebounds and less turnovers during competitions allowed very effective fast  breaks.Keywords: muscle power, body composition, psychomotor functions, agility game activity.

scholarly journals Identify patterns of individual dynamics of competitive performance of athletes as a basis for predicting results (qualified basketball players for example)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Z.L. Kozina ◽  
S.A. Gushchin ◽  
D.V. Safronov ◽  
S.B. Khrapov ◽  
Yu.K. Vasilyev
Keyword(s):  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
National Team ◽  
Competitive Activity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Modified Formula ◽  
Game Performance ◽  
Oscillatory Processes

<p><strong>The aim</strong> of the work wos to develop an algorithm and determine the patterns of the individual dynamics of the competitive performance of qualified basketball players.</p><p><strong>Material and methods.</strong> The study involved the players of the main composition of the men's basketball team of Ukraine. It was analyzed 12 games of the national team of Ukraine in games with equal rivals - teams of other countries. The research was conducted from June 2018 to September 2018. Technical logging of games, which was carried out using a modified formula of Yu.M. Portnov. Mathematical modeling was used to describe the patterns of individual dynamics of competitive performance using sinusoidal regression models.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>. The process of changing competitive performance should be considered in terms of oscillatory processes. The most acceptable function to describe this pattern is the sinusoidal function. The regression model of the individual dynamics of the effectiveness of competitive activity of the players of the Ukrainian basketball national team obeys a sinusoidal relationship, which is described by the sinusoidal regression equation.</p><strong>Conclusions.</strong> The data obtained may be useful for predicting the individual game performance of athletes, determining the individual characteristics of players and adjusting training programs

Development of a German-Language Questionnaire to Measure Collective Orientation as an Individual Attitude

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Hagemann
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
German Language ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Collective Orientation ◽  
Team Research ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. The individual attitudes of every single team member are important for team performance. Studies show that each team member’s collective orientation – that is, propensity to work in a collective manner in team settings – enhances the team’s interdependent teamwork. In the German-speaking countries, there was previously no instrument to measure collective orientation. So, I developed and validated a German-language instrument to measure collective orientation. In three studies (N = 1028), I tested the validity of the instrument in terms of its internal structure and relationships with other variables. The results confirm the reliability and validity of the instrument. The instrument also predicts team performance in terms of interdependent teamwork. I discuss differences in established individual variables in team research and the role of collective orientation in teams. In future research, the instrument can be applied to diagnose teamwork deficiencies and evaluate interventions for developing team members’ collective orientation.

Heart Rate Recovery Changes during Competition Period in High-Level Basketball Players

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (80) ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrius Gocentas ◽  
Anatoli Landõr ◽  
Aleksandras Kriščiūnas
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Recovery ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Coeffi Cients ◽  
Competition Period ◽  
Monitoring Training ◽  
Intense Training ◽  
High Level

Research background and hypothesis. Replete schedule of competitions and intense training are features of contemporary team sports. Athletes, especially the most involved ones, may not have enough time to recover. As a consequence, aggregated fatigue can manifest in some undesirable form and affect athlete’s performance and health.Research aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in heart rate recovery (HRR) and investigate possible relations with sport-specifi c measures of effi cacy in professional basketball players during competition season.Research methods. Eight male high-level basketball players (mean ± SD, body mass, 97.3 ± 11.33 kg; height 2.02 ± 0.067 m, and age 23 ± 3.12 years) were investigated. The same basketball specifi c exercise was replicated several times from September till April during the practice sessions in order to assess the personal trends of HRR. Heart rate monitoring was performed using POLAR TEAM SYSTEM. Investigated athletes were ranked retrospectively according to the total amount of minutes played and the coeffi cients of effi cacy. Research results. There were signifi cant differences in the trends of HRR between the investigated players. The most effective players showed decreasing trends of HRR in all cases of ranking.Discussion and conclusions. Research fi ndings have shown that the quality of heart rate recovery differs between basketball players of the same team and could be associated with sport-specifi c effi cacy and competition playing time.Keywords: adaptation, autonomic control, monitoring training.

Pengaruh Kesesuaian Tugas-Teknologi, Kepercayaan dan Efektivitas Sistem Informasi Akuntansi Terhadap Kinerja Individu pada Pasar Swalayan di Kota Tangerang

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-80
Author(s):  
Agnes Ashianti ◽  
Albertus Fani
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Accounting Information System ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Study Test ◽  
Task Technology Fit ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Systems Effectiveness

The objective of this research is to examine the effect of task-technology fit, trust of accounting information systems, and effectiveness of accounting information systems on the individual performance at a supermarket in Tangerang city.  The samples in this study were employees of a supermarket in Tangerang city who used accounting information system in doing its job. The data used in this study is primary data through questionnaires. In data analysis techniques, this study test the reliability of the formula coefficient of Cronbach 's Alpha, validity test by means of correlation using the r counted and r table, test for normality using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the classical assumption, hypothesis testing multiple linear regression, t test, and F test. The results showed that the task-technology fit and trust of accounting information systems each have a significant effect on the individual performance, while the effectiveness of accounting information systems does not significantly influence the individual performance. Task-technology fit, trust of accounting information systems, and the effectiveness of accounting information systems have simultaneous significant effect on the individual performance. Keyword: Task-Technology Fit, Trust of Accounting Information Systems, Effectiveness of Accounting Information Systems, Individual Performance..

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