Author(s): MADARAME, H., Institution: SHIGAKKAN UNIVERSITY, Country: JAPAN, Abstract-ID: 1215

INTRODUCTION:
Making long-range shots from outside the arc is crucial to winning a game in 3x3 basketball because it results in twice as many points as a shot attempted from inside the arc. In traditional 5-on-5 basketball, it has been prevalent for about a decade to assess the performance of long-range shots by classifying the shots into two types, catch-and-shoot (CS) or pull-up (PU), depending on the process from the time the shooter receives the ball to its release. While studies analyzing shooting performance in 3x3 basketball are increasing [1-3], no studies have analyzed long-range shots in 3x3 basketball by classifying them into CS or PU. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the proportion and success rates of CS and PU in 3x3 basketball games for men and women.
METHODS:
The number of successful and unsuccessful shots attempted from outside the arc were recorded separately for CS and PU while watching videos of 191 games from the 2019 3x3 World Cup. Chi-square tests were used to 1) compare the proportion of CS and PU attempts between men’s and women’s games, 2) compare the success rates of CS and PU respectively between men’s and women’s games, and 3) compare the success rates of CS and PU within the same sex. The significance level was maintained at 5% by the Benjamini & Hochberg method.
RESULTS:
The number of CS attempts exceeded the number of PU attempts in both men’s (717 vs. 478 [60.0% vs. 40.0%]) and women’s (586 vs. 372 [61.2% vs 38.8%]) games, with no sex difference in the proportion of CS and PU attempts (P = 0.61). While there was no sex difference in CS success rates (24.4% vs. 24.2%; P = 0.94), PU success rates were significantly higher in men’s (27.2%) than in women’s (17.7%) games (P = 0.005; effect size = 0.11). When success rates were compared within the same sex, there was no difference between CS (24.4%) and PU (27.2%) success rates in men’s games (P = 0.37), but the CS success rate (24.2%) was significantly higher than the PU success rate (17.7%) in women’s games (P = 0.04; effect size = 0.08).
CONCLUSION:
Analysis of long-range shots separately for CS and PU showed no difference in the proportion of attempts between men’s and women’s 3x3 games, but there was a difference in the success rate between men’s and women’s 3x3 games. The results suggest the need for sex-specific training and tactics in 3x3 basketball.

1. Erculj et al. (2020) 2. Boros et al. (2022) 3. Madarame (2023)