Determining Efficiency Indexes for Players in the Representative University Basketball Team

Abstract

This work is based on a comparative study focused on the determination of efficiency index of the students in the representative basketball team of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of Galaţi, for the annual competition “Student Basketball Show”. Calculating the index of efficiency is an objective indicator for assessing the quality of the game regarding acquisitions made by students in the early stages of training and competition but also their efficiency in official matches. In this respect, special record sheets for student evolution were drawn up. The objectivization of the students' performance, who are members of the researched representative teams was achieved by calculating the player’s efficiency index (IEJ) and the team’s efficiency index (IEE), used by Colibaba-Evuleţ and Bota, (1998). The structural elements of the formulas for these two indices are the following: successful actions (number of points scored, balls won, decisive passes), unsuccessful actions (number of missed free throws, missed throws, lost balls), number of minutes played. The teacher's bonus index (which is given in special cases) and the bonus for the time played by each student are added.