Statistics...for those interested...

One of the things I do in order to further my professional development as a coach is review statistics. I used to be very anti-stats...you can often get a very skewed perspective from merely looking at a boxscore. It doesn't account for feel or flow, the refereeing or the strategies.

But I have found that by adding statistics to everything else complements and highlights things. Good and bad play, sometimes hidden by the things mentioned above can be uncovered.

So during occasional lunch breaks and coffee's, I update a spreadsheet I use to review team statistics across the State Basketball League. It lets me look into my teams performance compared to the league, and see areas where we could improve. The good news is we have lots of areas we can work on...

So for those of you that might be interested, here is my list of statistics for the State Basketball League as at Round #4...minus the Eagles vs Magic game (no idea why thats not up yet):







Statistics Definitions
Poss. - Possessions = .96 * (FGA − ORb + TO + (.44 * FTA))
AR - Assist Ratio = (Assists x 100) divided by [(FGA + (FTA x 0.44) + Assists + Turnovers]
eFG% - Effective field goal % = (FGM + 0.5 * 3FGM)/FGA
TS% - True shooting % = PTS/(2*(FGA + (.44*FTA)))
RR - Rebound Rate = (Rebounds x Team Minutes) divided by [Player Minutes x (Team Rebounds + Opponent Rebounds)]
OR - Offensive Rating = (Points Scored / 100) / Possessions
DR - Defensive Rating = (Points Allowed / 100) / Possessions