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Competition: 2nd game of the promotion play-off to LEB 1 of the Spanish League between WTC Cornellá and Imaje Sabadell Gapsa.
State of the series: 0-1 in favor of Imaje Sabadell Gapsa.
Referees: Bardaji, O. y Bey, R.
Main Official: Sanchís, V.
Time remaining on the game clock: 0,6 seconds.
Score: Cornellá 61 – Sabadell 63
Play must be resumed by:  a throw-in of Cornellá from half court.
1rst Action: the player Marco Fernández (Cornellá) receives the ball facing the half court at 9 meters from the basket and achieves a field goal in 0,92 seconds (out of the regulation time) committing traveling.
2nd Action: the referees grant the field goal as legal.
Final score: Cornellá 64 – Sabadell 63.
New state of the series of the promotion play-off: 1-1.

 

PRIOR ACTIONS TO THE CATCHING From the deliver of  the ball by the referee to the pass: 4,61 seconds PASS: 0,36 seconds   Player nº 9, Marco Fernández (M.F.), "static".   M.F. moves toward the player that will pass the ball 0,08 seconds M.F. performs a one-foot stance to receive the ball. 0,16 seconds

THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOT Out of Time + Traveling One-foot Stance (rigth foot). 1. One-foof Reception (rigt foot). Left foot arriving to the ground. Ball is adapted at the height of the head. Reception facing back to basket. 9 m. from the hoop. 0,00 seconds 2. Second phase -  deaden stance. 1srt contact of left foot on the ground. 0,08 seconds 3. Start of 1/2 turn toward right. Left foot lateral impulse. Rigth foot take off. 0,16 seconds 4. Second phase of 1/2 turn. Rigth foot step oriented in diagonal toward the sideline. 0,24 seconds 5. Deaden of 1/2 turn with rigth leg. Left leg in the air. 0,32 seconds 6. Final of 1/2 turn. Phase of maximum deaden of rigth leg. Ball is adapted to hip's heigth. 0,40 seconds 7. Start of push off with rigth leg. Rigth foot oriented toward offensive base line. 0,48 seconds 8. Second push off phase with rigth leg. Left leg bent. 0,56 seconds 9. Third push off phase with rigth leg. Ball is adapted with two hands and starting the shooting phases. 0,64 seconds. OUT OF THE REGULATION TIME. 10. Final push-off phase with rigth leg. Shooting phase of shooting arm (rigth). 0,72 seconds 11. Development of the impulse of the shooting arm. 0,80 seconds 12. Final impulse of the shot. 0,88 seconds 13. Phase of detachment of the ball. 0,92 seconds. END OF THE TASK.

PATH OF THE BALL IN THE AIR Dynamic re-balance 1, after the shot. It sounds the horn 1,12 seconds after the sub-task  1 (Catching of pass). Delay of the set in motion of the game clock: 0,52 seconds. Dynamic re-balance 2, after the shot. 0,64 seconds Dynamic re-balance 3, after the shot. 0,96 seconds Dynamic re-balance 4, after the shot. Ball enters to basket. Duration of the path of the ball in the air: 1,52 seconds

THE TRAVELING 1. Rigth foot stance and ball catching 2. Left foot stance 0,16 seconds 3. Rigth foot take off 0,24 seconds 4. Rigth foot stance 0,32 seconds Referee in perfect location and orientation to perceive the feet movements of the player. Feet stances are appreciated better by observing the video or dynamic sequences of stills.

THE REFEREES AFTER THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOT Referees in the middle of the court. Communication of 2-3 seconds Referees entering the tunnel of changing rooms, some 15 seconds later,.       The referees move 12-14 meters in approximately 15 seconds. The referees communicate with the table officials during 1-3 seconds.     The images have been divided in stills of  0,04 seconds. 25 stills / 1 second  -  1 still / 0,04 seconds Margin of error in the measurement of the total duration of the task "the impossible shot": 0,04 seconds (0,02 in the first and last stills).

 

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David Ribera-Nebot
Basketball Coach since 1987
Entrenador Superior - Spanish Basketball Federation-
Expert on Sports Training

English review by Brett Beeson, MVP of the LEB2 2005-2006

 

 

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