Table 3

Effect of court dimensions on continuity variables (mixed models).

VariablesCategoriesCoefficientStandard errorzpConfidence interval
Contacts per pointCourt
Narrow(base)
Wide.874.3392.58.010*[.210, 1.539]
Sequence
WN (base)
NW–.370.566–0.65.514[–1.480, .740]
Period
(base)
2
–.129 –.110.339  .051  –0.38  –2.13 .702  .033  [–.794, .534]  [–.212, –.008]
Constant 6.803.57311.86.000[5.679, 7.928]
Possessions per pointCourt
Narrow(base)
Wide.414.1452.85.004*[.128, .699]
Sequence
WN (base)
NW–.089.223–0.40.688[–.526, .347]
Period
(base)
2
.013 –.055.145 .022 0.09 –2.50.925 .012 [–.271, .298] [–.098, –.012]
Constant3.635.23415.51.000[3.176, 4.094]
Complexes completed per pointCourt
Narrow(base)
Wide.181.0852.120.034*[.014, .348]
Sequence
WN (base)
NW–.110.163–0.670.500[–.431, .210]
Period
(base)
2–.116 –.024.085 .013
–1.37 –1.83 .171 .068 [–.284, .050] [–.049, .001]
Constant1.269.1578.07.000[.961, 1.578]
Overhead pass on the first defensive actionCourt
Narrow(base)
Wide.129.0632.040.041*[.005, .252]
Sequence
WN (base)
NW–.015.092–0.170.864[–.196, .164]
Period
(base)
2
.142 –.011
.063 .009 2.26 –1.23 .024* .217 [.018, .266] [–.030, .006]
Constant.576.0995.82.000[.382, .770]
* p < .05; W: wide; N: narrow; WN: wide-narrow sequence; NW: narrow-wide sequence.