Monitoring the Mastering of the Program Material and Errors Analysis during Competitive Activities of Basketball Players at the Preliminary Basic Training Stage

Purpose of the study – to control the assimilation of the programme material and to analyse mistakes during the competitive activity of basketball players at the stage of the previous basic training for the further correction of the educational and training process. Materials and Methods of the Research:analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, analysis of competitive activities, and mathematical statistics. The study involved 20 basketball players aged 13–14 from SCYSSOR №5 named after Honored Coach of Ukraine M.I. Hovorunov (Dnipro), who participated in the All-Ukrainian Youth Basketball League (2018/2019 season). Results of the Research and Discussion: The research scientifically substantiated the evaluation criteria for monitoring competitive activities in youth basketball. These criteria focused on evaluating types of errors, assessing the mastery of program material, combinations of two or three technical elements in offense and defense. The study included an analysis of errors monitoring and the level of program material mastery according to the curricula of CYSS, SCYSSOR, and Olympic Reserve Schools during competitive activities of 13–14-year-old basketball players. This analysis enabled coaches to purposefully adjust the training process, individually correct combinations of technical techniques, systematically improve the quality of execution of technical elements and their combinations frequently used during games. Conclusions: The study expanded the range of evaluation criteria for competitive activities in youth basketball. Four protocols were developed to enable video analysis of matches, allowing not only the measurement of quantitative indicators of technical and tactical actions but also the identification of:types of players’ errors, specific mistakes in the quality of technical elements execution based on program content, errors in executing combinations of two or three technical elements in offense and defense.