shots: Shots data from the Australian Women's National Basketball...

In jacquietran/wnblr: Data sets containing Women's National Basketball League game stats

Description

shots contains shots data for field goals (one row per shot attempt), from games played in the Australian Women's National Basketball League. Includes details such as XY location, types of field goals (i.e., 3-pt, 2-pt) and sub-types (e.g., lay-ups, jump shots, dunks). The shots data set currently contains publicly available data from games played in the 2014/2015 season to the 2020 season, inclusive.

Usage

shots

Format

A tibble with 81828 rows and 20 variables:

season

Numeric. Season of competition. Note that WNBL seasons typically overlap year-end. For simplicity, the first year of competition is included in the season variable, e.g., "2014" represents the 2014 / 2015 season.

page_id

Numeric. Unique identifier for each game. View the game stats in your browser by navigating to https://www.fibalivestats.com/u/wnbl/<page_id>/

action_number

Numeric. Unique identifier for each shot in a game. Allows for ordering of shots in the chronological sequence that they occurred.

team_name

Character. Team name.

team_short_name

Character. Team nickname.

home_away_flag

Character. Identifying whether the team represented on each row was the home or away team.

team_name_opp

Character. Opposition team name.

team_short_name_opp

Character. Opposition team nickname.

period_type

Character. A string to identify whether the period is a REGULAR period or OVERTIME.

period

Numeric. Identifies the period number. Use in conjunction with period_type, e.g., period_type == "REGULAR" & period == 1 corresponds to the 1st quarter in regular play; period_type == "OVERTIME" & period == 1 corresponds to the 1st overtime period.

action_type

Character. Type of field goal ("3pt", "2pt").

sub_type

Character. Field goal sub-type (e.g., "jumpshot", "layup", "hookshot", "fadeaway").

shot_result

Numeric. Flagging variable to indicate whether the shot was made (shot_result == 1) or missed (shot_result == 0).

points_scored

Numeric. Points scored from shot attempt (if any).

x

Double. In a top-down view of the basketball court, x corresponds to the estimated horizontal coordinate for each shot's location (e.g., as per an x axis on a cartesian plane).

y

Double. In a top-down view of the basketball court, y corresponds to estimated vertical coordinate for each shot's location (e.g., as per a y axis on a cartesian plane).

first_name

Character. Player's first name.

family_name

Character. Player's family name.

scoreboard_name

Character. Player's name as it appears on a scoreboard (e.g., Sara Blicavs = S. Blicavs).

shirt_number

Numeric. Player's shirt number.

Source

Australian Women's National Basketball League website https://www.wnbl.com.au

jacquietran/wnblr documentation built on Jan. 8, 2022, 1:13 a.m.