La línea de tres puntos y su influencia sobre la dinámica de juego en minibasket, el grado de satisfacción individual y competencia percibida de niños y niñas de la Región de Murcia

This research is limited to the minibasket competition of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, in which the rules establish the presence of a three-point line with specific characteristics (shape and distance). The objective was to test the influence of the modification of the three-point line on individual and collective behavior, and the degree of satisfaction and perceived competence of 43 players (39 boys and 4 girls) of four teams registered minibasket in juvenile category federated with a mean age of about 11 years. For this tournament it was organized and familiarization period of two weeks between the two days of competition was established. The attack game underwent changes among which, more uniform occupation of the players space, time increment possession, a proportional increase in the number of passes; the attacks became more depth and hit three points were made. Similarly, a slight increase in the level of enjoyment and the degree of perceived competence was detected.Overall the data show the desirability of changing the 3-point line rule to promote a training process better fitted to the characteristics of children.