Importancia de la equidad como aspecto para lograr una adecuada competición deportiva en baloncesto de formación

The aim of this study was to record the opinion of young basketball players about the importance of equity during the competition, as well as their opinion on the implementation of specifical pedagogical actions during the game to reach it. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 161 basketball players under-12, who are federated in the “Federación de Baloncesto de la Región de Murcia (FBRM)”. This questionnaire is divided into four dimensions and deals with situations in games with large score differences and the feelings that are generated during these games. The most significant results of this study demonstrate that: a) Players prefers situations of equality for matches; b) Players have more fun during matches with the result being tied; c) players do not want to carry out specific pedagogical actions to promote equity when they are winning by a lot, however, when players are far inferior to the other team, they do prefer the other team to carry out specific pedagogical actions to promote equity; d) Players presents feelings related to boredom or apathy in games with a large difference in level between the two teams.