An analysis of overall strength of China Women's Basketball Team in preparation for Beijing Olympic Games 2008

The author compared and analyzed the data and situations of matches performed by China Women's Basketball Team in the 14~(th) World Women's Basketball Championship and the 28~(th) Athens Olympic Games,and revealed the following findings: The developing trend of world women's basketball is to develop men style technique and physique,to emphasize on body and strength confrontations,and to exert individual ability in overall offense and defense system of a team;the main reasons for China Women's Basketball Team defeated by occidental winning teams are the followings: Poor body confrontation ability and week individual ability,overall offense and defense unable to impose any pressure on the opponent,lack of understanding of the characteristics of techniques and tactics employed by European women's basketball teams, as well as inadequate responding ability. Individual techniques in confrontation, especially the technical and tactic style of being agile and accurate,should be promoted and developed through more communications with occidental winning teams and European club teams,on the basis of inheritance of traditional game strategy of being active,flexible,fast,agile and accurate,and in accordance with existing physical conditions of China Women's Basketball Team.