What are the control group, test group, indep and dep variables for experiment on basketball shooting?

the project will determine if a ball's starting position for shooting a basketball affects a players shooting percentage.


shooting positions will be from each hand from the chest, chin, over head. I will keep track of how many shots each player made from each hand position.What are the control group, test group, indep and dep variables for experiment on basketball shooting?
You will have each player shoot from 6 positions, say 10 shots each. The players that do this are the test group = you are testing them.





For a control group, I would use the same people. Have each person shoot 60 shots in their normal shooting motion. Record the number of shots made for each set of 10. This will tell you how well the person usually shoots.





I think I would have them shoot 10 from one of the test positions, then 10 as they normally would, then a second set from a different test position, then 10 to control, and so on. That way you will be able to see if they just get better as they shoot (last 10 control and last test position are much better than the first control and test shots), or if a particular position seems to be best (everyone shoot best from right hand at the chin while all the control groups of shots were about the same).





I think I would have them all do the various test positions in the same order, but maybe that isn't so important. I would also note whether people are right or left handed.





Hope that makes sense!





As for dependent and independent variable: if I understand correctly, the independent variable is the shooting position = you are deciding on it, and there is no other influence. I think then that the dependent variable would be the number of shots that go in.





Good luck!