The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is Wrong
As a player and a coach, I didn’t look at statistics the way sportswriters and fans did. I wasn’t interested in who scored most, got the most rebounds or assists. I was after clues that would let me see patterns, what it was that enabled the Knicks to succeed against us. The stats, this time, revealed something startling about the Knicks’ defense.
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Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game (Bloomsbury Sigma)
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There are hundreds of sports coaching books on the market, with the work of Timothy Gallwey being prominent.
David Rock, Linda J. Page • Coaching With the Brain in Mind
What I know for certain is that the conclusions I would draw from experience are different from the ones based only on figures. Because if Lionel Messi scores three times out of every ten attempts, he might be criticized by someone who sees only the statistics for being just 30 per cent effective. I’d say: just copy him and see if you can get up to
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