hows the project going?
Quote from: Mrs mills on August 12, 2013, 10:49:30 AM
Good morning all:
I am currently working on a project about scoring percentages and how they may be improved. There are many different ways to classify attacks and opportunities to score. I have based my data on clean possession in the opposition half of the pitch and the what happens thereafter. Most teams, other than those that are completely swamped throughout a game, will have clean possession in the opposing half between 40 and 50 times in a game and the % of these which are turned into scores is my focus.
Based on data from some 120 games over the past three years (male club and county, minor and senior) I have found that winning teams generally convert 28-45% of these into points, with 33% being the norm - and I count a goal as 3 scores / points.
To illustrate the balance of attacks and imbalance of scores, may I use the data from a recent club senior game.
Team A 46 attacks / 6 points / 7 shots (4 wide and 3 dropped short) / 33 turnovers = 13% score return
Team B 49 attacks / 17 points (3-8) / 11 shots ( 9 wide and 2 dropped short ) / 21 turnovers = 35% score return
I'm also looking at the % of unsuccessful attacks which finished with a shot that went wide or dropped short and at those attacks which were thwarted and the ball turned over before a shot was taken.
So, what am I asking? I would be very grateful if you could tag (record the same stats) for one game that you attend before the end of the season. You may have to become a loner for the duration of the game, standing in isolation and appearing to be a journalist, losing friends as a result. If you manage to get the figures please post them on this thread, complete with names of teams involved and playing level.
I usually tag the game in real time and collate them at the end of the game. Below is an example of how I began to tag a game between team R and team L.
R / T
R / W
L /PT
R/PT
L/S
L/W
R/GL
L/T
R/W
R/T
R/T
T for turnover, S for shot dropped short, W for wide, PT for point, GL for goal.
Thanks in anticipation of any help you can give.