The concept of a “hot hand” is a popular one in various sports, and has been variously bunked, debunked and rebunked in numerous contexts. Â A common manifestation of this idea comes from basketball, where fans routinely feel that players will get “hot” during a stretch of a game during which they make a much higher […]
Also tagged accuracy, hot hand, shootingI wrote this a while back, intending to pen similar posts for the men, but never got around to it, mainly because I’ve been working on other stuff (Statistical Skier related, but different…). But since I made the graphs, I thought I’d share them even if I never get around to the men’s post… Let’s […]
Also tagged laura s, sara studebaker, season review, women, World Cup, zina kocherI promised a separate post on Leif Nordgren earlier, so here it goes. I don’t really have any fancy analysis to present, but here’s his results in major international competitions (WC, WBC and OWG): Obviously, the guy is young and this is his first season skiing on the WC circuit “full time” or mostly so. […]
Also tagged leif nordgrenAnd…..we’re done for the season!
Also tagged mass start, men, race snapshot, women, World CupAnother good day for the US women; nice job ladies!
Also tagged men, pursuit, race snapshot, women, World CupYesterday’s biathlon WC sprint saw a mix of results for the Americans. First, things seem to have sort of reversed themselves from early in the season with Laura Spector struggling and the other ladies skiing quite well: An excellent race from Haley Johnson and Sara Studebaker, but a pretty dismal one for Spector, who shot […]
Also tagged americans, men, recap, Sprint, women, World CupAs far as I can tell, Magdalena Neuner leads all currently active female biathletes in victories in major international races. Granted, she’s been racing longer than many of the current top women, but still. (Update: As pointed out to me in the comments, that isn’t exactly the case. All I meant to say was that […]
Also tagged alexander wolf, andreas birnbacher, björn ferry, helena ekholm, magdalena neuner, men, recap, Sprint, women, World Cup