The Teesra

Tag: sports

  • Watching live football!

    Watching live football!

    At the weekend, I watched London Seaward FC play Hackney Women’s FC in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup.

    A proper cup tie — skill, energy, drama. Hackney came back strongly in the second half, after their keeper was sent off, but the extra player counted in the end as Seaward ran out 3-1 winners.

    Although my football coaching badge lapsed 7 years ago, I couldn’t help watching the patterns of play. And wondering what Seaward’s coaches (and data analyst) might have made of the game.

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  • On the ball. A thought experiment.

    With apologies to any fans of ITV’s, now abandoned, On the Ball football highlights programme, what follows is a consideration of the ideal cricket ball.

    The post comprises a series of thought experiments, with little (no) actual research or science to support them…but there might be some hypotheses that could be worth further investigation.

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