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Football metrics and models are also under the influence of trends within football. One of these trends is the use of set pieces to generate meaningful chances in the game. Another big recent trend or influence on the game is the use of long balls, specifically launches. In this article, I want to have a look a this trend, but also look ahead and why long balls are used. And, why are second balls vital
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Basically, I’m really bad at writing intros, but trust me — this is a fascinating article to read. My aim for this article is to delve into American Football, more specifically, the NFL and/or NCAA college football. The reason why? Firstly, I think it can be fascinating to really delve into other team sports all across the globe, because I think we can learn from certain patterns and methodologies and apply them to football. And, perhaps in time, I might actually try to do it vice versa.
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Asserting dominance is what many managers talk about. They talk about controlling midfield, central areas, and “wanting” it more. According to their knowledge and view, this would also lead to winning games thanks to that asserted dominance. It seems a bit of a wild idea, and I’m not sure there is a correlation. However, this is a worthy exercise to conduct in terms of data, so that’s why I’m taking you on this research data.
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I don’t think I have to tell you that I love set pieces. The whole reason I started looking at data metrics and models more, was the fact that I felt that there are so few metrics concerning set pieces. I think that’s still the case, but we are getting that there, one day at the time.
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I was waiting for an excuse for me to look deeper into the long throw-ins for a while now, but I couldn’t find the right hook. Now, it’s all over the place, and I know my research is far from innovative, but I do still think there are so many interesting things we could talk about. Long throw-ins seem to be emerging in the Premier League, but is this a league specific trend or can we see some similar development in the other top leagues in Europe? Let me take you on a wonderful trip through long throw-ins.
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