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Quick note: based on feedback, went back and did qa on both data sets. turns out that the defensive improvement numbers were off significantly for most teams. apologies for that. the numbers now included below are correct.
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Apologies for the length of the post and, as always, congrats to folks who make it all the way through.
Below are the 2018-19, season to date improvement/decline stats for 06/u13 boys SoCal teams (both SD and LA). Couple of things upfront though.
First, the goal of posting this data is to provide families, and teams, clubs and coaches, with information to better understand the season so far i.e. one less tea leaf to decipher.
It is fair to point out that while significant changes from September thru December could be due to good/poor coaching/team development, but they could also be due to things like teams adding/losing players, players being absent due to injury or other reasons from some games, or experimentation (eg, line-ups or tactics) by coaches.
Second, the stats in this post are only measuring improvement/decline from the start of the 2018-19 season on Sept 1 through Dec 9th 2018, not comparing 2018-19 to 2017-18.
This is different than what was posted for the 05 boys which compared improvement/decline y2y. For the 06/u13, comparing performance to the previous year at u12, when there were two teams for each academy club, is close to impossible.
Third, the sample size for these stats ranges from 6 to 10 games, depending on the team. This is a relatively small sample size.
Because of this, am including something called the “r squared” score along with the other stats. Simple version on this number is that “r squared” scores communicate the % of variation that is explained by the statistical analysis i.e. how valid/not valid a particular stat is/is not. For the purposes of this post, am looking at any r squared score at .10 or above as "good enough" to draw attention to stats that bear looking at.
With all those caveats out of the way, here’s the data:
Offensive Improvement/Decline by Team: Sept 1 2018 thru Dec 9 2018
Defensive Improvement/Decline by Team: Sept 1 2018 thru Dec 9 2018
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Apologies for the length of the post and, as always, congrats to folks who make it all the way through.
Below are the 2018-19, season to date improvement/decline stats for 06/u13 boys SoCal teams (both SD and LA). Couple of things upfront though.
First, the goal of posting this data is to provide families, and teams, clubs and coaches, with information to better understand the season so far i.e. one less tea leaf to decipher.
It is fair to point out that while significant changes from September thru December could be due to good/poor coaching/team development, but they could also be due to things like teams adding/losing players, players being absent due to injury or other reasons from some games, or experimentation (eg, line-ups or tactics) by coaches.
Second, the stats in this post are only measuring improvement/decline from the start of the 2018-19 season on Sept 1 through Dec 9th 2018, not comparing 2018-19 to 2017-18.
This is different than what was posted for the 05 boys which compared improvement/decline y2y. For the 06/u13, comparing performance to the previous year at u12, when there were two teams for each academy club, is close to impossible.
Third, the sample size for these stats ranges from 6 to 10 games, depending on the team. This is a relatively small sample size.
Because of this, am including something called the “r squared” score along with the other stats. Simple version on this number is that “r squared” scores communicate the % of variation that is explained by the statistical analysis i.e. how valid/not valid a particular stat is/is not. For the purposes of this post, am looking at any r squared score at .10 or above as "good enough" to draw attention to stats that bear looking at.
With all those caveats out of the way, here’s the data:
Offensive Improvement/Decline by Team: Sept 1 2018 thru Dec 9 2018
Defensive Improvement/Decline by Team: Sept 1 2018 thru Dec 9 2018
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