Past Articles from Sean Childers
Sean Childers is Ultiworld’s Editor Emeritus. He started playing ultimate in 2008 for UNC-Chapel Hill Darkside, where he studied Political Science and Computer Science before graduating from NYU School of Law. He has played for LOS, District 5, Empire, PoNY, Truck Stop, Polar Bears, and Mischief (current team). You can email him at [email protected].
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Constitution Owner Joins MLU As CFO, Team Appears Likely To Join MLU
Connecticut Constitution CEO Bryan Ricci announced via Facebook this afternoon that he is officially joining Major League Ultimate (MLU) as a high-level executive officer.
Dec 17, 2012 by Sean Childers in News
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Handlers v. Cutters: Using Statistics To Define Positions
This is the first article in a new series on player and team statistics from the NexGen tour.
Dec 14, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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Huck It Deep: NexGen’s Playing Style Showed Reliance On Defense
Perhaps the strongest juxtaposition between offense and defense would be finding that neither NexGen’s offensive completion rate nor their average yardage per completion predicted their…
Nov 16, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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NexGen’s Success: Founded On Their Elite Defense
This is the second part in our defensive series on the statistics of NexGen. Photo courtesy of Ultiphotos’ Kevin Leclaire. Check out more photos of the NexGen tour. Before we can begin analyzing the data, we have to determine what we consider to be the “best result” for NexGen. I defined success for NexGen as...
Nov 15, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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Introducing Ultiworld Statistics: An In-Depth Look At NexGen
The record of the 2012 NexGen Team surely ranks as one of most surprising and impressive accomplishments in recent ultimate. A team composed of 15 college all-stars posted a record of 11-4-1 against the top Open teams across the country. How did this happen?
Nov 14, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis