Past Articles in Analysis
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Measuring Impact: Who Ran The NexGen Offense?
What does offensive impact look like in Ultimate, and what statistics might we employ to measure it? This article introduces three statistical metrics that map nicely onto how we intuitively think about offense.
Dec 20, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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Furthering The Concept Of “Possession” In Ultimate
This is the second article in a series on player and team statistics from the NexGen tour.
Dec 18, 2012 by Sean Childers in Analysis
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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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AUDL v. MLU: An Investor Considers His Options
We’ve heard about the American Ultimate Disc League and Major League Ultimate from a lot of perspectives.
Dec 10, 2012 by Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis, Opinion
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INFOGRAPHIC: Comparing The Four “Pro” Leagues
2013 is shaping up to be one of the most pivotal years ever in Ultimate with possibly four leagues competing for players, money, and prestige. To make sense of it all, John Korber made a chart comparing the four leagues across a range of issues, like their mission, how they will affect players, and how they might affect the sport.
Dec 7, 2012 by John Korber and Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis
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USAU, The AUDL, MLU, And NexGen: Understanding The Distinctions Between The Leagues
Sports for the benefit of the participants and sports for the benefit of spectators are fundamentally different.
Dec 3, 2012 by John Korber in Analysis
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Deep Look: Money Enters Ultimate – Episode 2
This week on Deep Look, Ultiworld’s new radio show, we discuss the financial and organizational structures of Major League Ultimate and the American Ultimate Disc…
Nov 27, 2012 by Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis, News, Podcast
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How We Practice: Throwing Like A Girl
What does learning to throw a disc mean to a girl or woman who takes up Ultimate?
Nov 20, 2012 by Katherine Rowe 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