https://www.xdlytics.com/blog daily 1.0 2024-10-27 https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/fomo-and-the-hil-player-auction monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/c0653076-cb3f-470d-84b7-b3fccff56893/hil_auction.png Blog - FOMO & the player auction - Make it stand out Figure 1: Price by sequence in which players were auctioned Notes: (i) Drag flickers were identified based on whether they performed this role at the Paris Olympics or for the Indian junior World Cup team. (ii) Players acquired in the closed bid round are not shown in this figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/8b9a75fd-5f0c-4c94-967d-236362c8d9cb/oly24_goalkeepers.png Blog - FOMO & the player auction - Make it stand out Table 2: Top goalkeepers at Paris 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/88e1edca-7327-453e-8d63-36a3af24f980/oly24_dragflickers.png Blog - FOMO & the player auction - Make it stand out Table 1: Top drag flickers at Paris 2024 Notes: Drag flicker must have made at least 10 attempts to be included in this list. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/fjwbuxyhcp39ff4as08htg5y3684hf monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/7cf35e66-edb7-4e87-a482-97ee9102d8d6/PlayersPerTurf.png Blog - Around the grounds - Make it stand out Figure 2: HA members per turf by State or Territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/a27b6381-c447-489d-9e3a-2aa7bc1f2ebd/synthetic_national_and_caps.png Blog - Around the grounds - Make it stand out Figure 1: Location of synthetic turfs in Australia Source for maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors, © Carto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/bf9d1715-bc01-4b82-bc37-d7a1f402a526/Metro_Regional_split.png Blog - Around the grounds - Make it stand out Figure 3: Split of synthetic turfs across metropolitan and regional areas State or Territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/de079e39-d39d-4e10-a531-0ca32f6a5153/synthetic_national_and_caps_2.png Blog - Around the grounds - Make it stand out Figure 4: Location of synthetic turfs in Australia’s major cities Source for maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors, © Carto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/d150c98a-4762-4f53-baa2-5472ac146a80/travel_times_v02.png Blog - Around the grounds - Make it stand out Figure 5: Isochrones showing 15- and 30-minute travel zones to hockey venues in Sydney Source for maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors Source for isochrones: openrouteservice https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/779b5umlzsg5kd32wd6bisz3c6ftrv monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/eb21fc0b-7522-4594-aea4-105f373d6698/NCAA_bracket_2023.png Blog - Picking winners? - Make it stand out Figure 1: Expected bracket for the NCAA Championship 2023. Team names in white indicate match-ups from the draw and/or actual results. Team names in orange are match-ups derived from predicted match outcomes. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/whos-the-boss monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/c75e52ca-f7a1-4291-b195-626a5c99722f/ncaa_mov_reg_season_2023.png Blog - Who’s the boss? - Make it stand out Figure 1: Histogram of the goal difference for the home team (or team two) from the 2023 NCAA regular season. A negative number indicates how many goals the home team was behind. Data includes neutral venues, at these venues the goal difference is measured as team two’s goals less team one’s goals. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/take-your-shot monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/a14437e8-6f1c-4618-8347-1a4e348377c9/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_angle_example_1.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/b4e96f81-128f-49e7-ba49-f735b27b032f/h1_r1_r6_field_goals.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Figure 1: Approximate ball locations for shots that led to a field goal scored during rounds 1 to 6 of the Hockey One League (M). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/d0d84604-a193-49be-9e6b-bae40627cd70/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_distance_example_2.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Figure 4: Angle and distance of Boyde’s goal-scoring shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/a4d5f8fa-c550-475b-a9c5-43afd0f1c7ae/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_density_plot.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Figure 2: Kernel density plot of ball locations for shot where a field goal was scored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/976400b7-78fc-456d-9e15-d599fed629b2/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_distance.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Figure 3: Angle and distance of Zalewski’s goal-scoring shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/cd5f2098-7f9a-446b-b9ea-246e2a43b35f/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_histograms.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Figure 5: Histogram of the distance and angle of goal-scoring shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/80a8fdde-5fe6-4567-beef-d94c06f6b8c2/h1_r1_r6_field_goals_angle_example_2.png Blog - Take your shot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/helping-hands monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/95eea830-6262-4437-a02d-6b6b0c086960/assists_after_round_5.png Blog - Helping hands - Make it stand out Figure 1: Most field goal assists after five rounds of the Hockey One League (M). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/a026792c-f067-437f-8169-5b20a722b7be/inserter_assists_after_round_5.png Blog - Helping hands - Make it stand out Figure 4: Most inserter assists after five rounds of the Hockey One League (M). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/d875023f-5135-4db3-b30f-2149a4d4b64d/pc_assists_after_round_5.png Blog - Helping hands - Make it stand out Figure 3: Most PC assists after five rounds of the Hockey One League (M). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/6f9c3ae1-2e24-4919-bd92-5940c630e017/chances_created_after_round_5.png Blog - Helping hands - Make it stand out Figure 2: Most chances created after five rounds of the Hockey One League (M). https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/the-passing-network monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/bf0243c1-05b9-4f68-9fd2-481401596f36/perth_passing_network.png Blog - The passing network - Make it stand out Figure 4: Perth Thundersticks’ passing network. Notes: Only players in the starting team shown on diagram. Larger nodes (i.e., dots) indicate more complete passes. Arrows indicate direction of pass. The colour and thickness of an arrow indicates the volume of passes in that direction. Red indicates a relatively large volume of passes and blue indicates relatively low volume of passes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/4986f7c9-3e99-46fd-95a9-8bf1a0c3377e/g11_complete_passes.png Blog - The passing network - Make it stand out Figure 3: Completed passes by player. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/2c0ac7e8-38f4-481e-87ec-07c472bbef19/pride_passing_network.png Blog - The passing network - Make it stand out Figure 3: NSW Pride’s passing network. Notes: Only players in the starting team shown on diagram. Larger nodes (i.e., dots) indicate more complete passes. Arrows indicate direction of pass. The colour and thickness of an arrow indicates the volume of passes in that direction. Red indicates a relatively large volume of passes and blue indicates relatively low volume of passes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/aefacc5b-98d8-438c-a4e1-cdb8c8147360/g11_possession.png Blog - The passing network - Make it stand out Figure 5: Share of passing activity from general play (used as a proxy for share of possession) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/81abbfa7-3c7f-468d-b2ab-da798adc21c8/%27g11_starting_lineups.png Blog - The passing network - Make it stand out Figure 1: Formation and starting teams for NSW Pride (left) and Perth Thundersticks (right). https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/keep-on-flickin monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/829656d0-bce2-431e-8ec3-1f7aa0d23282/mw3_dragflick_xy.png Blog - Keep on flickin’? - Make it stand out Figure 1: Approximate drag flick locations during Round 3. Notes: Circles denote goals, crosses denote saves or misses. Colours indicate teams - Blue for Canberra; Red for NSW; Orange for Brisbane and Yellow for Perth. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/give-me-the-ball monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/3c866ba1-6681-436d-a686-340d71450a62/g04_possession.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/6db40210-3f1c-4a3c-b386-40fd11ac3c7e/g04_touches.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/8d11f6be-8b3b-4141-b56e-2e14a5632bf0/g06_touches.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Figure 1: Touches by player during Round 2 of the Hockey One League (m). Touches includes passes, carrying the ball, crosses, clearances and shots. Goalkeeper saves are recorded but not included in the charts above. Note the x-axis is the same across all charts to promote comparison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/4796dbb8-1ab8-43a5-9d87-12f14c9b91f6/g05_possession.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/b013eb1d-0655-4526-a529-b42236cbc581/g06_possession.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Figure 2: Possession share in each Round 2 match measured by share of passing activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/f84557e2-42b7-4a8d-a41d-2098e3565c50/g05_touches.png Blog - Give me the ball! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.xdlytics.com/blog/hockeyone-round-1 monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/c2d81521-fc69-4436-9de0-e0100764dd99/pc_setups_mw1.png Blog - Conversions and PCs - Make it stand out Figure 1: Set up for attacking PCs in Round 1 (M) of the Hockey One League 2022. Approximate player positions based on observations from several PCs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633bad4fde034963eb2fba45/24bf276b-59bf-4eda-a0cf-d3d22c035950/Round_1_PC_variations.png Blog - Conversions and PCs - Make it stand out Figure 2: Attacking PC variations used during Round 1 of the Hockey One League (Men). 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