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Originally Posted by Coach Norm
I am an ex basketball coach with 22 years of coaching experience (high school and college) as well as coaching several other sports for many years. As a basketball coach, I am of the opinion that making a player get to their sweet spot (so to speak) makes a player work harder to be comfortable. If they are uncomfortable, then you can begin to effect them.
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Patterns are easy to predict if you watch enough matches. Coaches of sports teams watch endless hours of video and use all kinds of ways to try and predict the patterns of not only plays but even more importantly specific players.
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Excellent observations, Norm. Basketball is the most similar sport to Robotics with its multiple players and contrasting flows.
Defense gets little glamour and very, very few teams have designed for it this year.
Nonetheless, in the NCAA Final Four for basketball, Louisville pulled it off last night with its relentless full court press, that eventually got into Wichita States "head" late in the game, when they committed three turnovers in one minute after none in the first 26 minutes. It changed the outcome of the game.
Syracuse, on the other hand, with it's noted 2-3 zone defense, fell short against the run and gun (cyclers) of Michigan.
So, how to scout for defense? I like this approach:
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Originally Posted by D.Allred
SPAM has the best formula for scouting defense I have found. They show the formula in "Poor Man's Scouting System" published here on CD Media. Essentially they count "defensive maneuvers" during a match and assign a coefficient value to per move.
I'm sure they can explain it better than my attempt.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2769 |
Using a subjective coefficient requires a well trained scout team. At the CMP with over 100 matches, this can be tiresome. Share with another team and provide much caffeine.
Defense will most likely be the deciding factor in the CMP divisions and on Einstein.
I think we will see some <84" pyramid shot blockers to shut down cyclers, as well as very effective mid court "presses".
The strategies will align and the winners will be on the alliance with other ones whose shooters do not jam.
That, and autonomous is more important this year than any before.