Stats? What matters?
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Lately I’ve been working on a small stats system for Ultimate (and general sports usage). While I do have plans on where to go with it I’m not sharing it outside of a small group at this time. In building the system (really just hacking it together over the last few days) I’ve learned how tricky it will be to put together a UI that will allow quick entry of all the events that Ultimate players encounter. To that end I need to know: What stats matter? Do foul calls matter? Discs grabbed in tricky situations? Layouts? Drops? Misses?
To give you an example of what I’m working on you can view some of the stats for the Paganello 2009 Open Finals below (apologies for the incorrect names and numbers):
<tr>
<td>
Player
</td>
<td>
#
</td>
<td>
PP
</td>
<td>
Pulls
</td>
<td>
Throws
</td>
<td>
Catches
</td>
<td>
TT
</td>
<td>
TC
</td>
<td>
PS
</td>
<td>
PT
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Lorenz Stauffer
</td>
<td>
29
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
16
</td>
<td>
14
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Justin Foord
</td>
<td>
28
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
8
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Adam Holt
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
19
</td>
<td>
13
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Ollie Benjamin
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Rob Alpen
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
17
</td>
<td>
16
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Thomas Bariswell
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Nick Bildner
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Yves
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Jens Tanger
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Kai Yoko
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Raphael
</td>
<td>
90
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Chris Brettow
</td>
<td>
22
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Hargraves
</td>
<td>
18
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Dom Clark
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Solomon
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
6
</td>
<td>
92
</td>
<td>
90
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
13
</td>
<td>
13
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Player
</td>
<td>
#
</td>
<td>
PP
</td>
<td>
Pulls
</td>
<td>
Throws
</td>
<td>
Catches
</td>
<td>
TT
</td>
<td>
TC
</td>
<td>
PS
</td>
<td>
PT
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Jim Parinella
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
6
</td>
<td>
6
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Alex de Frondeville
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
11
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Chris Askbrook
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
12
</td>
<td>
12
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Kevin Buchanan
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
9
</td>
<td>
10
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Jasper Hoitsma
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
11
</td>
<td>
11
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Chris Sherwood
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Greg Husak
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
12
</td>
<td>
13
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Jim Schoettler
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
9
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Mike Zalisk
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
5
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Jon Zalisk
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
3
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Brian Bogle
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
8
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Kevin Foster
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
1
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Dave Hoyle
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
7
</td>
<td>
94
</td>
<td>
87
</td>
<td>
9
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
8
</td>
<td>
8
</td>
</tr>