The numbers game : why everything you know about soccer is wrong / Chris Anderson and David Sally.
| Author/creator | Anderson, Christopher, 1966- author. |
| Other author | Sally, David, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2013] |
| Description | vii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Why everything you know about soccer is wrong |
| Contents | Soccer for skeptics : the counter(s)-reformation -- Before the match : the logic of soccer numbers. Riding your luck ; The goal : soccer's rare beauty ; They should have bought Darren Bent -- On the pitch : soccer "intelligence" and why less can be more. Light and dark ; Piggy in the middle ; The deflation of the long ball ; Guerrilla soccer -- In the dugout : building teams, managing clubs. O! Why a soccer team is like the space shuttle ; How do you solve a problem like Megrelishvili? ; Stuffed teddy bears ; The young prince -- After the match is before the match. Life during the reformation. |
| Abstract | Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers - a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions - How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player's value be judged? - they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013011448 |
| ISBN | 9780143124566 |
| ISBN | 0143124560 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GV943 .A656 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |