In Episode 16 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined Meshkov Brest coach Dani Gordo.

They take a close look at Spain at the EHF EURO 2022, discussing their defence (including a tweet by Juan Andreu who suggested that Aleix Gomez might be the best defender of the tournament) and problems quantifying defence, their goalkeepers and their offence. Besides, we also took a short look at Denmark and Mathias Gidsel.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Daniel Gordo
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Other content from Mark and Julian on EHF EURO 2022:
– Twitch/YouTube Live Show with focus on Netherlands, Iceland and Germany vs. Norway
– Digitalisation opens new era for handball (how handball has changed and continues to change through data)
– In numbers: Look back at EHF EURO 2020 and ahead to 2022
– A close look at Iceland’s success
– The shot-stopping stars of the EHF EURO 2022 (introducing a new way to evaluate goalkeepers)
– The impact and evolution of pace

Der Beitrag Episode 16: Daniel Gordo on Spain at EHF EURO 2022 and much more erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 15 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, analyze the final of the IHF Women’s World Championship 2021 in Spain between Norway and France. Besides, they also take a look at a statement made after the tournament and the tournament in general.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 15: The Final: Norway vs. France erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 14 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, return to talk about the IHF Women’s World Championship 2021 in Spain. They analyse the preliminary and main round and preview the knockout stage with focus on „Advanced Statistics“. Besides, they also take a look at other interesting developements during the tournament, namely the Iranian goalkeepers and Argentina.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 14: Review of the first rounds and preview of the knockout stage of the IHF Women’s World Championship 2021 erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 13 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“, the final episode for the Olympics, former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined by Danilo Gagliardi Junior. Danilo is a former assistant coach of the Angolan women’s national team and analyses with Mark and Julian the gold medal game at the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo between France and the ROC with focus on „Advanced Statistics“ and tactical aspects.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Danilo Gagliardi Junior
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 13: Danilo Gagliardi Junior on the Gold Medal Game between France and the Russian Olympic Committee erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 12 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined by GOG’s head coach Nicolej Krickau. They analyse the gold medal game at the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo between France and Denmark with focus on „Advanced Statistics“ and tactical aspects and of course the once again outstanding Mathias Gidsel who plays for Nicolej at GOG.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Nicolej Krickau
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 12: Nicolej Krickau on the Gold Medal Game between France and Denmark erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In eleventh Episode of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, welcome Alex Kulesh, co-host of the podcast (Un)informed Handball Hour, as their guest. Alex, Mark and Julian analyse the semi final of the women’s competition at the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo between Norway and the ROC with focus on „Advanced Statistics“.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Alex Kulesh
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 11: Alex Kulesh on Norway vs. the Russian Olympic Committee erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 10 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined by former Spanish national team player Juan Andreu. Juan played for Spain along with most of the current players, and with Mark and Julian analyse the semi final of the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo between Spain and Denmark with focus on „Advanced Statistics“.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Juan Andreu
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 10: Juan Andreu on Spain vs. Denmark erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In the ninth Episode of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined by Japanese handball journalist Yuki Hattori live from Tokyo. They discuss the quarter final of the Olmpic Games 2020 in Tokyo between Sweden and South Korea and talk about Handball in South Korea and Japan.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Yuki Hattori
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 9: Yuki Hattori on Sweden vs. South Korea and Handball in Asia erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

In Episode 8 of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ former Olympian and EHF Master Coach Mark Hawkins and Julian Rux, founder and owner of Handballytics, are joined by long time Bundesliga coach „handball professor“ Dr. Rolf Brack. They analyse the quarter final of the Olmpic Games 2020 in Tokyo between Denmark and Norway with focus on traditional and „Advanced Statistics“.

Hosts: Mark Hawkins & Julian Rux
Guest: Dr. Rolf Brack
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 8: Dr. Rolf Brack on Denmark vs. Norway erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.

For episode seven of „Handball in Numbers – The Handballytics Podcast“ Mark was not available, so Julian invited two guests to talk about player rating metrics such as the PlayerScore, HPI or the Grades by HBStatz. The guests are former Olympian and Icelandic international player Einar Örn Jónsson, who joins live from Tokyo where he works as commentator for Icelandic television, and statistician Oliver Brosig who co-developed the PlayerScore and was a part of the task force by the German Bundesliga for the HPI. They focus a bit on Denmark vs. Sweden in the beginning but then take a look at the whole preliminary round for the men’s tournament.

Hosts: Julian Rux
Guest:  Einar Örn Jónsson
Intro: „Aggressive Synth Arp“ by Andrea Guerriero

Der Beitrag Episode 7: Einar Örn Jónsson and Oliver Brosig on Player Rating Metrics and Denmark vs. Sweden erschien zuerst auf Handballytics.