Mike Mauboussin

01:25 Backround on Mike

-Grew up in Ithaca NY

-Soccer, Hockey, and Lacrosse player

-Georgetown Lacrosse Alumni

-Day job is in Finance as an analyst and strategist

-Sports by the numbers

-Technology contributions to data analysis

06:34 "The Basic Equation" and Lacrosse Analytics

-Gather all data in D1 lacrosse and aggregate them

-Average 31.7 possessions a game

-Convert 32.7 of those possessions into goals

-Average 10.3 goals per game

-How to use these numbers to help your team win

-Ground balls impact

-Teams who win the ground ball battle by 4 or more win the game 70% of the time

11:18 Face-offs Impact

-Teams who win a higher % of face-offs has low correlation to winning a game

-Streaks are consistent with one player being better than another

-Variance (difference between the best and the worst)

-Rule changes impact variance

17:53 Impact of Canadians Statistically

-Shooting percentage is higher

-Average shooting % for Canadians is 34.2%

-Average shooting % for Americans is 28%

-Efficiency is higher

-One handedness commonality of Canadians

-Practice on smaller nets and bigger goalies

24:15 Goaltending

-Communication brings out confidence in defensive players

-Clearing

-Save percentages impacts

-3/4 failed clears should result in a goal against statistically

28:16 How coaches can use analytics

-Use statistics to draw a wholistic view

-Understand what your doing fully

-Coaching vs. Teaching

-Prioritize time to do what will ultimately help a team win

-Practice what actually happens in a game

-Balance rest and engagement

-Putting players in a place where they can succeed

-Study the people who are successful

-Focus on getting better at what you need to get better at

-Lacrosse is very conservative for coaching

-Hockey pull your goalie theory through statistics

36:48 Focus on Process from the Theory of Skill and Luck

-When there is a lot of luck in your outcome, focus on the process

-Black Jack

-Highly reliable statistics in baseball

-Paradox of skill

-Difference between the best and worst players has shrunk

42:06 Mike's Advice to Players

-Have fun

-Multiple sport athletes

-Practice what works

-Learn about your strengths and weaknesses

-Use film

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