Archive - Simon Blanford

On the (in)equality of umpires

Inherent gender biases in the awarding of personal penalties?

Jun 9 •

April 2025

Cutting up shots

Simplifying scoring probabilities

Apr 13 •

Making more connections

In circle player networks

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Making connections

A game of hockey as a network

Mar 27 •

December 2024

The top performers, at least in terms of goal mouth actions, taking shots and goalscoring, are always the players who get the most attention.

Dec 11, 2024 •

November 2024

The new face of digital tactics?

Data analysis takes time.

Nov 20, 2024 •

A little more tyranny

To shoot or not too shoot ...

Nov 2, 2024 •

October 2024

The tyranny of shooting

Actions and outcomes in the circle

Oct 12, 2024 •

Scoring the first goal

Is it really that important?

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

The fall of the field goal in men's hockey

And the rise of penalty corner defence?

Sep 23, 2024 •

Shots and expected goals

A little look at some Olympic data

Sep 15, 2024 •

Men have trouble scoring

Did the number of goals decline in the men's Olympics?

Sep 9, 2024 •

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