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  1. FiveThirtyEight Talks Ultimate Analytics On Podcast

    FiveThirtyEight, which published a pair of features about ultimate last month, continued the discussion on the site’s Hot Takedown podcast.

    Jan 6, 2016 by in Livewire with 0 comments

  2. Five Thirty Eight Dives Deep On Lack Of Analytics In Ultimate

    Can the analytics movement in ultimate breathe new life?

    Dec 15, 2015 by in Analysis with 3 comments

  3. Wall Street Journal Features Ultiworld Stats On Front Page

    The Wall Street Journal ran a front page story about ultimate's advanced analytics, pioneered by Ultiworld's Sean Childers and Jeremy Weiss.

    Jul 9, 2014 by in News with 11 comments

  4. Goals And Assists? Who Cares: Why You Should Take A Team Approach To Statistics

    I originally wrote this statistics primer for was introducing the sabermetric approach, of statistically understanding baseball, to the masses.

    Aug 26, 2013 by in Analysis with 10 comments

  5. Quantifying Player Value: Introducing ‘Expected Contribution’ And Ranking The 2013 NexGen Team

    No one in Ultimate seriously believes simple statistics like goals, assists, or blocks fairly measure a player’s overall worth. But our new 'expected contribution' statistic - which summarizes each player’s involvement in one overall number -- is a first serious attempt to do exactly this.

    Aug 13, 2013 by , and in Analysis

  6. How Do We Define Good Defense?

    When we talk, think, and strategize about Ultimate, defensive skill sometimes takes a back seat to offensive play. But we have begun to search for new ways to quantify good defense. Here we introduce one of those: the Ultiworld D rating.

    Jul 1, 2013 by and in Analysis with 28 comments

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