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[Swarm-modeling] american football vs other handball sports
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glen ep ropellaa |
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[Swarm-modeling] american football vs other handball sports |
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:22:32 -0700 |
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So a friend of mine made the statement that American football is "the most
poetic sport". I objected strongly because my sense is that it's too explosive,
not only in the individual players, but in the plays ... too discretized ...
"punctuated".
I think his argument is that because players are so specialized (defense,
offense, qb, kicker, backs, etc.), game strategy is more orchestrated than
sports like rugby where individuals are more general. But he made the argument
by talking about the athletic prowess. And because players are specialized, my
sense is they *should* be able to set records and do any small set of things
better than anyone else on the planet. The olympics are similar. We wouldn't
expect a shot putter to be good at the balance beam. This raises the old
problem of where the "logic" lies, in the individual or the collective, and
orchestration by a composer/conductor/coach or via some sort of emergent
structure. Which is the better *team athlete*? The one who tightly specializes
and knows her place? Or the one who smears her capabilities across a large
repertoire of tasks?
A brief duckduckgo search shows some hints that research on tactic complexity
and such happens in these sports. But, so far, it seems to lack the research
bloom we see in games like chess, go, or poker. Rather than argue in this
qualitative way, I'd like to discover some quantitative results, if they're out
there. There's bound to be such things, especially with all the simulations we
build for various video games.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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