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Post by Reefs on Jul 5, 2018 11:08:50 GMT -5
I watched Russia vs. Spain, the entire game and when it was finally over I was thinking what a waste of time! Reminded me somewhat of these computer generated haikus. Just mechanics. They were just grinding it out. Yesterday I watched Brazil vs. Mexico and that was significantly different. There were signs of this exuberant spontaneity and playfulness again that seemed to be totally missing the other day. And when it was over, it didn't feel like a waste of time either. I guess what I am missing these days is a certain playfulness or 'lightness of being' (for lack of a better word) in soccer/football. To me, players who just enjoy themselves and their skills have always been a delight to watch. You can feel the magic in the air, an entire team having a group flow experience and everyone who is watching them as well. I remember Csikszentmihalyi mentioning this as well, how sports can be a very easy and powerful way to flow experience (or alignment, in A-H terms). Yes, entirely agree. With Spain the goal was to win, holding the ball was a strategy, very boring. And it obviously didn't work. Dean Smith is virtually alone responsible for the shot clock in college basketball. In the old days there were some games when Carolina held the ball most of the game with a strategy called 4 corners, final scores some games ending in the low teens. Very boring games. But OTOH Japan lost their last game and was knocked out by choosing to continue to actively play after being ahead by 2 goals, lost 3-2. Penalty shoot-outs are very interesting. To me it seems that the ones who are most present in the moment win in the end. I mean, from a mathematical point of view, all things being equal, goal keepers have no chance there. And yet, very often they decide the game in such moments. Fascinating.
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Jul 5, 2018 17:13:24 GMT -5
Yes, entirely agree. With Spain the goal was to win, holding the ball was a strategy, very boring. And it obviously didn't work. Dean Smith is virtually alone responsible for the shot clock in college basketball. In the old days there were some games when Carolina held the ball most of the game with a strategy called 4 corners, final scores some games ending in the low teens. Very boring games. But OTOH Japan lost their last game and was knocked out by choosing to continue to actively play after being ahead by 2 goals, lost 3-2. Penalty shoot-outs are very interesting. To me it seems that the ones who are most present in the moment win in the end. I mean, from a mathematical point of view, all things being equal, goal keepers have no chance there. And yet, very often they decide the game in such moments. Fascinating. Yes. This World Cup has blown to pieces my own personal previous "statistical" theory on shoot-out penalty kicks. It has held more or less for years of watching games. Usually, I say a goalie will save one shot and one person kicking will totally miss the goal, this out of (the first) ten shots. But the trick is I don't know which team will miss or which goalie will make the save. To misquote/paraphrase Yogi Berra, "Penalty kicks are 90% 1/2 mental".
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Post by laughter on Sept 19, 2018 7:39:48 GMT -5
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Post by laughter on Sept 23, 2018 8:55:18 GMT -5
week 4 fades into week 5.
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Post by laughter on Oct 20, 2018 17:36:25 GMT -5
.. hey, where's been 'dusty these days??
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Post by Gopal on Oct 21, 2018 2:32:09 GMT -5
.. hey, where's been 'dusty these days?? I don't know.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 6:56:10 GMT -5
.. hey, where's been 'dusty these days?? Speaking of old friends who haven't popped in for a while
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Post by laughter on Oct 27, 2018 23:49:18 GMT -5
Bingo. This is the Chuang Tzu story of the wheelwright. btw- speaking of which, do you live near Asheville NC? I'm supposed to be vacationing there around Thanksgiving, and I might want to ask you a few questions about the area since I don't know a darned thing about the place.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 7:24:53 GMT -5
btw- speaking of which, do you live near Asheville NC? I'm supposed to be vacationing there around Thanksgiving, and I might want to ask you a few questions about the area since I don't know a darned thing about the place. The tribalism and deep divisions must end. Tailgating is fine though.
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Post by laughter on Oct 28, 2018 14:07:16 GMT -5
The tribalism and deep divisions must end. Tailgating is fine though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2018 10:11:13 GMT -5
roll Tide
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 9:05:13 GMT -5
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Post by laughter on Mar 20, 2019 22:26:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 8:40:25 GMT -5
monkey mind thinks: after witnessing UVA's beat down of 'Cuse in the Dome a few weeks back, I'm betting this ain't gonna be youse guys year but for the Cav's to have a successful season they only need to make it out of the first round
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Post by laughter on Mar 21, 2019 20:34:30 GMT -5
monkey mind thinks: after witnessing UVA's beat down of 'Cuse in the Dome a few weeks back, I'm betting this ain't gonna be youse guys year but for the Cav's to have a successful season they only need to make it out of the first round As disappointed as I was, it was some poetry watching the ball keep swishing like that. Simple strategy: make baskets. Low expectations have become the norm up here in the past few years.
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