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Gaining competitive advantage by changing better
“Art of the Undercut”
My U16 team played against a team from Pittsburgh that thoroughly impressed me. What did they do?
Undercut our shift length. All. Game. Long.
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Gaining competitive advantage by changing better
“Art of the Undercut”
My U16 team played against a team from Pittsburgh that thoroughly impressed me. What did they do?
Undercut our shift length. All. Game. Long.
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Undercutting = racing strategy where a car pits for fresh tires earlier than their rival to gain a performance advantage from fresh tires
Those faster lap times then allow the car to pass their rival when their rival eventually pits
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Those faster lap times then allow the car to pass their rival when their rival eventually pits
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Chart from Micah Blake McCurdy
- Shots for + against over time, based on shift start location
What do we learn?
- First 15 seconds account for abnormally high shot rates
- 15 to 40 seconds there is an equal share of shots
- Beyond 40 seconds = getting caved in defensively
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- Shots for + against over time, based on shift start location
What do we learn?
- First 15 seconds account for abnormally high shot rates
- 15 to 40 seconds there is an equal share of shots
- Beyond 40 seconds = getting caved in defensively
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Moral of the story & chart:
There is a massive competitive advantage by changing in 40 seconds and under
There is a massive performance degradation that quickly leads to ‘shots-against‘ increasing significantly while ‘shots-for’ decrease significantly
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There is a massive competitive advantage by changing in 40 seconds and under
There is a massive performance degradation that quickly leads to ‘shots-against‘ increasing significantly while ‘shots-for’ decrease significantly
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Tired players = bad players
The difference between good and great can sometimes be as simple as undercutting shift length
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The difference between good and great can sometimes be as simple as undercutting shift length
Find this and more on our newsletter:
https://hockeysarsenal.substack.com/p/shift-length-the-art-of-the-undercut?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
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