An ode to dexterities.

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An ode to dexterities.

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So, I was wondering how some figures would look, comparing some of our sports largest pimps. I took the following approach, to *somewhat* objectively rank the idols before me...

1.) Take 60 contacts of a random point in a good player video, of strings and not drills. Video taken at a "good" / "high" point in players career.

2.) Get the data, and organize it so others could easily compare figures.

The videos I took, are of the following.

1.) Anssi. Second song in Tuukka's NYJ video. Starting after the whirr repeats. 2010
2.) Jorden. TNT session. 2006
3.) David: "Day One". 2007.
4.) Vasek: "Feet on Fire", after the mini-toe kicks, taking out his drill and montage rake sequence. 2005.
5.) Milan Special, by Eric Chang. started right at the beginning. 2010.
6.) Jim Penske: Zeb's special, from not too long ago. 2010.
7.) Honza's new nucleus video, taking out initial big tricks. 2010.

So yeah, here are the results.

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Note... Obviously freestyle shouldn't be contained within numbers, as the links done in each video can't be given [at this time...] real values, and the amount of creativity and versatility in strings can't really be given by uniques. If I were to say, do this better I would take an entire 3 minute video and perform the analysis, however, that would mean ~2 hours would turn into ~6 hours... And then, of course, take a second, or third video, and compile more results. 18 hours. That might be a day well spent actually...

Final Result:
Juho Wins
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Post by calemccoy »

cool post jay.

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:)

thanks Jay.
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Post by Reid »

Can we get some error bars on the string length graph?


Neat idea, but I don't feel it is a real estimate of who is better or how each player plays. There are so many variables left out (How much time went into making the video, who chose the cuts that got into the video etc.)

An environment such as a competition (circle?) would be a bit better. Each player is given the same criteria to follow, roughly the same stimuli, and an equal number of attempts. This "controlled" environment may make it possible to get some meaningful data to compare players but will need lots and lots of replicates for anything significant.

Anyways, thanks for doing that. It is cool to see the spread on everyone, but the numbers should be taken with consideration.
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Post by FlexThis »

Awesome Jay!

It is a nice perspective to analyze. Vasek is high on most of those charts, but not the best on all of those charts. And seeing the break downs, even if just a snip it, is very interesting to compare.

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Edit: Meh, I posted but it ended up not even fitting in with this thread.
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