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Height stopped being an advantage on the block

Basketball

Lift and coast is a setup choice pretending to be a driver instruction

Racing

The transfer market learns slower than the analysts think

World Rankings

A good start is worth less than a bad one costs

Olympics

Turnovers in your own half are not all equal

FIFA

Dot balls cost more than boundaries earn

ICC Tournaments

A new ball and an old ball are not the same sport

Tennis

Training zones are a bookkeeping tool, not a biology

Athletics

Usage rate hides who actually breaks a defence

Basketball

A front wing flap is a cheap fix for an expensive problem

Racing

Movement screens predict almost nothing and cost plenty

World Rankings

The hundred metres is decided by who slows down least

Olympics

Zonal marking gets blamed because it is legible

FIFA

The hard length beats the yorker more often than anyone admits

ICC Tournaments

Chasing spin numbers has made half of practice useless

Tennis

Set position height is personal and coaches keep standardising it

Athletics

Blocks are the worst way to judge a rim protector

Basketball

There is no such thing as a one-stop tyre, only a one-stop driver

Racing

The watch is not measuring what the coach thinks it is

World Rankings

Readiness scores tell athletes what they already knew

Olympics

The overlap works because nobody takes it

FIFA

Losing two early costs less than the caution it produces

ICC Tournaments

The five-shot rally is where matches are actually lost

Tennis

A flying thirty tells you more than any timed trial

Athletics

Drop coverage died because of the pull-up, not the three

Basketball