Effects of home field advantage
One positive thing about COVID was that it gave statisticians an opportunity to observe what happens when you take away things like road travel and home crowds for sporting events.
And the results are... mixed.
February 11th, 2021 at 2:41 PM ^
I like articles like this. Now, I'm not sure what to do with this information. Probably place it in my brain next to obscure pop song lyrics I remember from the 90s.
February 11th, 2021 at 3:02 PM ^
Whoomp there it is.
February 11th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Scoop! Chocolata Chocolata Chocolata choco- Scoop!
February 11th, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
Sprinkles!
February 11th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^
Who let the dogs out?
February 11th, 2021 at 3:19 PM ^
Why include neutral site “home” team games?
February 11th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
To see if just designating a team "home" has any psychological effects on players and refs.
February 11th, 2021 at 4:31 PM ^
It's an interesting topic but this author is a little annoying in how he keeps suggesting that there is one single explanation for home advantage, when more likely it is a cumulative effect of 1) familiarity, 2) no travel/good night's sleep and 3) fan support helping the home side - along with the reverse (lack of familiarity, travel/fatigue, and dealing with hostile fans) hurting the visiting side.
In the bubbles, none of these factors were in play at all, so there were functionally no home teams. In other sports, #1 and #2 exist but #3 is greatly diminished.
February 11th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^
Anyone who’s been to the Big House or any other major venue for a big game knows how big the crowd is. I’ve been yelling as loud as I could and not hear my voice. Great times.