To get good, go after the metagame

Re:To get good, go after the metagame by oblio on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @02:21PM (#22416341)

For most sports, if you're defensive you'll beat offensive minded people until you reach a very high level of amateur play. People will constantly make low percentage plays because they're fun and they will misplay while executing them.

They will "fall on their own swords".

For most games with a net, focus on keeping the ball in play. For team sports, play defense and just keep it simple.

Basically, "never interrupt your adversary while they are making a mistake".

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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ErikAugust on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @03:09PM (#22416898)

I think this is true in professional ball sports in sort of the inverse. Once you reach the highest level, then the focus is once again on defense. Defense wins championships.

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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ksdale on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @03:17PM (#22416978)

I played a lot of American football growing up and so heard the quote "Defense wins championships" very regularly and I always disagreed.

Teams lose games all the time while holding the other team to a very low score, but almost no one ever loses if they put up 50 points.

But then again, I played offense...

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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by gowld on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:54PM (#22419581)

Teams also win all to time while a low score and lose if they allow 50pts.

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Re:To get good, go after the metagame by ksdale on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:26PM (#22426944)

It's easy to score 1 or 2 touchdowns on accident, even against the best defense in the league. No one scores 50 points on accident, especially against solid opponents.

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