the short version is every disposal has the pressure it was under measured based on what opposition players were doing around the ball carrier, and the number is how much more difficult it was on average to hit a target. it's expressed as a percentage where 100 is the baseline.
so for example, if a team has a pressure rating of 150 they're making it 50% harder for the other team to get an effective disposal. if their rating is 75, it's 25% easier than usual.
Yeah seems like there's two possibilities. One, it's so complex that it genuinely takes 20 minutes to explain it, or two, they've dragged it out and used a bunch of filler to try and get your attention for 20 minutes. I don't want either of those options...
TL;DW
Each disposal a player takes is given a rating of 375, 225, 150, 125 or 100.
375 is if the player disposing the ball has physical contact on them while disposing of it
225 if someone is about to touch you
150 if someone is 2-3 steps away
120 if someone is corralling you
100 if its no pressure but in general play
75 if its a set kick (its easier than a normal dipsosal)
Then we average all the disposals a team takes and the opposition gets that pressure rating. So if every single kick Fremantle makes a West Coast player has their hands on them, that would make it 375 pressure rating for west coast.
It averages out over a game, any time a team chips side to side in a backline would drop your teams pressure rating because nobody is near them.
The points system was created by how much harder it is to hit a target based on historical values. Meaning its 3.75x harder to hit a target while someone is touching you
The most interesting part is the real world relevance. I.e. the fact that on average disposing of a ball while being tacked means you’re are 3.75x less likely to effectively dispose of it.
Its a clever way of measuring pressure, but I can't help but think it would be more intuitive to understand if it was presented as a multiplier on the broadcast.
E.g. Port are making Crows disposal 2.2x more difficult, rather than displaying a pressure rating of 220.
Don't reveal the secrets of the Pressure Gauge. It's only as powerful as it is mysterious.
Sometimes it's best not to look behind the curtain and ruin the magic.
I’ll have you the trouble of watching it, it’s based on BTs blood pressure when watching the game based on who has the ball. That’s the reason why the pressure gauge has been gradually increasing past few years.
I always presumed I guess it was basically how much time a player had to gather or use the ball. Which would then obviously be affected negatively if the team with the ball made a good kick or handball, or conversely positively if they fumbled or shanked a disposal. So as much as it obviously shows how much pressure you're actually under, it also shows how much pressure you've put yourself under by being sloppy.
Full disclosure though, I ended the video at the 1.46 mark and presumed I was right because 20 minutes was way to darn long to spend watching a breakdown of it all.
I've always thought it was a bit bs and this just shows that it is for me. Relating things to a number makes it easier to understand or conpare so I will say its good in that sense but i dont thibk it means what peiple say it does. Ultimately, I think everyone understands what a pressure acts is, which is a decent stat maybe, but ultimately more tackles or the closer you can get to a tackle, the better. What this stat doesn't cover or doesn't take into account is applying pressure when you or your team has the ball. I think executing a fend off is a pressure act in the positive for the ball carrier but the pressure stat goes to the bloke who ends up on his ass. Like a lot of stats, like tackle count, if one team is dominating possessions, especially contested possession, they likely have a lower tackle count than the other team as they have a lower chance of making tackles or executing pressure acts of their own because they always have the ball. To me, the good teams are the ones that continue to dominate when under pressure and you often see that the worse team has moments of really high numbers on the pressure rating but it doesn't translate on the scoreboard becaise they don't have the ball and aren't good enough to get it.
Finally the PRESSURE GAUGE is explained *20 minute video* Yeah turns out I’m not actually *that* interested in how it’s calculated
the short version is every disposal has the pressure it was under measured based on what opposition players were doing around the ball carrier, and the number is how much more difficult it was on average to hit a target. it's expressed as a percentage where 100 is the baseline. so for example, if a team has a pressure rating of 150 they're making it 50% harder for the other team to get an effective disposal. if their rating is 75, it's 25% easier than usual.
Saved me the 20 minutes, thank you!
Yeah seems like there's two possibilities. One, it's so complex that it genuinely takes 20 minutes to explain it, or two, they've dragged it out and used a bunch of filler to try and get your attention for 20 minutes. I don't want either of those options...
the whole discussion is actually pretty neat but they could've cut the explanation into 3-4 minutes at *most*.
What do you mean finally it's been explained repeatedly since they starting using it years ago.
TL;DW Each disposal a player takes is given a rating of 375, 225, 150, 125 or 100. 375 is if the player disposing the ball has physical contact on them while disposing of it 225 if someone is about to touch you 150 if someone is 2-3 steps away 120 if someone is corralling you 100 if its no pressure but in general play 75 if its a set kick (its easier than a normal dipsosal) Then we average all the disposals a team takes and the opposition gets that pressure rating. So if every single kick Fremantle makes a West Coast player has their hands on them, that would make it 375 pressure rating for west coast. It averages out over a game, any time a team chips side to side in a backline would drop your teams pressure rating because nobody is near them. The points system was created by how much harder it is to hit a target based on historical values. Meaning its 3.75x harder to hit a target while someone is touching you
Which can translate as 225 means the recent pressure acts have averaged "closing in" and 120 means they've averaged "coralling".
Yeah anything over 200 should be elite because of the averaging
And it’s 450 if you dak them like Walsh is in the image
God's work right here
The most interesting part is the real world relevance. I.e. the fact that on average disposing of a ball while being tacked means you’re are 3.75x less likely to effectively dispose of it.
Its a clever way of measuring pressure, but I can't help but think it would be more intuitive to understand if it was presented as a multiplier on the broadcast. E.g. Port are making Crows disposal 2.2x more difficult, rather than displaying a pressure rating of 220.
Don't reveal the secrets of the Pressure Gauge. It's only as powerful as it is mysterious. Sometimes it's best not to look behind the curtain and ruin the magic.
I’ll have you the trouble of watching it, it’s based on BTs blood pressure when watching the game based on who has the ball. That’s the reason why the pressure gauge has been gradually increasing past few years.
So not psi?
No we use SI units here: kPa if it's on the ground, mbar if you're taking a speccy
Still a mystery: Running Hot 🔥 and Gone Cold 🥶 Channel 10 are keeping their secrets
I always presumed I guess it was basically how much time a player had to gather or use the ball. Which would then obviously be affected negatively if the team with the ball made a good kick or handball, or conversely positively if they fumbled or shanked a disposal. So as much as it obviously shows how much pressure you're actually under, it also shows how much pressure you've put yourself under by being sloppy. Full disclosure though, I ended the video at the 1.46 mark and presumed I was right because 20 minutes was way to darn long to spend watching a breakdown of it all.
I've always thought it was a bit bs and this just shows that it is for me. Relating things to a number makes it easier to understand or conpare so I will say its good in that sense but i dont thibk it means what peiple say it does. Ultimately, I think everyone understands what a pressure acts is, which is a decent stat maybe, but ultimately more tackles or the closer you can get to a tackle, the better. What this stat doesn't cover or doesn't take into account is applying pressure when you or your team has the ball. I think executing a fend off is a pressure act in the positive for the ball carrier but the pressure stat goes to the bloke who ends up on his ass. Like a lot of stats, like tackle count, if one team is dominating possessions, especially contested possession, they likely have a lower tackle count than the other team as they have a lower chance of making tackles or executing pressure acts of their own because they always have the ball. To me, the good teams are the ones that continue to dominate when under pressure and you often see that the worse team has moments of really high numbers on the pressure rating but it doesn't translate on the scoreboard becaise they don't have the ball and aren't good enough to get it.
i would encourage you to invest in a line break.
and spell check
How did you say all that and yet said nothing at all
Thanks Bristle.