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I think this is the rationale: In sports (or anything that requires practice), going some time without practicing actually makes you lose some of the ability yo
by chrisa 16y ago
I think this is the rationale: In sports (or anything that requires practice), going some time without practicing actually makes you lose some of the ability you once had. So in this case, it would take two practices just to get back what was lost during the break, at which point he would be 4 practices behind.
- Psyonic 16y agoSo the issue is regression. I can believe that, but the original story didn't get that across clearly. Though I imagine the concept was familiar to the players, so it was probably clear at the time.
- jules 16y agoIt seems unlikely that that was the coach's interpretation. Why would you need exactly 2 practicing sessions to recover from 2 missed ones?
- ceejayoz 16y agoI took it as just "not only have you not improved, but your opponent improved while you weren't improving too".
- Psyonic 16y agoRight, but that still only accounts for +2. If he hadn't improved, it'd be a wash. Only regression on your part gives a +4.