24 Class TUE NOV 29
Riddle: The Soccer Penalty Kick
What’s the smartest kick?
To the shooter’s strong side, which the goalie is more likely to guard?
Or to the shooter’s weak side, which the goalie is more likely to block if he guesses right?
The authors of Think Like a Freak give us some details to help us decide.
- The goal is 12 yards away.
- It’s 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall.
- You will kick the ball at 80 miles per hour.
- The kick will arrive at the net in 0.306818 seconds
- I know that because: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/speed-distance-time-calculator.php/
- The goalie can’t wait for you to kick. He has to guess and fling his body toward his choice before you make contact with the ball.
- Overall, at the elite level, 75% of penalty kicks are successful.
- If he chooses wrong, your odds of success are about 90%.
- You want him to choose wrong.
- Whether you’re left- or right-footed, 57% of goalies will guard your strong side. 41% of the time, they’ll guard your weak side.
Answer in the Reply field below and Post Comment:
- What’s the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t?
- Why do so few kickers make the most logical choice?
Rewrite Advice
The paragraph is an introduction to the Rebuttal argument. The author argues that fighting in hockey, when it’s retaliatory and conducted by “enforcers” whose job is to dole out justice to bullies who pick fights with star players, actually REDUCES violence and injuries, putting a quick end to the feud by sending the clear message that it will not be tolerated.
The full paragraph is shown below, divided into sentences. Recommended alternatives will be revealed. The replacement sentences, if they’re successful, will:
- Express the author’s convictions in bold, clear language.
- Provide evidence instead of hinting at it.
- Call out the opposition’s flawed conclusions, whatever they are.
No idea comes without a counterargument and this theory remains true in regard to fighting in hockey.
Even the best and truest thesis can be argued, so there are critics of fighting in hockey.
Critics take a surface level look at the violent aspect of the game but fail to appreciate the positivity and safe environment it creates.
They see a drop of blood on the ice, but can’t calculate the carnage that drop of blood prevents.
Without a true deep dive into the understanding of the players’ minds on the ice, the opposition would draw an incorrect impression.
They think the fighter loves the violence, when in fact his role is to prevent it.
Additionally, failing to acknowledge the empirical evidence surrounding fighting is another key flaw in the counterargument.
If they bothered to run the numbers, they’d find that teams with feared enforcers suffer far fewer injuries and lost ice-time than teams that let their players get bullied and pushed around.
While fighting in hockey has advantages both seen and unseen on the ice, critics cite injury, and that hockey glorifies violence leaving a bad example for children and viewers.
They let the hard hits blind them to the benefits of hitting back and retreat to platitudes about teaching kids to misbehave by example.
Exercise
End-of-Semester Schedule
- THU DEC 01
- The first draft of your 3000-word Research Position Paper will be due.
- This is the compilation of your three short 1000-word arguments carefully combined into a single well-reasoned research paper that is the culmination of your semester’s work on a single hypothesis.)
- TUE DEC 06
- Your Annotated Bibliography is due.
- We will have reviewed its format and requirements on THU DEC 01.
- THU DEC 08
- Reflective Statements will be due, completing your Portfolio.
- This will be our last “content class.”
- We’ll address your questions and review end-of-semester procedures.
- Finals Week TUE DEC 13
- Mandatory Attendance for anyone who wishes to pass the course.
- We will gather one time during our regular class hour to Verify Portfolios.
- Grade Conferences by Appointment, on Zoom
- Conferences will be held on MON DEC 19, TUE DEC 20, WED DEC 21
- Only 4 classes remain.
- Counting today.
- Your Drop Dead Portfolio Deadline is just two weeks away.
- If you’ve been keeping up.
- By now you have posted your 3 short arguments (Definition, Causal, and Rebuttal)
- You have a robust White Paper with purposeful summaries of 10-15 mostly academic sources ready to export to your Annotated Bibliography.
- You’ll have no trouble posting the first draft of your Research Position Paper by THU DEC 01.
- Well, maybe a little trouble, but you’ll manage a decent first draft.
- There are no deadlines for your Short Paper Rewrites.
- But when your Portfolio is complete and Verified, on TUE DEC 13, it will have to include TWO of your THREE short arguments and their Rewrites (Definition/Causal/Rebuttal). You choose which two.
Portfolio Tasks
- Portfolio Task: 3000-word Researched Persuasive Argument
- DUE THU DEC 01
- Portfolio Task: Annotated Bibliography
- DUE DATE TUE DEC 06
- Portfolio Task: Self-Reflective Statement
- DUE DATE THU DEC 08
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Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
Notes today: I made it to class! Yay
It has been a week…
Finish paper/whitepaper/bibliography/ literally everything
Only modifies the following word: be careful
Credit for finding a way to class.
3/3
-The goal is 12 yards away. It’s 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall. You will kick the ball at 80 miles per hour
-You never know where the goalie is going to go left or right so you try to fake them out.
-Making contact with the ball and trying to fake him out.
-They don’t know where to put the ball because the goalie mostly knows what side you’re going to.
-The first draft of your 3000-word Research Position Paper will be due next Monday.
-This is the compilation of your three short 1000-word arguments carefully combined into a single well-reasoned research paper that is the culmination of your semester’s work
-Your Annotated Bibliography and Reflective Statements will be due, completing your Portfolio.
-The Annotated Bibliography will be due next Wednesday.
-You have a robust White Paper with purposeful summaries of 10-15 mostly academic sources ready to export to your Annotated Bibliography.
3/3
Best way to improve odds where the goalie isn’t: fake as if your going to shoot to the left then shoot to the right
Why do so few kickers make the right choice: it is hard to fake out a professional goalie
Criticize works effectiveness in visual rhetoric
Video may be effective but only if the audio and visual work together
She told him that she loved him
Could add only to many different places and it will work
You can get in your own way while writing
3/3
– switch feet while kicking
– Goalies can account for different thinking
– stay in the first person plural
– GET YOUR STUFF READY FOR END OF SEMESTER
– Get the essay done, it’s almost done for you.
– Reflective, bibliography, conferences
– only can make you lonely
– Only she only told only him only that only she only loved only him only.
– She is the sole person that loves him and no one else
– no more second person
– no direct speech when writing academic papers
Love your decoding of the Only sentence.
5/3
The best odds of kicking the ball where the goalies aren’t is to simply just guess. There isn’t a clear cut way besides just kicking it in my opinion.
So few kickers make the logical choice because it’s such a mind game to be able to try and guess where the goalie is going to dive to.
Next Monday the first draft of a 3,000 word argument is due.
This is a culmination of all 3 short 1,000 word arguments we did in class as posts.
3 classes after this one remain.
Last class is the 27th.
Portfolio verification will take place on May 2nd. This will verify that portfolios are complete and ready for grading.
You get to choose 2 out of 3 short arguments to post in your portfolio.
No deadlines for rewrites.
3/3
4/18/22 44Elk In-Class Notes:
Goalie Reply: The best way to improve the odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t is to get so deep inside of the goalie’s head to the point that the latency for their response is increased. If you make the goalie hesitate for just a millisecond, that may be enough to score a successful kick. A subtle change in body language or peculiarity could be enough to initiate this hesitation in the goalie. Since goalies dive for the ball, the most logical choice is to kick the ball where the goalie currently is. Kickers may not always make this logical choice to spark hesitation due to their own error/their own overthinking of the situation. It’s easy in concept to planning the perfect kick, but when put in front of millions of people with the highest stakes (the pride of your country) on the line, it may cause the kicker to get nervous.
Next, we went through some common mistakes/things to watch out for while writing our Visual Rhetoric argument.
Next, we went through the plans for the rest of the semester. It’s looking pretty intimidating; especially the rewrite parts, but I can do it. I’ve done it before.
Next, we overanalyzed the addition of the word “only” to a simple sentence and explained how vastly different the meaning of the sentence becomes when “only” is inserted in different parts of the sentence. We also looked at an example of writing getting in an author’s way when incorrectly using the word “only”.
Finally, I responded to the “Only” Abuse exercise. Well, if I’m being honest, it makes my head hurt over-analyzing the universal impact that a single word has on an idea as much as I have in this class already. I didn’t respond with my own response. I took Steve Jobs’ advice and did the work the “smart way” rather than the “hard way.” I simply copied another student’s response because this student already expended the brainpower to come up with the correct sentence corrections. I have no idea why I’m telling Mr. Hodges this, but I just felt like it would be funny to him reading this right now.
Yeah, it’s funny. (Even funnier if you copied wrong answers! 🙂 )
Credit for your lovely description of forcing latency in the goalie.
4/3
You have to react before the kicker kicks, so you basically have to guess when the kicker is going to kick into the goalie
If you do not want feedback on your white paper if you aren’t rewriting it then don’t ask for it because your grade might go down.The class requires rewrites, and the way you achieve your grade if they are the same.
For our 3000 arguments, we have to compile elements through all of our different arguments and put them together. It won’t be writing a totally different paper unless we weren’t paying attention
Mandatory conferences start May 2nd to May 4th
We are meeting May 3rd, so that we can discuss the portfolio
The self reflective statement are a declaration of your accomplishments, and to say you met these core values
You have to persuade your one reader about your reflective statement
We have the rest of this week, and next week, and then we are meeting once in may.
This is partly true:
—You do need to improve your White Paper (at least by adding sources) since it will be graded twice and the second time it needs to reflect additional research beyond the first five sources.
—What might have earned an 80 for the first draft of the White Paper will certainly NOT earn an 80 the second time it’s graded.
—The way you achieve credit for rewriting is to be sure your Rewrite Post (for every argument) shows considerable improvement over your first post.
3/3
Soccer riddle-the goalie literally needs to guess which way the ball is going. The best thing to do is keep them off balance and out of rhythm. As far as they can reach, kick it further.
Really focus on starting to get paper together.
Need to meet with professor again…are you able to change my mandatory conference 2 grade please?
Get together the research paper, annotated bibliography, and reflective statement.
We will meet the last week of class to go over everything and then conference for final grade.
Get caught up with revisions that prof has offered and make the changes.
Overall, get your life together and get it together soon.
Utterly charming Notes, Coffee.
Yes, I can change your Conference grade when we have a conference.
3/3
04/18/2022
Starting off today’s class we by talking about how a soccer goalie has to figure out how to improve their technique to prevent the ball from getting into the net. We learned that they can either jump to the left or right but what is the most logical choice would be to stay in the center.
We also talked about how we have to work on our revisions for the three arguments and complete a combined essay of the three to submit by Sunday. Part of the submission also has to include the references we used throughout the arguments and a summary to complement it.
We went over what the expectations of the last couple of classes will look like for example finishing up the portfolio and giving the best versions of two arguments we choose as well as the 3000 words essay.
Something new I learned today was how to use the word only in a sentence and how it can change the entire meaning of what the writer really wants to say.
Good to see these, Cookie.
I’ll change your grade now for these Notes.
3/3
The best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t would be to kick it right down the middle.
Kickers rarely choose that route because it seems so obvious that it’s the wrong position to shoot. However, goalies only cover the middle area 2% of the time, so that’s where most kickers should aim their shots.
1. They fake out the goalie?
2. Because they don’t have the time to stop and think
– The best way to score a goal would be to fake out the goalie. Fake a left kick then actually make a right kick. You have to guess which side the goalie won’t go to each time you go to make a goal, so trying to get in the goalie’s head for less than a second may increase the odds of actually scoring.
– Most kickers will automatically pick their dominant side, making it easy for the goalie to predict and block the goal.
Riddle response –
What’s the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t? According to the odds you would kick with your weaker side because even though this might result in a weaker kick, there is a less likely chance the goalie will even be able to get to the kick anyways. Plus you can see where the goalie already is.
Why do so few kickers make the most logical choice? I’m assuming they don’t make the right choice because they don’t know the stats or prefer their stronger side to put their best foot forward. Logic isn’t in the game of soccer.
I don’t see much of a riddle in this but Im assuming once I hear the answer it will make sense.
The best Strategy for blocking the ball from the goal is to simply guess. There is no way for a goalie to know which way the kicker is going to kick the ball. And if they have to be there before the ball to block it, the only way to do it id to guess.
Few kickers make the most logical choice because there is so much pressure for them. If they mess up that’s really it. There’s nothing they could really do. I also didn’t realize that we were talking about the kicker instead of the goalie.
The best way to score on a penalty kick would be to kick to your strong side since 75% go in even if the goalie guesses the right side. I think its also best to keep the ball lower to eliminate some of the risk of sailing it over the net.
1. If the shooter is lefty kick it to the left and if the shooter is righty kick it to the left. Also look where the goalie is lined up and where he is leaning too. You have to study him before the game and find his weakness.
2. When in a game there is no time to think of a logical kick. A kicker can not stop and sit and think they just have to kick.
The best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie is not is to choose the side that you have chosen less often. If the goalie needs to commit to a side, he will assume you are going to go to the side you have been most comfortable with. Even further if it’s a tied game or you are losing, the goalie will assume you are going to choose your best side, so choosing that opposite side will actually be your best choice.
Few players may make the right choice because they will default to whatever they feel most comfortable with shooting.
What’s the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t? — I would say that the kicker’s best odds are to kick the ball towards either top corner with their strong foot. The goalie has very little time to read and react, so it would be best to just go with our strong suit.
Why do so few kickers make the most logical choice? — A goalie is fighting the odds, but so is the kicker. The kicker has no idea where the goalie is going to go, but they might assume it is towards their strong side.
I am not sure what is most logical because I am a world cup fan but not necessarily a soccer fan.
The best way to improve the odds of scoring is to shoot down the middle. The majority of goalies dive left and right, so kick down the middle.
So few kickers make the logical choice because it is the easiest to block. They don’t kick it down the middle due to the fear of it being blocked and it looking awful because anybody could just kick the ball to the goalie.
The best strategy to kick the ball would be to make a guess and think quickly because there is no way to tell which way the goalie will go, but the slower you do it, the more of a chance they have of finding out where you will go. You should try to do it before they catch it and kick it hard enough to get past them.
A classmate said to kick it down the middle. I agree with that.
They try too hard to confuse the goalie. They should just commit to one side and focus on making their kick unblockable.
Class Notes:
Original
-No idea comes without a counterargument and this theory remains true in regard to fighting in hockey.
Rewrite
-There is no counter argument or theory with fighting in hockey
-Even the best and truest thesis can be argued, so there are critics of fighting in hockey.
Original
-Critics take a surface level look at the violent aspect of the game but fail to appreciate the positivity and safe environment it creates.
Rewrite
-What is the violent act?
-Do not state the positivity and safe environment
-They see a drop of blood on the ice, but can’t calculate the carnage that drop of blood prevents.
Original
-Without a true deep dive into the understanding of the players’ minds on the ice, the opposition would draw an incorrect impression.
Rewrite
-Don’t know what is in the players mind or what the incorrect impression is
-They think the fighter loves the violence, when in fact his role is to prevent it.
Original
-Additionally, failing to acknowledge the empirical evidence surrounding fighting is another key flaw in the counterargument.
Rewrite
-Do not know what we are failing to acknowledge
-Who are we talking about?
-If they bothered to run the numbers, they’d find that teams with feared enforcers suffer far fewer injuries and lost ice-time than teams that let their players get bullied and pushed around.
Original
-While fighting in hockey has advantages both seen and unseen on the ice, critics cite injury, and that hockey glorifies violence leaving a bad example for children and viewers.
Rewrite
-You introduction has no room for anyone else’s point of view
-They let the hard hits blind them to the benefits of hitting back and retreat to platitudes about teaching kids to misbehave by example.
-Do not use “you, your, you’re” add yourself to it. Using “you” is like calling someone else that readers will not like.
-Get everything together for your final portfolio
-On December 13th as we come to class we have to sign a paper and then will wait to be called up to get verified and than proceed to schedule a final conference.
11/29 Class Notes
Rewrite advice
Early writers haven’t figured out yet:
Bold, clear language
Provide evidence, do not hint. Hint=hide
Call out the opposition’s flawed conclusions
Abstract, bold claims stir the pot, which is what we want
“Key” can be dangerous
Never too soon to share evidence
Paragraph that supports evidence can come later
Do not feel obligated to be fair and balanced in introduction
Demolish opposing point of view in intro, ours are the only ones that matter
Exercise:
We do not use “you” or any other 2nd person language
In-Class Assignment Instructions
“You” to “we”
Eliminate as many pronouns as we can
Use paragraph about money for in-class assignment; remove 2nd person language
Create elegant paragraph
End-of-Semester Schedule
Very few classes left—about 3 classes left after today
Time to combine short arguments (12/1)
We have time, but time flies. Get everything done.
Sign up for “Apology Conferences”
We should not mind the number of words it takes to share our evidence. If we over or under-explain, or wait a while before saying it, the reader may get distracted and not take it as seriously once it is finally presented. We should pack our introductions with as much bold language that complies with evidence that supports our points of view. Our sentences should have a purpose and make our stances clear rather than tiptoeing around them.
We should never use you, yours, or yourselves in our writing. This would separate us from the group and cause people to take things personally. They are more likely to hear us out if we act like we are addressing our own issues as well. We should replace words like “you,” “one,” and “they” with “we.” We should also convert active verbs into passive ones and replace pronouns with nouns.
The first draft of our Research Paper is due this Thursday, December 1st, and our Anonnotated Bibliographies are due on the 6th. We have chances to edit it until around December 13th, when you take a look at our portfolios and give us a final grade.
Our final conference to discuss our grades will take place after our Portfolios have been verified. Depending on when we schedule it, we may have the chance to alter our Research Essays and Annotated Bibliographies beforehand.
Riddle
The goalies trying to defend the goal from the shooter
The shooter is trying to shoot the ball past the goalie
The goalie will choose the dominant side 57% of the time
The goalie will choose the weak side 41% of the time
In order to increase your odds of scoring a goal, shoot the ball right down the middle
Rewrite Advice
Provide evidence instead of hinting at it
If you have evidence, readers who are impressed by it will stick around
Say it while you say it
Call out the opposition’s flawed conclusions, whatever they are
Even the best thesis can be argued
Enough About You
We don’t use 2nd person i.e. you, yours, you’re
Make a new post called “Enough About You – Username”
We don’t use 2nd person because it is confrontational
End-of-Semester Schedule
The 3,000 word research paper is due in two days December 1
Make sure to finish the white paper for your reference sheet
December 13 we will meet in class to verify our portfolios
Next Tuesday our annotated bibliography is due
Thursday next week our reflective statement will be due
Notes:
– With the soccer goalie situation, kicking low and near the center would be best. The goalie is likely to think you will kick high and far near the edge of the goal, so they will go that way. A kicker usually does not make that choice because it appears to be silly.
– Tips for rebuttal rewrite: tell reader’s your claims using bold language, don’t be afraid to use evidence right away, and explain why the opponent is wrong.
– You have to respect your counterargument in order to rebuttal it.
– Don’t use academic language unless you have to.
– The introduction should be full of bold claims to rebuttal the counterargument.
– In writing, eliminate as many pronouns as possible.
– The first draft of our Research Position Paper is due Dec 1st, or by Thursday.
– The Annotated Bibliography is due Dec 6th. We can aim for 10 sources to cite on it.
– Every writer has a dominant strategy or piece to include in their work. Make sure it can’t be defended by the goalie (the reader).
– We should be working to kick the ball where the goalie isn’t.
– Make as many promises in the introduction I can, then keep them.
– In the intro, pick the strongest opposition and kill it.
– Don’t write academically until you have to.
– No need to be fair and balanced in the introduction.
– Eliminate all “you” language from the essay. It creates confrontation between the author and the reader.
– Eliminating as many pronouns as we can should be our motto.
Class Notes-
Soccer riddle-
As a shooter we want to shoot right down the middle. It is only done around 2% of the time.
Rewrite Advice-
1. Express the author’s convictions in bold, clear language.
2. Provide evidence instead of hinting at it.
3. Call out the opposition’s flawed conclusions, whatever they are.
Main points to address when rewriting our rebuttals. Don’t be afraid to call out their false conclusion from the jump, don’t hint at it. Make a bunch of promises
O. No idea comes without a counterargument and this theory remains true in regard to fighting in hockey.
E. Even the best and truest thesis can be argued, so there are critics of fighting in hockey
Addresses the counter argument while acknowledging there are counter arguments.
O. O. Critics take a surface level look at the violent aspect of the game but fail to appreciate the positivity and safe environment it creates.
E. They see a drop of blood on the ice, but can’t calculate the carnage that drop of blood prevents.
Avoid academic speak, it is boring and loses the readers interest
O. Without a true deep dive into the understanding of the players’ minds on the ice, the opposition would draw an incorrect impression.
E. They think the fighter loves the violence, when in fact his role is to prevent it.
Don’t hint at something we haven’t provided yet, just state it
O. Additionally, failing to acknowledge the empirical evidence surrounding fighting is another key flaw in the counterargument.
E. If they bothered to run the numbers, they’d find that teams with feared enforcers suffer far fewer injuries and lost ice-time than teams that let their players get bullied and pushed around.
Avoid Key flaw, and this type of language and just provide the content
O. While fighting in hockey has advantages both seen and unseen on the ice, critics cite injury, and that hockey glorifies violence leaving a bad example for children and viewers.
E. They let the hard hits blind them to the benefits of hitting back and retreat to platitudes about teaching kids to misbehave by example.
This opening lets the reader have a chance to disagree with the argument rather than say its wrong and why.
Exercise-
Eliminate as many pronouns as possible when writing.
Annotated Bibliography- This is essentially our white paper. It is not just what we quoted. It is everything we read. Adding more in makes us look more well versed in the topic. Shoot for 10-15. 7 is the bare minimum
Don’t ever hint at the evidence, when you can straight up say it.
Always call out the flawed conclusions that your opponents makes
Make sure that you call your opponent out right away, and don’t beat around the bush.
You don’t need to go academic all the time, especially when it doesn’t call for academia
A clear claim with simple language can hold much more weight than a vague one with intelligent words.
If you can state evidence in a few words, do so. You will have paragraphs later to go in depth about that evidence.
The point of the rebuttal argument is to refute the counter argument right away, so don’t give it any space
2nd person language puts people on the spot and makes the reader in an uncomfortable position. It also creates a divide between the writer and reader, with the writer being all so correct and righteous.
Try to eliminate as many pronouns as possible.
Once you become conscious of your “you” usage, it becomes very overbearing
– Pack the introduction paragraph with evidence. Do not hint at the evidence to come later in the paper. You can write an entire paragraph on the information later.
– The introduction should not be equal to both sides of the argument.
– Stop using second person. Replace the second-person language with first-person. Switch from “you” to “we”.
– Eliminate as many pronouns as possible.
– The first draft of the full research paper is due Thursday.
– The annotated bibliography is different from the white paper but contains the sources used.
-If you have some evidence, instead of saying how good of evidence it is going to be, say what the evidence is right then and there.
-Unless the information is pertinent to your essay. Get rid of it.
-don’t sound academic unless you have to be.
-please do not feel obligated to feel balanced in your introduction. Don’t let any other opposing views stand in the light in your introduction.
-2nd person language creates a confrontation between the author and the reader.
-our readers are our collaborators so we don’t want to be confronting them
-eliminate as many pronouns as we can(new motto)
-Thanksgiving is over so we are on grind time.
-We can have a race with the professor with working on our portfolios before he reads them. But we don’t know when he will read them so, be careful.
Soccer Riddle:
What’s the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t?
Probably just kicking straight down the middle. If they are jumping either way, whatever they chose, the middle will be open.
Why do so few kickers make the most logical choice?
It’s pretty risky, if the goalie doesn’t move it would be pretty embarrassing. Also, it’s probably not as cool, or they just don’t think of it until after.
kick the ball down the middle, 57% choose strong side, 41% choose weak side, that leaves only 2% guessing the middle
1. Kick towards the goalies weaker side, so he has a lower chance of getting the ball.
2. They don’t have a lot of time to stop and think things through, or they may not even know which side is the goalies weaker side.
It’s a mind game when it comes to penalty kicks, you have to have the goalkeeper fooled before you kick it.
I feel like everyone psychs themselves out when getting ready to take the penalty and they end up fooling themselves.
– The best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie is to throw off the timing of the goalie. You can’t exactly just stop running up to the ball, but you can stutter step in a straight line to throw off the goalie. You should also go for the non-dominant side as the goalie knows that if it’s a big game, chances are higher to go to the dominant side.
Riddle- A way to kick the ball would be to kick it straight down the middle since the goalie would assume the kick would go into the corner. Most kickers most likely do not do this because they want the goalie to move, although they will most likely move no matter what in anticipation.
For the riddle I honestly believe the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t is to have a very slow approach to build up tension then surprise them with kicking them with the opposite feet. So few kickers make the most logical choice because maybe the ones who make the great choice have been in pressure moments like this before where they have the mindset to be focused on the game still while millions of fans weigh bears on their shoulders.
What’s the best way to improve your odds of kicking the ball where the goalie isn’t?
Kicking it straight down the middle. If the goalie is jumping either way if you go through the middle your odds of scoring are pretty high.
Why do so few kickers make the most logical choice?
At the moment it seems like you have to go either right or left. Also, it’s pretty embarrassing to shoot it right into the goalie, in the chance that they don’t move at all.
The best decision would be to try and kick the ball to your weak side, either in the top corner or bottom corner, given the odds that a goalie will choose a kicker’s strong side majority of the time. Also given the reaction time of the goalie if a ball is placed in the corner perfectly it is nearly impossible to guard.
Kickers will sometimes make the less logical choice because they are playing into the fact the kicker is trying to fool them and play against the odds. Also based on the fact they are randomly choosing a side based on pure luck and observation it makes sense the goalie would not make the save 75% of the time.
1. Best way to improve your odds of kicking where the goalie isn’t is by positioning yourself toward one way and kicking the other way.
2. The most logical choice is predictable.
Other ways to improve your chances of making the goal can include: feigning or delaying the kick slightly, kicking it toward the top, toeing the ball (faster, less accurate).
The percentage of strong to weak side blocks being so even is most likely caused by players trying their luck so often on the weak side that they’re just as likely to shoot week as strong.
* The best way for a goalie to block the ball is to just sit in the middle. It’s the most logical option
* You can cram so much information into the introduction. You just have to make promises in your introduction and actually keep it.
* Pack the introduction with evidence, but the promise to the audience.
* When you are nitpicking and finding evidence for the rebuttal, you need to find fault and fight it
* Even the best and truest thesis can be argued
* If you don’t have to be, do use academic language unless you have to be.
* If you have the evidence, then you should share it sooner than later. You should never wait to share the evidence that you have.
* Do not feel obligated to be fair and balanced in your introduction. Your introduction doesn’t have the room for that.
* We don’t use the any type of 2nd person language because it creates a confrontation between the readers and the author.
* “We” is a good choice any time. It creates more of a community between the readers and the author.
* The semester is almost over and at this point, it’s basically a race against the clock
-Three more context based classes remain in the semester
– This means get in all assignments that i’m working on and get prepared to start my 3000 word essay
– Crunch time is NOW (4th quarter its micheal jordan time) get stuff turned in
– Don’t hold back your evidence for later in your paper, use them as fuel for the fire of your argument and keep feeding your reader to make them intreged
– Your opening statement in your Rebuttal should entertain your position of your argument and your reasoning to it, you should not waste a sentence with information that does not help your cause.
– don’t be so “academic” with your easy, write what makes sense
-Simply share your claim, then let your empirical evidence talk for that claim.
– Academic writing does not use 2nd person writing so don’t use it, especially in this class. 2nd person writing takes a whole different approch
-2nd person language seems to attack the reader in an uncomfortable way
– eliminate the word YOU look for alternatives like our, or we
-Passive verbs can also help this from eliminated who or what did something (gets done, is done)
-Check back on upcoming assignments because it’s the end of semester and things need to get turned in on time.
11/29
Rewrite advice
– Most important rule – use bold, clear, brief language
– Don’t hint at evidence, provide it to the reader. Counting on the patience of your reader is not a good strategy, they will get bored and leave if you dance around your points
– Intro should be full of content that you say you will give more evidence and detail on them later
– Talk about all your points, go in depth into their explanation and arguments in your body paragraphs dedicated to their respective points
2nd person language
– Stay away from second person language, as it comes off as more offensive and aggressive than using first person plural
– Using first person plural allows the text to come across as inclusive and more relatable
– Converting active verbs into passive verbs also gets rid of 2nd person language
– Replace pronouns with nouns
End of semester
– check blog 11/29 for end of semester deadlines
– There are three more content classes after today. One of them is portfolio verification.
– CRUNCH TIME IS NOW
– Rewrite advice: Author argues that fighting in hockey when its conducted by enforcers actually reduces violence and injuries. Putting quick end to the fued by sending a clear message.
– #1: Express the authors convictions in bold and clear language
– #2: Provide evidence instead of hinting at it
– #3: Call out the oppositions flawed conclusions, whatever they are.
– Dont just say you have evidence, just come out with the evidence
– You do not have to make everything academic
– Do not use 2nd person language (You, your, yours, yourself, yourselves)
– Eliminate all 2nd person language from your three short 1000 word essays
– Choose first person plural. Writer and reader are on the same side
– Convert active verbs to passive verbs
– First draft of your 3000 word research position paper is due December 1st
– Annotated Bibliography is due December 6th.
– Everything you consulted will be in bibliography. With purposeful sammries and a how you used it section
– Reflective statement will be due on december 8th.
-Goalkeepers will usually commit to a side to dive at and kicking it down the middle may benefit you the best if they chose a side
-Express the author’s convictions in bold, clear language is one of the most important concepts in writing
-Provide evidence instead of hinting at it
-The 1st sentence sets up the following sentences and is supposed to attract the reader to keep reading
-The incorrect impression of hockey players is that they think the fighter loves the violence, when in fact his role is to prevent it
-Enforcers reduce injuries in heavy contact sports like ice hockey
-Many feel that fighting in ice hockey is just apart of the game but others believe that it is a hurtful representation to the younger generations
-Having existent 2nd person language in your writing will riddle your text
-Do not use “you” “your” “yourself” “yours” “yourselves”
Nov 29, 2022
Class Notes
– Riddle – In the soccer situation, aiming the center and kicking low would be the best strategy.
– The goalkeeper thinks he might kick at a higher point or in the corner. But a kicker does not aim to make that choice.
– Rewrite advice – Every writer should use bold language to let your readers know about the claims you are making.
– Not to use academic language if you don’t know about it.
– Introduction should be promising to keep readers interested.
– Stop using pronouns as much as possible.
– Stop using second person . Should say ‘we’ instead of ‘you’.
11/29
Riddle- A way to kick the ball that the goal would not suspect would be to kick the ball straight into the middle since the goal would assume the kick would go into the corner. Most kickers most likely do not do this because they want the goalie to move, although they will most likely move no matter what in anticipation.
Rewrite Advice –
Express the author’s conviction in bold and clear language
Provide evidence, don’t hint it
Call out the opposition’s flawed conclusions, whatever they are
Be brief, clear, and vivid if possible. Don’t be ambiguous or academic when it is not necessary.
Don’t use the second person. The first-person plural is ideal. Using the second person makes it sound like we are pointing fingers at the reader. If it is difficult to change the pronoun, try to rewrite the sentence in a way that doesn’t need pronouns. Replace pronouns with nouns, convert active to passive verbs, or try eliminating people from the sentence entirely.
Next class – draft of the research paper is due. It can still be changed until the final meeting.
Next week- annotated bibliography and reflective statement are due.
Finals Week- Portfolio check.
Grade conference take place between Dec 19-21.
11/29/22 In-Class Notes
If you had to choose a side when making a penalty kick, you’d rather kick to your weak side, but if the goalie can’t actually react to your choice and they’re almost guaranteed to at least pick a side, you’d rather not do the same at all and kick straight. Few kickers make this choice because failure means absolute complete embarrassment and incredulous teammates, coaches and fans. Funnily enough, goalkeepers would probably never predict this for a similar reason even if they knew a given player occasionally shot straight.
Rewriting needs to be clear and to the point. Do not engage in beat-around-the-bush hinting at issues or evidence. Be clear in articulating what your own convictions are and what the author got wrong.
Don’t say that “critics of fighting in hockey have incorrect understandings of players”. Say what their incorrect understanding actually is and call that incorrect. One sentence can very, very easily perform both of these functions. “They think the fighter loves the violence, when in fact his role is to prevent it.”
Academic writing, including this class, typically does not use 2nd person, despite what different ground rules some teachers or alternate frameworks for writing might tell you. Using 2nd person can lead, intentionally or not, to drawing assumptions about the reader. If the reader picks up on this, it might rub them the wrong way, and even if it doesn’t, it’s not necessarily a great rhetorical tactic either if your goal is to make a strong argument (not simply convincing to some people, inherently strong). We should aim to “work around the most common abuses of ‘you’”. Instead, opt for first person plural. Pronouns like “we” and “us” are a far more preferable choice, and are more adjacent to more essential words like “our” that might crop up in our thesis or the rest of our argument. The phrasing more subtly and acceptably argues people are on the same side. Categorical nouns may also serve as a viable alternative, such as “rich people” and “poor people”. This can be especially beneficial if making a juxtaposition.
Original Paragraph:
Money seems to have a big role in our society; you can’t do much or get far if you don’t have any. Money is valuable in different ways, even when you don’t see it physically. In today’s society you must have faith in the government and in the banking system that your money is being handled in the proper manner; if not, then you would have to hide all of your money under your mattress or around your house. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of your money. I always thought money was simple; you either have some or you don’t—that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. You don’t actually see your money being transferred. When you get paid, you aren’t handed cash, you don’t receive a physical check, the money’s all directly transferred to your bank account, and you just have to trust that you got more money.
Revised Paragraph:
Money has a big role in our society, and people can’t do much without it. It’s valuable in many different ways, even when we don’t see it physically. Participation in today’s society requires us to put our faith in the government and banking system to handle our money properly; it’s that or hiding it under our mattresses. I know very little about how banks function or handle the money of their patrons. Currency seemed simple; a simple unit of exchange that we either do or do not have enough of. However, learning about the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, and Brazilian cruzeros and debit accounts all in depth makes them all seem similar. People don’t actually see their money being transferred; when a person gets paid it’s rarely dealt in cash or physical paychecks. Instead, money’s all directly transferred to their bank account, with the requirement that they put their trust in the payer to get the money to them.
I submitted this properly but opted to also include it in my notes, in part for me to reference later