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Week 10 [04.06.2018-10.06.2018] Moving Dots

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Basketball is a sport full of improvisation, contacts, but also a sport full of schemes arranged by coaches, played by the players. Can mathematics be used to find out what a player will or will not do? Rajiv Maheswaran believes that he is able to determine this with the help of a moving-dots system and a machine. Let him show you this better. Listen!




Have you ever played basketball?

Did you know what pick-and-roll is?

Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?

Comments

Lukasz Mroczek said…
Of course, I’ve ever played basketball but I have to say that it wasn’t my favorite discipline. Maybe because when I was younger I wasn’t tall and it was hard for me to play among tall colleagues. I’ve never heard about pick-and-roll so no, I didn’t know. My answer to the third question won’t be objective because I like mathematics and for me it can determine almost everything that exists so it’s pretty obvious that I will say that it can determine who will do what. It only needs some algorithms.
5 June 2018 at 14:12
Foodocado said…
Yes, I have played basketball. It's one of my favorite disciplines. I even used to train it but without any success.

I've never heard about pick-and-roll.

I believe mathematics can solve many problems, but people are unpredictable and it's almost impossible to discover algorithm which will predict their moves.
5 June 2018 at 18:47
Andrii Zinchenko said…
I played basketball in high school and it was a good experience. About 3 years ago i watched a lot of basketball games and i know what does pick-and-roll mean(an offensive play in which a player sets a screen (pick) for a teammate handling the ball and then moves towards the basket). In 2k18 basketball is not a game of "who is faster or higher", all the top teams have tactics and all the coaches make calculations and they work.
6 June 2018 at 18:56
Krzysztof Lichota said…
The last time I played basketball in high school. It was not my favorite discipline. I have not heard of anything like pick-and-roll before. When it comes to maths in sports, it has been used for the team's tactics for years. What's more, on the basis of statistics you can predict the probability of a particular player's play. In each sport, the basics of physics are also needed. The coaches certainly analyze with which force players are able to throw the ball and how it will bounce off the basket.
7 June 2018 at 16:12
Unknown said…
Well, I played basketball for a short period of time, but I have no idea what does pick-and-roll is. Yes. I think, that math, calculus and physics can predict every single movement.
7 June 2018 at 21:33
Vladlen Kyselov said…
Yeah, I have played basketball and I enjoy this game. I don`t know what pick-and-roll is.
I think everything is possible for mathematics.
8 June 2018 at 14:37
Unknown said…
I have played basketball in high school but I was never good at it. I enjoyed playing that game though. Our couch didn't focus much on theory with us, he was more of a practical guy, so I didn't learn any moves' names.
Certainly, mathematics can predict a lot - both through statistical method and all of the ballistics of the ball etc.
9 June 2018 at 15:56
Unknown said…
Yes, I have played basketball.
No, I've never heard about pick-and-roll and have not idea what is it.
I know that mathematics can predict many problems, and I think everything is possible for mathematics.
10 June 2018 at 10:17
Unknown said…
If you were small, the more you should learn pick-and-roll, this is a very cool tactic, in which you do not need to be tall, but fast.
10 June 2018 at 12:16
Unknown said…
It's strange that you've never heard of a pick-and-roll because it's one of the most popular tactics.
10 June 2018 at 12:18
Unknown said…
I agree with you, this game is a perfect example.
10 June 2018 at 12:23
Unknown said…
Thanks for commenting. I appreciate that ;)
10 June 2018 at 12:27
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10 June 2018 at 12:27
Unknown said…
Thanks for commenting. I appreciate that ;)
10 June 2018 at 12:28
Unknown said…
Yes, i can agree with you about mathematics
10 June 2018 at 12:28
Illia Lukisha said…
Have you ever played basketball?
Yes, I did for 1 semestr, when I just started bachelor program.

Did you know what pick-and-roll is?
Yes, I did.

Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?
Of coarse.
10 June 2018 at 15:05
Unknown said…
Yes, I often played basketball in middle school. Now I usually watch basketball, but sometimes it happens to be played.

Yes of course. In middle school, we usually learned this.

I doubt it. But certainly mathematics can solve a lot of problems, but I don't think it would be able to "calculate" what someone will do.

10 June 2018 at 15:13
Maryna Bratishko said…
Yes, I played basketball. This is one of my favorite disciplines. My father is very good at basketball and has been practicing this sport for more than thirty years. Yes, I know what pick-and-roll is. In my opinion, this is an excellent fraud, which shows the importance of teamwork. We live in an era of technology, and therefore I want to believe that mathematics, calculus, and physics can predict every step. But it takes a long time to create such a technology.
10 June 2018 at 15:19
Anna Koca said…
Have you ever played basketball?
I have not played basketball a lot, I have only tried some shooting and dribbling, but apart from that, I have never had a lot to do with that sport. I mostly played volleyball and handball.

Did you know what pick-and-roll is?
I have never heard about it before but it seems as an interesting way to deceive your opponent. It looks actually like something hard to acquire, as you have to really team up with other players.

Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?
I think it could be possible, but on the other hand, still a bit far from reality I think. It can be hard to implement.
10 June 2018 at 20:36
Paweł Wojtasiak said…
Yes, ofcourse I've played basketball, usually on PE classes when matches were boring and not funny at all. But in highschool basketball get serious because I had couple of friend who were training basket, so I have to admit that I loved playing it then. No I didn't know until now. This startegy seems to be pretty efective and for me it is complicated but I guess for proffesional players it is a piece of cake. I think yes, this startegy is some sort of algorythm and it could be predicted by math easly I guess.
10 June 2018 at 21:00
Unknown said…
Have you ever played basketball?
Yes, but it was long time ago in school, I'm not biggest fan of the team sports.

Did you know what pick-and-roll is?
Never heard this term before. And any other of those terms.

Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?
It may determine the probability, but it would not be exactly 100%, it could be close enough, but still less than it.
10 June 2018 at 21:07
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10 June 2018 at 21:10
Andrii Konstantinov said…
Yes, I have been playing basketball for quite a long time and it was my favorite sport but I have never heard about pick-and-roll. There is a subcategory of math called the theory of games. This branch of science mostly try to map real life games onto some mathematic models. To my mind math could determine who will do what just because you are always able to find a pattern. The accuracy is not guaranteed to be perfect but overall it could tell you what this or that player is about to do in the next moment.
10 June 2018 at 21:15
Andrzej Gulak said…
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10 June 2018 at 21:27
Marcin Górski said…
Yes, I have played basketball but only during te physical education in my high school. I like to watch it. My favorite team is Golden State Warriors so I'm very happy because they won NBA playoffs this year (4-0 vs Cleveland Cavaliers).
Yes, I know about what pick-and-roll is because as I said, I like to watch it and commentators can give good feedback so I have understood that way to play. It goes on team play and professional players can make some good plays.
Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what? It's hard to say, I think that nothing is impossible. I know that it's human move but you know... it's technique, you can make everything so... I think that mathematics can determine that.
10 June 2018 at 21:31
Unknown said…
Yes of course I've played basketball many times, but I've never been able to feel the pleasure of playing it. I've never encounter with pick-and-roll term, but I understand they way it works.
I think that everyone has his own playstyle and when we watch him more he is more predictable. AI is doing more and more complicated stuff and I think that predictions are a things they do great. But along with the development of technology which predicts players movement we will see a technology which will teach them how to be unpredictable. Sport has long been subjected to technology and it's inevitable
10 June 2018 at 21:57
Unknown said…
Have you ever played basketball?
Yes, but I didn’t know what is pick-and-roll. That was not my level.
Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?
Science always helps in high level sports, I think that is no different case.
10 June 2018 at 21:57
Maksym Serhiienko said…
No, I haven't played in basketball. I think that every our movement is predictable but this prediction is limited only be powerful of computers. At this case we see basic prediction based on game rules and I think that this is a little bit simpler.
10 June 2018 at 22:19
Unknown said…
I have never played basketball. I am not very sporty person, so if I even playing some sport I rather choosing football or volleyball.
I don't know what pick-and-roll is. If this term is connected with basketball it is not surprising that this mean nothing to me.
I think that mathematic can resolve many problems in sport. In good hands can be really powerful tool, so yes I think that mathematics can determine it.
10 June 2018 at 22:57
Wojtek Protasik said…
I have played basketball many times. I liked it and I quite do now, but I don't have a chance to play it often.

I was not familiar with this term as I don't follow this sport at all.

I guess it's possible to predict movement as the play is based on tactics and habits. All of these things are predictable but I prefer a raw game. The fun is in competing and teamwork. I wonder how would the betting go if they could be sure of the outcome.
10 June 2018 at 23:07
Unknown said…
I played basketball maybe 3 times in my whole life.
I have no idea what pick and roll is, never heard about it.
I think that mathematics could be helpful in many areas but I don't think so that we can predict every single move of other person.
10 June 2018 at 23:36
Unknown said…
Have you ever played basketball?

I have never played basketball.
Ok, maybe a little in school at PE lessons.

Did you know what pick-and-roll is?

Now i know what's that. It was new word for me so I check it. It's a specific type of play between two of players.


Do you think that mathematics can determine who will do what?

I think that yes. Math learn how to think using logic and it's one reason why i like math.
10 June 2018 at 23:45
Cecylia said…
I used to play basketball when I was younger. We could spend lots of hours on game and be happy about it. But it was not professional game and we did not know how to name what we do. I do not play for about 10 years so I still do not know name of the plays and probably I will not. Even after watching this movie I still do not know what the pick and roll is. Maybe if I continued playing I would know and understand much more. Personally I think that math can sometime predict what is going to happen but math can be wrong if we are talking about sport. No one can really say what each player is going to do and be accurate every single time it is just impossible. Brain is too complicated and we cannot go into player’s one and see what is he or she going to do
2 September 2018 at 13:25
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