Live Stats Coming Soon
It is with great pleasure for us to introduce another feature to add to our dossier: Real-time stats on live matches. January 15th 2021 The wonderful community of companies offering us streams to watch the money matches and other endurance matches is an amazing feautre almost unique to the cue sports. Yes, many sports have […]
Rack Difficulty Level (RDL): Understanding the complexity of a rack after the break
It is our pleasure to make an official announcement of a new metric we have devised, through mathematical analysis, called Rack Difficulty Level or RDL. We are always busy here at Pool Stats, creating charts, graphs, gauges, and other data visualizations to comprehend the inner workings of the game of pool. Every so often we […]
Pool Stats Pro v1.6 Released
It’s our pleasure to announce a major release candidate of Pool Stats Pro. There are quite a few new features in this version including many more stats for 10″ tablet versions. We’ve also refactored a lot of the game activity code to make it more manageable, improved some of the scaling, and added a new […]
Two Mosconi Cup Match-up Predictions
Here are the two models we had time to run with data we felt comfortable with for two probable match-ups during the 2020 Mosconi Cup. If you’ve followed our previous posts then you may be aware of these metrics we have created. Nevertheless, an overview of the Metrics to Consider are as follows DSR: Defensive […]
Michigan Leagues Get FREE Access
We know, here in Michigan, with the pandemic causing leagues to shut down for the year that this promotion will not get much traction at the moment. That is why we are making this a multi-year promotion in hopes that leagues in Michigan resume play in 2021. So what access do leagues get if they […]
Introducing our Loyalty Program
We are pleased to announce the full rollout of our new loyalty program. What this does for our app users is reward them for uploading game matches, recorded with Pool Stats Pro, to our servers. Each shot recorded and uploaded counts for 1 point. These points are good to buy stickers, swag (coming soon), and […]
Pool Stats Co-Founder Interviewed on the Podcast Chalk is Cheap
Join us for 50 minutes into a journey that dives deep into what Pool Stats is doing and where they hope to go. Chalk is Cheap is a free podcast that can be found on http://chalkischeappod.com iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. We discuss the current phase of Pool Stats, from our online metrics […]
Pool Stats Pro v1.2.0
We’ve changed some colors, improved the Clutch Shooting Percentage algorithm and added a 3-month breakout in the stats section. This enhancement will better allow users to analyze their pool games over time by viewing their stats collected with the app in 3-month blocks.
On the Quasisubjectivity of Pool Stats Data Collecting
ABSTRACT: There have been a few outcries on how we handle our data collection. Mainly, there is a notion that our data entry is subjective and will not generalize to a larger degree of players. This paper seeks to address these notions about how we handle subjective input and the policies, guidelines, and algorithms we […]
Clutch Shooting Percent: Formal White Paper
http://poolst.at/pdf2 Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe and list a new Pool Stats metric, which we call a sabermetric, after the notion that was introduced to the sport of baseball by Bill James. We define ‘clutch’ to mean a player’s performance in executing the shots needed to seal a victory throughout the […]
Shot Aptitude White Paper
Today we are announcing the formal release of our mathematical analysis and description of Shot Aptitude, a new pool game sabermetric. You’ll find the formal paper at the link below: http://poolst.at/pdf1
