Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Home Advantage
16 Oct 2018
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**home advantage for all sports but alpine skiing. Definition: home winning percentage minus away winning percentage for any given year a team could have a positive, negative or null home wining advantage. Examined the impact of travel on the home advantage of the nhl. Found home advantage increases by one percent when the number of time zones crossed x times between games (number of time zones crossed increases home advantage and decreased time between games increases home advantage) Examined the impact of the crowd factors on the home advantage in major junior a hockey. Density is the critical factor, not size. Only explains for the 1% of the home advantage. Compared home advantage of nhl teams with smallest and largest playing surfaces vs. the rest of the league. Found home advantage small/large surface=65. 6% and home advantage of the rest of the league is 64. 5% Compared win/loss in domed vs. open air stadia.
