Push & Close Metrics

Push - Forward Pressure

How well do you get into the good position. It's like extended, rally-long arrival metrics, if you're deep, you keep coming forward. It means with every shot, you push the rally toward your advantage.

Variants:

• Forward pressure — each shot gains ground, not just holds it

• How much you drive the state toward your advantage each shot

• Per-shot momentum: not just being ahead, but getting further ahead

Technically it's a per-shot differential, so it rewards teams that improve their state on every touch, not teams that start from a good state. A player who's always already at the kitchen but never moves the state registers low Push; a player constantly pressuring forward registers high Push.

Close - Finishing Ability

Given the positional advantage, do you waste time there or do you go for the win? It means when you've got the advantage, you finish the rally.

Variants:

•  Finishing ability from a won position

• Decisive in advantage — don't stall, end the rally

• Conversion: you were ahead; did you close it out or let them back in?

If two teams have the same Push, one of them will show more occupancy-time in advantage than the other. The one with less extra occupancy finished rallies faster when ahead — that's Close. Positive Close = you don't sit on leads.