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Tanking in sports refers to the practice of intentionally fielding non-competitive teams to take advantage of league rules that benefit losing teams. [1] This is a much more common practice in American sports that utilize closed leagues than in open sports leagues in other nations, which typically penalize poor performers using a promotion and relegation system, in which the worst teams after ...
In sports where a handicap or ranking system exists and is capable of being abused (including sports such as racing, grappling and golf), tanking is known as "sandbagging". Hustling, where a player disguises his abilities until he can play for large amounts of money, is a common practice in many cue sports, such as nine-ball pool.
The guise of tanking is the commitment to developing young players who make enough mistakes to lose games, and hopefully everyone is better for it by season's end. The youth gains experience, and ...
Tanking (noun: tank): Colloquial term for losing a match on purpose; or to purposely lose a non-vital set, so as to focus energy and attention on a match-deciding set. [139] It may result in a temporary ban such as that encountered by Nick Kyrgios at the 2016 and 2017 Shanghai Open. [140] Tape it: To play a shot that hits the tape at the top of ...
What if the NBA implemented a rule that prevented teams from getting a top-three pick via the lottery in back-back years?
The tank biathlon is a mechanized military sport event held by the Russian military as a part of the annual International Army Games. Inspired by the winter sport of biathlon, the sport emphasizes the complex training of tank crews including their rough terrain passing skills combined with the ability to provide accurate and rapid fire while ...
Tank top from a 1950s Chinese advertisement. In the United States and Canada, any casual sleeveless shirt can be called tank top [1] or tank shirt, [2] with several specific varieties. It is named after tank suits, one-piece bathing suits of the 1920s worn in tanks or swimming pools. [3] The upper garment is worn commonly by both men and women.
The Elo[a] rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess or esports. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was invented as an improved chess-rating system over the previously used Harkness system, [1] but is also used as a ...