David Beckhams Netflix series sparks spike in shots from long range in the Premier League; shots from beyond 30 yards soared fourfold in three-week period after documentary series was released; Harry Kane and Jonjo Shelvey scored from their own halves in past month
It’s not that big a leap to causal inference in this case to be fair. If there’s a logical link between the two, the timing of the ‘treatment’ (documentary) is fairly random (ie it’s not expected to coincide with some other factor that increases long-range shots), and there’s a strong correlation - then there’s a fair that one probably caused the other.
Didn’t read the article but after Rice scored that long range shot he mentioned the Beckham documentary, like he watched it the night before and that inspired him
“triggers” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. There is no causal proof, their entire article is based on correlation only
It’s not that big a leap to causal inference in this case to be fair. If there’s a logical link between the two, the timing of the ‘treatment’ (documentary) is fairly random (ie it’s not expected to coincide with some other factor that increases long-range shots), and there’s a strong correlation - then there’s a fair that one probably caused the other.
Didn’t read the article but after Rice scored that long range shot he mentioned the Beckham documentary, like he watched it the night before and that inspired him
I reckon it’s the Beckham’s PR doing most of the lifting.
Rice specifically said he attempted his shot because he remembered what Beckham had done. What more proof would you want?