Watching Team Girls Cup and something seemed noticeable, so I checked the stats.
The success rate of shooters with super shots appears to be steadily improving. In 2021, the success % was up on 2020 and if the weekend was any guide, it will increase again in 2022.
Admittedly, it’s not a huge sample. Each team had the equivalent of around 2 1/2 regular games worth of super shot period. But it’s still enough to provide us with a guide. And the overall success rate was 61%. That’s compared to 50.3% for the whole 2020 SSN season.
On the weekend, every single team had at least 50% success with super shots. Last year’s most accurate team, Swifts, were without Sam Wallace entirely and Helen Housby only played a small part. Not surprisingly, their accuracy went down. Every other team went up!
2022 Team Girls Cup super shot stats:
Vixens – 23/41 (56%)
Lightning – 21/30 (70%)
Firebirds – 21/32 (66%)
Giants – 16/26 (62%)
Fever – 15/18 (83%)
Thunderbirds – 13/24 (54%)
Swifts – 11/22 (50%)
Magpies – 9/17 (53%)
2022 Team Girls Cup leading 2 point shooters:
Samason – 19/30 (63%)
Batcheldor – 12/16 (75%)
Bueta – 12/18 (67%)
Harten – 11/15 (73%)
Teague-Neeld – 8/10 (80%)
Sinclair – 8/13 (62%)
Glasgow – 7/8 (88%)
Dwan – 7/13 (54%)
Horjus – 6/11 (55%)
It wasn’t all gloom and doom for defenders. On occasions, the defence worked well at preventing shooters getting a good look at two points, and they just took the one instead. But defenders did also give away quite a few penalties, thus giving shooters a free shot.