DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2014

I'd like to congratulate all the forty five players who played in the Ohio Cooperative Point Series this winter. You were a part of Ohio Disc Golf history as DGLA helped to bring the leagues, clubs a ... show more ›

I'd like to congratulate all the forty five players who played in the Ohio Cooperative Point Series this winter. You were a part of Ohio Disc Golf history as DGLA helped to bring the leagues, clubs and players throughout the state closer together - with your help we hope this starts a great new chapter of Ohio Disc Golf. You also survived one of the craziest winter season in many many years.

We look forward to working with you to continue to grow and improve Disc Golf leagues in Ohio in the years to come. This Winter season gave 45dedicated players a chance to see how the State-wide Point Series works and you now have a leg up on the many other players who will join us out on the courses throughout the warmer summer weather. When you walk the course and dream of where this sport could go or how leagues could be better, what does it look like to you - share your ideas and together we can cooperatively help our wonderful sport grow and improve.

DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Summer 2014

16 week State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series

Sunday April 6th 2014 - Saturday July 26th 2014

May 3rd 2014 Saturday - deadline for adding new leagues to the Point series.

http://www.discgolfscene.com/leagues/DGLA_Ohio_Cooperative_Point_Series_Summer_2014

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DGLA OhCPS-Winter 2013/2014 Final Results

14 week Ohio State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series

Sunday Nov 24th 2013 - Saturday Mar 1st 2014

Overall Summary:
# of Players 45
# of participating Leagues 7

So a quick look at the overall final standings and then some stats and trends from February.

I have been watching the Point Series stats from the first small one in Michigan 5 years ago. The factors change as the number & size of leagues change. One of the key stats normally is Average Points per Round. With the trend being those who normally have a higher point average per round are normally the ones at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the season but there are other factors such as how often you actually play.

For the top ten I generated the stats to begin looking at the numbers:

Points / Round average:
Max 21.6
Avg 18.87354716
Min 17.22222222

I initially was surprised to see that the Max Pt/Round was from 10th place. Greg Platt with 108 points ended up tied with Steven Cain but Greg did it in one less round than Steven to achieve the highest point/round average - Nicely done Greg - a few more rounds like that and you at the top of the list.

Maybe more surprising was that the lowest pt/round avg was at the 5th spot - 17.2 by Mickey Anderson, way to make ever round count Mickey, another one to watch this summer if he gets more rounds in...

Back to tenth place to look a little deeper. Greg Platt with 5 rounds had 5 league wins between two different leagues he played - man you can't get much more consistent than that. Nicely played Greg.

With less rounds the difference between point totals is less, this gap will grow as league size grows. This smaller gap was just what Steven Cain took advantage of and with the extra round tied Greg for the 10th spot.

Joe Michelini did a little bit of both - add another round and a league win - bada-bing bada-boom - he jumped up to 9th place solo.

Does that formula work for others? - well ask james moose graham - he added another round and won 3 of his 7 rounds.

Now which is more important, the win or the # of rounds? Well Thomas Golubski got in just one more round but did not have as many wins BUT he consistently was near the top of each round with 2 wins, four 2nd place, one 3rd place and one 4th place round finishes to secure 7th place.

Also with 8 rounds; three 2nd place, a 3rd place and a 5th place but added one more win for three wins PK Deaner with a 2 pt advantage takes 6th place - Nice win.

Mickey Anderson takes advantage of the round count, rewarded for getting out in the winter weather with 9 rounds takes 5th place.

Three wins and 11 rounds, the points total up for Mike Thomas to secure 4th place.

tim toth also had 11 rounds and three wins but managed to squeeze 23 more points out of those other 8 rounds he did not win to edge up to 3rd place.

If the formula works why not add another win and another round and the results say 10 more points and one more rung up the leaderboard ladder to 2nd place - nibble as a ninja - Bill "The Ninja" Savage. Great season Bill.

Ok, Have I beat this trend to death yet, well I don't need to tell Larry Bright Jr. He was bright enough or skilled enough to get to the top of the leaderboard for most of the season. with 14 rounds and 5 round wins - that was the winning formula and why Larry Bright Jr. is our First ever DGLA Ohio State Disc Golf League Champion for Winter 2013/14.

What a great achievement - great play this Winter Larry. Larry I hope your warmed up because the Summer Point Series really turns up the heat. New players, more players, playing more rounds and traveling to more leagues - Man this is going to be fun...

All Leaderboards » Overall Points
Player Points Rounds
1 Larry Bright Jr. 268 14
2 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 229 12
3 tim toth 219 11
4 Mike Thomas 196 11
5 Mickey Anderson 155 9
6 PK Deaner 146 8
7 Thomas Golubski 142 8
8 james moose graham 140 7
9 Joe Michelini 113 6
10 Greg Platt 108 5
10 Steven Cain 108 6

Again congrats to all the players, and especial those who overcame the special Winter elements to achieve, to share in the joy of this sport and enjoy the amazing courses we have in all their winter glory. Grab a friend and take them out to leagues - the fun grows for everyone.

So in February we had 2 players manage to get to 2 different leagues.

All Leaderboards » February Leagues
Player Leagues played
1 Bill Perry 2
1 Larry Bright Jr. 2
3 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 1
3 Tim kaihlanen 1
3 PK Deaner 1
3 Thomas Golubski 1
3 tim toth 1
3 Joe Michelini 1
3 Mickey Anderson 1
3 Mike Thomas 1

Playing the numbers game - the more rounds you play the higher the probability is that you will maximize your point total. Again those players with more rounds tend to be higher on the leaderboard.

Larry Bright Jr. topped the Rounds leaderboard and it seemed to help him overall ;-)

All Leaderboards » February Rounds
Player Points Rounds
1 Larry Bright Jr. 96 5
2 Mike Thomas 70 4
3 PK Deaner 62 3
3 tim toth 66 3
3 Joe Michelini 60 3
3 Mickey Anderson 52 3
3 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 53 3
8 Bill Perry 38 2
8 Thomas Golubski 36 2
10 Tim kaihlanen 22 1

Playing more should help continue your growth and add to your experience which allows you to perform in more situations at a higher level. The ultimately formula for success in the point series is consistently playing often at a high level - one measure of that is the number of wins. The highest number of league wins in February was achieved by both PK Deaner & tim toth with 2 wins each.

All Leaderboards » February Wins
Player Wins
1 tim toth 2
1 PK Deaner 2
3 Bill Perry 1
3 Larry Bright Jr. 1
3 Joe Michelini 1
3 Tim kaihlanen 1
3 Mike Thomas 1


The name of the game in the Point Series is Points. Not surprising this month again Larry Bright Jr. managed to achieve the highest point total in 5 rounds of 96 points. During the same period Jesse Walker was able to come close to that point total, 70 points in 4 rounds.

All Leaderboards » February Points
Player Points Rounds
1 Larry Bright Jr. 96 5
2 Mike Thomas 70 4
3 tim toth 66 3
4 PK Deaner 62 3
5 Joe Michelini 60 3
6 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 53 3
7 Mickey Anderson 52 3
8 Bill Perry 38 2
9 Thomas Golubski 36 2
10 Tim kaihlanen 22 1



The top 20 in overall points:

All Leaderboards » Overall Points - Final.
Player Points Rounds
1 Larry Bright Jr. 268 14
2 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 229 12
3 tim toth 219 11
4 Mike Thomas 196 11
5 Mickey Anderson 155 9
6 PK Deaner 146 8
7 Thomas Golubski 142 8
8 james moose graham 140 7
9 Joe Michelini 113 6
10 Greg Platt 108 5
10 Steven Cain 108 6
12 John Franks 92 5
13 Ryan Banks 87 5
14 Bill Perry 75 4
15 Dan Davis 72 4
16 Tim kaihlanen 60 3
17 Brian Taylor 59 3
18 eric wernet 58 3
19 Scott McCullough 57 3
20 Cory King 53 3

Again congratulations to all the Ohio players this season. We hope your ready for some warmer weather and some hotter competition through the state.

If your enjoying the Point Series and would like to secure your currently FREE life time DGLA membership and secure your low membership number:
http://www.discgolfleagueassociation.org/Membership_/membership_.html

Get out and enjoy some "Spring" rounds. – Peace