Saturday, August 25, 2012

BuzzFeed - Latest: Half Of Fantasy Football Drafting Is 90% Mental

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Aug 25th 2012, 22:02

Okay, it all is. But the strategic and psychological aspects of the game often get lost in a haze of numbers. We've employed an ace from Football Guys, the web’s smartest and most hard-core fantasy football site, to provide some draft-day tips for your mind, head and brain.

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The foundation of a good fantasy team is preparation and clarity in your player rankings — but preparation is nothing without the mental qualities of agility and tranquility on draft day. Here, guidelines for drafting like a ninja gymnast: flexible, sneaky, calm but alert, and ready to execute acrobatic decapitations.

Prepare Constantly For Disaster

Prepare Constantly For Disaster

Although there maybe wasn't a Plan B for these guys by this point. "Is it never put water on a blimp fire or always put water on a blimp fire?"

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As information becomes more free and swift-travelling in the fantasysphere, it is becoming more difficult to count on being able to land a specific player in a specific round. Your plan A might be Matt Ryan in the sixth round at quarterback, but would you call an audible if Tom Brady fell to you in the second? Michael Vick in the fifth? By walking through these scenarios before they happen, you’ll avoid the panic of improvising. Not knowing what to do when an expected pick is sniped is the primary cause of “going on tilt” and losing your focus. Envision your perfect successful draft, but also envision failure — both before the draft and during it — and make notes on what you might do if you don’t get what you want.

This is also where tier-based drafting can be your Xanax. List your targets in groups of players you consider to have roughly the same value; when the last guy in one tier is nabbed right in front of you, it's time to move to a different position of need.


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