Chapter 84: Quidditch Improvement Project (Part 1)

　　 Mrs. Rolanda Hooch’s office is located in a cabin next to the Quidditch Stadium.
　　 Since Mrs. Hooch only serves as a flight teacher for first-year students, her class assignment is almost the lightest of the teachers in the school... So she can stay in this office most of the time.
　　 At noon on the first Saturday of school, Mrs. Hooch had just finished lunch when she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside.
　　 "Please come in!" She put down the plate in her hand and took out her magic wand with a light wave.
With a creak, the door of the hut was opened.
　　 Mrs. Hooch was a little surprised to find that it was a second-year student she was fairly familiar with.
　　 Generally speaking, the only students that Mrs. Hooch can name are members of the Quidditch teams of the various colleges; but this one just happens to be an exception.
　　 After all, Hogwarts has been the only one in the past ten years, and he needs to retake flying lessons in the second grade.
　　 "What's the matter, Mr. Hart?" she asked with a puzzled look.
　　 "Yes, ma'am..." Jon nodded, then placed a large stack of scrolls in his arms on a table in the room.
　　 The room looks a little messy, and dozens of flying broomsticks are neatly placed on the other side of the bed. All other furniture is crooked.
　　 Madam Hooch turned her gaze to the thick stack of scrolls: "These are?"
　　 "These are some information about the Quidditch games at Hogwarts in the past two decades!" Jon quickly explained, "Some were written by you, and some were compiled by the Quidditch captains of various colleges!"
　　 "Professor Sprout, or Mr. Diggory, told you to bring these to me?" The expression on Madam Hooch's face became even more puzzled.
　　 "No, no, ma'am!" Jon explained quickly, "It has nothing to do with them... It is purely my personal interest to collect these things; and then I have some insights, I hope to ask you!"
　　 "Okay, stop talking!" Madam Hooch was still very easy-going outside the Quidditch stadium, she said lightly.
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　　 Jon took out a piece of parchment filled with numbers, and said to Madam Hooch:
　　 "I checked the information about 120 Hogwarts Quidditch Cup games in the 20 years from 1973 to 1993..."
"In these 120 games, the average number of points each team scored was 198.7 points; after deducting the 75 points of the Golden Snitch, the average number of points per team was 123.7 points, which means that the average number of points for each team and each game The game can score less than 13 ghost fly balls."
　　 "In these 120 games, the Golden Snitch in 109 games was captured by the winning side, the Golden Snitch in 5 games was captured by the losing side, and there were six draws."
　　 "In 109 games where the winning side caught the Golden Snitch, there were only 13 games with a score of 300 or more, and 96 games with a score of less than 300!"
"This means that in the 120 games, the winning relationship of 96+6 and 102 games in total is determined by the seeker; if the seeker who caught the Golden Snitch made a mistake in these 102 games , The Snitch lets the opponent catch it, and the result of the game will be rewritten."
　　 "In other words, 85% of the game's outcome is completely determined by the seeker!" Jon said with a serious face.
　　 "I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Hart!" Mrs. Hooch frowned. "Are you questioning the role of the seeker in the Quidditch game?"
　　 Even though she said that, Mrs. Hooch was also taken aback by the number given by Jon.
　　 Seekers can dominate 85% of the matches, that is to say, 17 of the 20 matches, which is a bit scary...
　　 "I'm afraid it is, ma'am; the ownership of the Golden Snitch can almost always overwhelmingly determine the outcome of the game." Jon nodded with a heavy face:
"To be honest, when I first heard about the rules of the Quidditch game, I was surprised: who was the first seeker? Is it because the king’s stupid son wanted to play Quidditch but couldn’t learn it. Rules?"
　　 Mrs. Hooch's face suddenly turned black, and she seemed to be thinking about something.
"In fact, the Seeker seriously affects the balance not only in the points, but they also determine the length of the game!" Jon continued: "You know, for the Seeker, the Golden Snitch is quite dependent on luck. "
　　 "It's not luck at all!" Mrs. Hooch retorted: "A good seeker and an inferior seeker have completely different abilities in catching the Golden Snitch!"
　　 "No, no, ma'am...you misunderstood what I meant!" Jon explained again: "I don't mean catching the snitch depends on luck, but finding that the snitch depends on luck!"
"Although I have not watched many Quidditch matches, I can clearly find that the flying area of ​​the Golden Snitch is extremely large, and most of the flying area is beyond the sight of the wizard. This means that it is difficult for you to actively find the Golden Snitch. , But passively wait for it to fly into your sight..."
"So in some games, such as the 1992 Gryffindor and Hufflepuff game, Harry Potter only took 2 minutes and 33 seconds to catch the Golden Snitch; because it didn't take long for the game to start, the Golden Snitch Appeared in their sight~EbookFREE.me~ and in the 1976 Gryffindor and Slytherin game, James Porter took 4 hours, 39 minutes and 6 seconds to help Gryffindor. The end of the game (this is also the longest time in 20 years); because the first four and a half hours of the game, the Golden Snitch never appeared in front of anyone."
"I think the existence of this gap is not how much Mr. Porter is better than his father, but the length of a Quidditch match. It depends entirely on luck... This may lead to some very bad situations; for example, Said that the spectators came to the stadium eagerly, hoping to watch a high-level, fierce match, and only a few minutes later, the Golden Snitch appeared and was caught, and the game ended. I think this situation will be quite disappointing. ."
　　 "I think you have a bit of truth!" Madam Hooch nodded slightly.
　　 "Seekers are only one aspect!" Jon continued to talk eloquently: "I think there are also certain problems in other aspects... such as batsmen and goalkeepers, their sense of existence is too low!"
"I also collected statistics on goalkeepers... In the past 120 Quidditch games, the average number of saves per goalkeeper was only 3.9. As I mentioned before, the average number of goals scored per game was 12.37, which is strictly speaking. As mentioned above, the contribution of a normal goalkeeper in a game is not as high as a chaser!"
"For goalkeepers, as a stationary target, they are more likely to be hit by a walking ball; the presence of three goals often makes them overwhelmed and easy to be deceived when making saves; at the same time, they face the enemy chaser with When rushing with the ball at a very high speed, it is difficult for the goalkeeper to make an effective block. Most situations will be easily passed!