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Busy doing nothing: Mastering the art of masterly inactivity

Busy doing nothing: Mastering the art of masterly inactivity
Jonathan Howcroft
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Photograph: Jason McCawley/Getty Images
“Doing nothing with a deal of skill,” that is how the 18th-century poet, William Cowper, expressed the concept of masterly inactivity. It is an idea commonplace in healthcare and parenting, where outcomes can be negatively affected by unnecessary interference. But doing nothing skilfully is more challenging than it sounds, especially if your name isn’t Lionel Messi.
In a recent podcast, economist Tim Harford used penalty-saving to explain masterly inactivity. A 2007 paper in the Journal of Economic Psychology identified that “given the probability distribution of kick direction, the optimal strategy for goalkeepers is to stay in the goal’s centre. Goalkeepers, however, almost always jump right or left.” Sometimes doing nothing is the hardest thing to do, especially when there is an expectation of activity.

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Independent Disciplinary and Ethics Committee Hearing – Adama Traore

Committee) convened to consider an incident referred to it, which occurred in or around the 30
th minute of Melbourne Victory’s Match Week 17 A-League match against Melbourne City FC on Saturday, 17 April 2021.The incident involved Melbourne Victory player, Adama Traore (
Traore).
The independent Match Review Panel (
MRP) referred the matter directly to the Committee for hearing and determination of whether, having regard to all the circumstances, the offence is sufficiently proven to warrant the imposition of an additional sanction in addition to the Mandatory Match Suspension, which must always be served.
The Committee determined that the Player must serve a suspension of five (5) A-League matches for committing the offence of “

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