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home-field advantage and disadvantage  

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  • Definitions The home-field advantage refers to the tendency for sports performers to win more often when competing at their home facility. Studies of professional, collegiate, and high school sports have consistently found that home performers defeat visiting performers in more than half of total games played. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Home-Field Advantage and Disadvantage]

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