A team score that's more than an average.
A squad of evenly-matched athletes and a squad with three injured starters shouldn't score the same just because their average individual rating happens to line up.
TAPS = 70% avg APS + 20% balance + 10% availabilityThe three components
TAPS is built from three parts. The largest share, 70%, is the squad's average Athletic Performance Score. A further 20% comes from team balance — measured as the coefficient of variation of the squad's APS scores, so spread is judged relative to scale rather than as a raw standard deviation. The final 10% is availability, tracking how much of the squad is out to injury or illness, or missing check-ins, right now.
Why balance is its own component
A team propped up by two or three standout players and a team where everyone sits close to the same, slightly lower level can post similar average scores while being very different squads to actually coach. The balance component is what keeps a tight, deep roster from being undervalued next to one carried by a couple of stars.
Why availability counts too
A team's real strength on any given week depends on who's actually available to play, not just who's on the roster. Folding availability into TAPS means a squad missing three starters to injury shows a different team score than the same squad at full strength — which is closer to the truth a coach is actually working with.