what is the hot hand 
the hot hand is the notion that because one has had a string of successes an individual or entity is more likely to have continued success for example if one flipped a fair coin and guessed correctly that it would land on heads three times in a row it might be said that they have a hot hand under such circumstances a person believes that their odds of guessing which side the coin will land on next are greater than the 50 they actually are when there is a series of failures the same concept works as the cold hand while the hot hand feels like it happens all the time academic research has shown this phenomenon to be purely psychological newer studies however do show some support for the hot hand in certain sporting events 1