2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
At the beginning of March, Boston played host to the 7th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. The conference attracted analysts, team executives, sports journalists and many more from the sporting world. Having originally been based on discussing analysis and issues surrounding America’s favourite pastime, baseball, the conference has developed massively into a global sports [...]
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The Intern Debate
On Friday last the mainstream media ran a couple of articles, here and here, discussing the internships currently advertised by some Premier League Clubs. In one particular tweet David Conn tweeted a link to the jobs advertised on this site. If I can take that as a sample – it is startling the effect traditional [...]
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The Role of Performance Analysts in Elite Football Club Settings
It is evident that the use of performance analysis in elite sport is growing and therefore it is important to understand the importance of the role that the performance analyst plays. To date however very little research has gone into examining the role and perception of analysts working in sport. That’s why it was great [...]
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Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football
Andy Elleray has written a number of articles for this site so with the launch of his new book I thought we could do a quick catch up and find out all about it. RC: Writing a book is no small task – what made you want to do it in the first place? AE: [...]
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Performance Analysis
2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
At the beginning of March, Boston played host to the 7th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. The conference attracted analysts, team executives, sports journalists and many more from the sporting world. Having originally been based on discussing analysis and issues surrounding America’s favourite pastime, baseball, the conference has developed massively into a global sports [...]
Events & Conferences
2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
At the beginning of March, Boston played host to the 7th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. The conference attracted analysts, team executives, sports journalists and many more from the sporting world. Having originally been based on discussing analysis and issues surrounding America’s favourite pastime, baseball, the conference has developed massively into a global sports [...]
Industry News
Performance Analysis Industry News – Feb 2012
Written by Daniel White Stats Zone The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finished last night, Fourfourtwo magazine have once again teamed up with Opta Sports to release the ACON as an additional tournament and for free on the Stat Zone app! From the app that was shortlist in The App Store Rewind 2011, best of the year [...]
Working as an Analyst
Diary of a Performance Analyst – Richard Hughes
First Foray My first forays into the world of performance analysis was a placement working within the Academy at Stoke City football club, whilst undertaking my degree at Staffordshire University, this was a great eye opener into the world of analysis and the work that goes on into the application of professional football. This was [...]
Recent Articles
The Intern Debate
On Friday last the mainstream media ran a couple of articles, here and here, discussing the internships currently advertised by some Premier League Clubs. In one particular tweet David Conn tweeted a link to the jobs advertised on this site. If I can take that as a sample – it is startling the effect traditional [...]
The Role of Performance Analysts in Elite Football Club Settings
It is evident that the use of performance analysis in elite sport is growing and therefore it is important to understand the importance of the role that the performance analyst plays. To date however very little research has gone into examining the role and perception of analysts working in sport. That’s why it was great [...]
Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football
Andy Elleray has written a number of articles for this site so with the launch of his new book I thought we could do a quick catch up and find out all about it. RC: Writing a book is no small task – what made you want to do it in the first place? AE: [...]
Flipping Fantastic
The traditional way of doing video analysis has usually been for the coach to sit their players down and go through the game footage with them and pin point areas where they could or should have done better. The focus of these meetings is usually focused around errors the players have made and because of [...]
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Review
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2,700 people geeks descended on the Boston Convention Centre for the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Since the conference was launched 7 years ago I have always wanted to attend. Although videos of the conference have been published online for the last number of years there is nothing like [...]
When Will Coaching Befriend Video Analysis
Guest Blog Post by Karl O’Shaughnessy Karl O’Shaughnessy is a UEFA Qualified Coach & Sports Professional. Karl is current Assistant Coach with 2012 FAI Women’s Cup Winners Raheny United in the Women’s National League and was previously Republic of Ireland U16/U17 Women’s National Team Goalkeeping Coach from 2009 – 2012. Karl’s website is http://www.karloshaughnessy.com and [...]
We’re Hiring – Content Editor
The Video Analyst Content Editor – Part-Time. PASSIONATE about Performance Analysis and excited by the world of statistical and data analysis in sport? Then The Video Analyst.com wants to hear from you. As part of the team, you will be responsible for generating posts and scouring the web for great content & jobs. The Video [...]
Sports Analytics Conference Videos
In late 2011 I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural Sports Analytics Conference held in Manchester Business School. Although the talks were videoed it seems they were never given an airing. You will have to ready my summary of the day here and here. Unfortunately this year I wasn’t able to attend. But lucky for us [...]
16 Analytics Articles You Might Have Missed
It can be hard to keep up with everything that goes on with analytics and sport. So here are 16 pieces I found over the last few weeks. I don’t go into too much detail on each one but encourage you to explore them. If you come across anything of interest let me know on [...]
Statistical Analysis and The Media
There is no doubt statistical analysis is beginning to creep into the mainstream media but progress is quite slow. Over the weekend I got the chance to watch a few different sports and the examples of and understanding of statistics varied greatly. 1. Michael Atherton v David Gower England had been bowled out and while we were between innings [...]
