Why Unpaid Internships are Wrong … Almost all the time! Not many things are black & white in life and despite the headline of this article, there is some room for grey in this debate. However, I still believe firmly that people should be paid for their work (even the fact that you need to More…
featured, General Advice, Performance Analysis
SQL isn’t new but it it is finding it’s way into more and more job applications. If you want to separate yourself from the 1,000′s of other applying for positions having programming and SQL skills can be a big help. In fact Ben Alamar (who knows a lot about sports analytics), said in a recent More…
database, football, performance anslysis, sports analytics, sql
Do you REALLY want to be a Performance Analyst? Definitely the most common question I get asked by email. Students – future students wondering what it takes to get into Performance Analysis. The real answer is it will take a bit (maybe a lot) of luck but you need to be prepared as possible. Inspired More…
featured, Industry News, Performance Analysis
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a Performance Analysis Interest Group meeting here in Ireland. It was really the first time ‘most’ of the analysts in Ireland got in the same room. Considering the size of the country and the number of analysts it’s surprising it has taken this long. More…
Events & Conferences, Performance Analysis
Jamie Hamilton – Performance Analyst Canterbury Crusaders Super 15 rugby will join me for the 3rd Webinar in our Series. You can check out Webinar 1 with Brian Prestidge from Bolton Wanderers here And the second Webinar with Ravi from Seattle Sounders. Jamie was a professional rugby player with the Leicester Tigers before becoming their Performance More…
General Advice, Performance Analysis, performance analyst, Video Analysis, webinar
For most, your academic year has come to a close. Maybe you have a dissertation to do, maybe it’s all over and you have the summer to think about what the rest of your life looks like now that you (and thousands) of others have a Sports Science degree. You dream of working in Professional More…
Events & Conferences, Performance Analysis
Just wanted to bring to your attention some really interesting talks that have been uploaded to the Prozone Sports website recently. At last month’s Science + Football Conference Prozone hosted a series of presentations and discussions as part of the Prozone Performance.Lab. Showcasing cutting-edge analytical theory and research in football, the talks provided an insight into some of the More…
Events & Conferences, featured
Had a great chat with Ravi Ramineni in the second of our Video Analyst Webinar series. Ravi is in-charge of data collection, data integration, modeling and analysis of Sounders FC performance data from practices and matches. He works as a part of the Sports Science & Performance staff under Dave Tenney Performance Manager, providing the More…
Short & Sweet post today. An issue that can always crop up is merging multiple files into one single file. Trying to analyse multiple video files relating to the same game can be a real pain and really slow you down. I came across this handy tool – My MP4 Box the other day and More…
Events & Conferences, featured
I’m delighted to announce the second Video Analyst Webinar in the series. The first with Brian Prestidge of Bolton FC was really well received and I’m sure this one will be the same. Here is the link you will need to register and attend the event. https://plus.google.com/events/c37r7tn92mhtuucbk3oqt3g9e28 About Ravi Ravi is in-charge of data collection, data More…
