Can QPR convert their chance at Premier League Survival?
Guest Blog Post by Laban Scott Libby Having read a recent blog by Chris Anderson, on his brilliant football statistics blog ‘Soccer By The Numbers’, comparing the attacking and defensive performances of each Premier League side, I was inspired to make my first foray into blog-dom. Following the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager, there [...]
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Performance Analysis Training Courses
Performance Analysis education is still very thin on the ground but there are a couple of courses/events that I wanted to bring to your attention. These are certainly worth checking out if you have the time. Last year I mentioned the Prozone courses – they are still going on this year and see one or [...]
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Visualization is King
Over the last 6 months I have been working on quite a big data collection project. I have been doing my best to find innovative and interesting ways to present all this information. I am still convinced that the role of an analyst is to get a message across as much as it is to [...]
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Follow Friday – Performance Analysts on Twitter
Follow Friday or #ff is something normally done on twitter itself but I wanted to be different as there are still very few people on twitter compared to something like Facebook. The main reason I use twitter is to find interesting articles/news items and build up a good network of people in analysis. So to [...]
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Performance Analysis
Can QPR convert their chance at Premier League Survival?
Guest Blog Post by Laban Scott Libby Having read a recent blog by Chris Anderson, on his brilliant football statistics blog ‘Soccer By The Numbers’, comparing the attacking and defensive performances of each Premier League side, I was inspired to make my first foray into blog-dom. Following the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager, there [...]
Events & Conferences
Performance Analysis Training Courses
Performance Analysis Training Courses I usually do my best to avoid mentioning companies on this blog, I am not interested in promoting one software/service over another but when it comes to education I take a different view. Thats why I’m more than happy to give Prozone’s upcoming Performance Analysis Training Courses a mention. I have [...]
Industry News
Industry News 3
by Dan White – Bristol City FC Moneyball the Movie November 25th signalled the release of the long awaited film “Moneyball”. The movie tells the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. The movie based [...]
Working as an Analyst
Setting up as a Freelance Analyst
Setting up as a Freelance Analyst Guest Blog Post – Written By David Taylor, Optimum Sports Analysis The trials and tribulations of setting up a freelance analysis business My name is David Taylor and since opening a Twitter account (@sports_analysis) to represent my freelance performance analysis business, the questions I am most frequently asked are [...]
Recent Articles
Can QPR convert their chance at Premier League Survival?
Guest Blog Post by Laban Scott Libby Having read a recent blog by Chris Anderson, on his brilliant football statistics blog ‘Soccer By The Numbers’, comparing the attacking and defensive performances of each Premier League side, I was inspired to make my first foray into blog-dom. Following the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager, there [...]
Performance Analysis Training Courses
Performance Analysis education is still very thin on the ground but there are a couple of courses/events that I wanted to bring to your attention. These are certainly worth checking out if you have the time. Last year I mentioned the Prozone courses – they are still going on this year and see one or [...]
Visualization is King
Over the last 6 months I have been working on quite a big data collection project. I have been doing my best to find innovative and interesting ways to present all this information. I am still convinced that the role of an analyst is to get a message across as much as it is to [...]
Follow Friday – Performance Analysts on Twitter
Follow Friday or #ff is something normally done on twitter itself but I wanted to be different as there are still very few people on twitter compared to something like Facebook. The main reason I use twitter is to find interesting articles/news items and build up a good network of people in analysis. So to [...]
Industry News 3
by Dan White – Bristol City FC Moneyball the Movie November 25th signalled the release of the long awaited film “Moneyball”. The movie tells the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. The movie based [...]
Sports Analytics Conference – Part 2
This is a follow on post from yesterday. If you haven’t already you should check out Part 1. 5. Dr. Fergus Connolly: The 5 I’s of Information Management. Fergal is a consultant to sports scientists, performance directors and coaches in elite sport. Fergal had a very well designed presentation – it was actually a movie/slideshow [...]
Sports Analytics Conference – Part 1
Last Wednesday I was very lucky to blag an invite to the first Sports Analytics Conference held in Manchester Business School. This is the first time a conference like this has been held in the UK. The day was action packed with talks and networking opportunities and while I can’t do the talks justice in [...]
Performance Analysis Articles – Friday Reading
This is just a collection of some of the articles I have come across in the last few weeks that are well worth a read over the weekend. I won’t go into too much detail but the links are worth following. 1. Let’s Play Moneyball - It started as a conversation and became the book that [...]
Performance Analysis Industry News 2
Performance Analysis Industry News 2 Team Performance Exchange is now up and running in the UK. In essence TPE is an internet module for sportscode products that users can exchange information such as video instances and documents with players and other staff members. The website also allows you to communicate with the team by sending [...]
Performance Analysis Industry News #1
Performance Analysis Industry News #1 [Industry News is a new feature that I hope to bring you once a month. It will be a round up of the latest news, gossip and up coming events in the Performance Analysis Industry. The feature is written by Dan White] Dartfish 6 Starting with new software, the release [...]
