Sports Analytics Conference Season
There is a lot happening in Sports Analytics at the moment. The Geekfest that is Sloan Sports Analytics has just ended but this side of the Atlantic the big conferences are happening in the next few months. I thought it would be a good idea to have a round-up of everything that is going. Science […]
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3 Lessons From the Opta Pro Forum
Thursday 6th saw the first Opta Pro Forum (#optaproforum). A mix of clubs, bloggers, stattos and exectutives were present to hear 9 presenters take to the stage and present their research findings. The 9 presenters had to beat off some stiff competition to get to the stage. Judged by Ian Graham (Liverpool FC Director of […]
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Buying Sports Performance Analysis Software
Which software should I buy? Not that I actually add these up but this is one of the most popular questions I get asked via the site. While there is no doubt this question needs to be answered, at some stage, it’s never where I would start. If you are new to a job or […]
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Sports Analytics London Conference
“Winning in Sports Through Performance Analysis” With a title like that it’s hard to look beyond this conference. They have also lined up some of the best speakers this side of the Atlantic. By all accounts this was a great conference last year and really looks like a rival to the Sloan Conference which I […]
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Performance Analysis
3 Great Resources To Improve Your Presentation Skills
We all end up presenting at some stage in our careers. While I dreaded the thought of it through there came a point when public speaking was just something I was going to have to do. Whether it’s a public speaking event or simply talking in a dressing room it is a skill worth developing. […]
Events & Conferences
Sports Analytics Conference Season
There is a lot happening in Sports Analytics at the moment. The Geekfest that is Sloan Sports Analytics has just ended but this side of the Atlantic the big conferences are happening in the next few months. I thought it would be a good idea to have a round-up of everything that is going. Science […]
Industry News
10 Analysis Tweets You Might Have Missed
Below is a round-up of some of the latest and greatest tweets from this week. I don’t go into too much detail here but I encourage you to check them all out in your own time. 1. Twinterview with Darren Burgess I linked to this during the week but the Journal of Sports Sciences conduct […]
Working as an Analyst
Performance Analysis Employment – Will Jones
This is a guest post by Will Jones, Prozone’s Head of Performance Analysis. Will is both an employee of the industry but also an employer, both internally for Prozone analysts, internships, placements & work experience students, but also for the clubs whom often ask Will to send on CVs, provide shortlists of students/potential analysts that he […]
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3 Great Resources To Improve Your Presentation Skills
We all end up presenting at some stage in our careers. While I dreaded the thought of it through there came a point when public speaking was just something I was going to have to do. Whether it’s a public speaking event or simply talking in a dressing room it is a skill worth developing. […]
Buying Sports Performance Analysis Software
Which software should I buy? Not that I actually add these up but this is one of the most popular questions I get asked via the site. While there is no doubt this question needs to be answered, at some stage, it’s never where I would start. If you are new to a job or […]
Excel is dead long live…
I came across an interesting tweet a few weeks back from @data_monkey , it read “Very interesting times for analysts! Those stuck with only MS software experience will seriously regret it in a few years.” Excel is dead long live… For the better part of twenty years, Microsoft Excel has been the most popular spreadsheet […]
Sports Performance Coaching Tour
The All Blacks have a saying that is ingrained in their philosophy that Better People make Better All Blacks. With that in mind I am pushing to find ways to learn new things (not always sports related). As I wrote here and here the need to invest in yourself is crucial and if done correctly […]
10 Performance Analysis Tweets of The Week
Rather than go into to much detail here I just list the 10 most interesting sports analytical tweets of the last week. 1. Learning From Failure Learn From Failure from IDEO on Vimeo. 2. Opta and Data-led Video Analysis 3. An Internship Wishlist 4. Tech Invades Sports 5. Statistics on the high frequency of Sport […]
Hands Up Who Has a Coach?
New Year, New Resolutions… Most readers of this blog are involved in analysis & coaching, we all profess the need for good quality coaches and know the difference this can make to performance; so hands up who has a coach? If you believe so passionately in the need for a coach shouldn’t you have one yourself? […]
MSc Performance Analysis Chichester – A Students Perspective
Ali Pearson has just completed the MSc in Performance Analysis from Chichester. He was in the first cohort of students to finish this MSc and below he shares his experience of the course and what he got out of it. You can also read the review of the MSc’s at Middlesex University by Eanna Kennedy […]
Invest in People not Things – Please
Why is the investment always in facilities or equipment but not in the people? Look through the local or national newspapers in almost any country and you will find countless stories of clubs, NGB’s & Governments announcing the dawning of a new era with X or Y facility now being built. This facility will undoubtedly […]
Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
I’ve decided to give the best tweets of the week a miss this week and instead highlight the fact that a new issue of the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport is out. This journal is not free but most students or academics should have access to it. There were 25 paper published in […]
Marginal Gains v Exceptional Gains
”If I’d asked my customers what they wanted they’s have asked for faster horses”. - Henry Ford Steve Jobs & Henry Ford have understood the philosophy of exceptional gains probably better than anybody in else in business. 2 genuine visionaries who were not interested in making marginal improvements – they gazed into the future and saw […]
