Post Tagged with: "video analysis software"

5 Stories You Might Have Missed on Twitter

5 Stories You Might Have Missed on Twitter

Twitter is a fantastic resource for following analysts, data experts and visualization wizards. Sometimes thought you can skip past good content so here are 5 interesting things you might have missed. [<a href="http://storify.com/thevideoanalyst/5-stories-from-twitter-you-might-have-missed" target="_blank">View the story "5 Stories From Twitter You Might Have Missed" on Storify</a>]

The New Performance Analyst

The New Performance Analyst

When I started in this industry the role of an analyst was quite simple. He was the guy or girl who recorded the game from some dodgy bit of scaffolding went inside and tagged or coded the video. He made a little highlights video package for the manager and the players and then set about [...]

Follow Friday – Performance Analysts on Twitter

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 [...]

Sports Analytics Conference – Part 2

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 [...]

Performance Analysis Industry News #1

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 [...]

3 Business Lessons for Performance Analysts

3 Business Lessons for Performance Analysts

3 Business Lessons for Performance Analysts It is often the case that when famous managers retire they start speaking at numerous business events. Telling business managers how to create that winning team, be a good motivator and generally how to apply the lessons of high-performance sport in the boardroom. While there are certainly many lessons [...]

The Importance of Usability

The Importance of Usability

The Importance of Usability Anybody who has been watching Sky Sports (UK) lately will have noticed a relatively new and pretty cool gadget they have. Sky used this during the Ryder Cup and now on the Monday Night Football show. If you haven’t seen it you will see a demo in the video below. The [...]

Setting up as a Freelance 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 [...]

Performance Analysis Innovation

Performance Analysis Innovation

Performance Analysis Innovation Innovation can often come from the most unlikely of places. True innovators tend to see the world differently and invent products nobody thought possible. Sometimes you can be so caught up in a job that you can’t see how it would be any different. One of my favourite quotes of all time [...]

Is Technology Always Better

Is Technology Always Better

Is Technology Always Better I was reading a book recently when I came across a very strange picture (similar to the one on the left). Although my image is photoshoped together this was a genuine product sold in Japan in the 1980′s. As pocket calculators become cheaper and cheaper people began to use them more and more moving away [...]