Getting Started with Tableau for Sports
January 22, 2021
New to Tableau and Sports Data Viz? This is an intro video to show you the basics of Tableau and how to connect to your first data set.
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New Course: SQL for Sports
December 29, 2020
In early 2021 I hope to launch a brand new course – SQL for Sports. SQL (pronounced sequel) is one of the most widely used
Tableau for Sport Dashboard
November 15, 2020
In the latest series of Tableau for Sport video’s I wanted to created a summary dashboard for an entire season. I used some of the
How are you managing your Data?
June 27, 2020
The Harvard Business Review reported that analysts spend over 80% of their time simply discovering or preparing data. A lack of strategy or architecture is
Automating Match Reports
March 25, 2020
I am a big believer in ‘if it can be automated, it should be’. Nothing pains me more than to see people constantly doing manual
Big Sam – English football’s unlikely Revolutionary?
October 1, 2019
In the embryonic days of the Premier League, little in the way of sophisticated statistics, Sports Science or even nutritional knowledge was to be found.
Football’s Pioneer – The Charles Reep story
September 26, 2019
Through the ages, many individuals have revolutionised the way we look at Sport Analytics, and indeed its application. Most of these individuals, the likes of
Dean Oliver – Godfather of Advanced Basketball Analytics
September 22, 2019
Been there, done that, wrote the book on it. For most of us that is nothing more than a butchered cliché but for Dean Oliver,
Do you provide Data or Insights?
September 5, 2019
I recently read this article title Data as a Product vs. Data as a Service; it discusses the idea of data teams within organisations, their
7 Things to Consider Before You Invest in a Video Tower
September 3, 2019
There is no doubt that having a portable video tower will transform your game analysis, but it is a reasonably big investment at the end
Excel & Analysis
June 5, 2019
Like anyone who works with a lot of data, I have a strained relationship with Microsoft Excel. Its ubiquity forces me to tolerate it, yet
Using Python to Help Your Scouting
March 29, 2019
This is a guest post written by Alex Rathke, you can find Alex on Twitter and his blog Python and Instat Programming…yes, you heard right!