1st Edition

Sports Analytics Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance

272 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As the analysis of big datasets in sports performance becomes a more entrenched part of the sporting landscape, so the value of sport scientists and analysts with formal training in data analytics grows. Sports Analytics: Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance provides the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the use of analytics in sport and its application... Read more

1. What is Analytics?

2. Complex Data and the "Data Age"

3. Interactive Visualisation

4. Simulation and Modelling

5. Geospatial Data Analysis

6. Spatio-Temporal Analysis

7. Machine Learning and Sport

8. Genomics in Sports

9. Social Network Analysis

10. Knowledge Discovery in Databases and Data Mining

11. Data Management and Infrastructure

12. Sports Analytics Applications in Soccer

Biography

Ambikesh Jayal is a Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

Allistair McRobert is a Senior Lecturer of Performance Analysis at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Giles Oatley is a Senior Lecturer at Federation University, Australia.

Peter O’Donoghue is a Reader in Sports Performance Analysis in Cardiff School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.