Podcasts by smarterscout: The Why in Analytics
Dan Altman, creator of smarterscout, discusses the big issues underlying football/soccer analytics and sports analytics in general. Dan asks why we use data, why we measure the things we do, and why we choose certain analytical methods out of the many tools available. Drawing on his experience working with clubs in the Premier League, Major League Soccer, and other competitions around the world – as well as USA Olympic teams – Dan gets to the core of the questions every analyst faces.
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Measuring style and skill from 2020-06-24T21:00
Contributions to winning aren't the only things that football/soccer clubs might want to measure. Playing style has an important role in recruitment, and specific skills like finishing and ...
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Rating players with expected goals from shot creation from 2020-06-11T14:00
Breaking down goal difference into its component parts shows how expected goals from shot creation – the chance of scoring for each shot, estimated from historical data – can be the foundation f...
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The building blocks of a model of the game from 2020-06-04T15:00
There's an infinite number of mathematical models that might explain the game of football/soccer, but how can we strike a balance between usefulness and simplicity? Dan considers the advant...
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The basics (and basis) of metrics from 2020-05-26T08:00
The first step in constructing a metric is deciding – and clearly specifying – the question to be answered by the data. Dan talks about formulating this question and dealing with the complex iss...
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The foundation of trust and rationality from 2020-05-19T07:00
Using analytics effectively depends on trust and rationality. Dan discusses how to introduce analytics at football/soccer clubs in ways that build trust, then moves on to decision-making structu...
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The foundation of trust and rationality from 2020-05-19T07:00
Using analytics effectively depends on trust and rationality. Dan discusses how to introduce analytics at football/soccer clubs in ways that build trust, then moves on to decision-making structu...
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The foundation of trust and rationality from 2020-05-19T07:00
Using analytics effectively depends on trust and rationality. Dan discusses how to introduce analytics at football/soccer clubs in ways that build trust, then moves on to decision-making structu...
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