Jayal, Ambikesh

Sports analytics : analysis, visualisation and decision making in sports performance / Ambikesh Jayal, Allistair McRobert, Giles Oatley and Peter O'Donoghue. - New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis, 2018. - 255 pages : illustrations ; cm

Includes index.

What is analytics? -- Complex data and the data age -- Interactive visualisation -- Simulation and modelling -- Geospatial data analysis -- Spatiotemporal analysis -- Machine learning and sports -- Genomics in sports -- Social network analysis -- Knowledge discovery in databases and data mining -- Data management and infrastructure -- Sports analytics applications in soccer.

"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 in sports performance, coaching, talent identification and sports medicine available."--Back cover.

9780415789431 (pbk) 9780415789424 (hbk)


Sports--Statistical methods
Athletic ability

GV741 / J33 2018