sports analytics
Athletic data science
Sports analytics is the use of statistical analysis and data to evaluate athletic performance, inform strategy, and guide decisions in professional and amateur sports.
Teams use analytics to assess player value, optimize lineups, and gain competitive advantages: The front office relies heavily on sports analytics for draft picks.
The field expanded rapidly after the success of data-driven approaches in baseball, popularized as "Moneyball."
- MoneyballData-driven baseball management story
- sabermetricsStatistical baseball player evaluation
- decision treesBranching predictive model structures
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
econometrics · heat maps · biomechanics · injury prevention · skill assessment · plus minus · baseball · fantasy football · wearable technology · projections · draft picks · front office · algorithms · regression · matchups · win probability · tendencies · probability
- sports techfitness tracker, GPS watch, heart rate monitor, wearable sensors, sports watch
- Sports Marketingsponsorship, endorsements, naming rights, merchandise, fan engagement
- statistics coursesprobability, biostatistics, econometrics, hypothesis testing, experimental design
sports analyticsgut instinct
Immediate unreasoned knowing
intuition · gut feeling · instinct · hunches · conventional wisdom