TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jayal,Ambikesh
AU  - McRobert,Allistair
AU  - Oatley,Giles
AU  - O'Donoghue,Peter
TI  - Sports analytics: analysis, visualisation and decision making in sports performance 
SN  - 9780415789424 (hbk)
AV  - GV741 .J38 2018
U1  - 796.021 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Sports
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Athletic ability
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is analytics? -- Complex data and the "Data Age" -- Interactive visualisation -- Simulation and modelling -- Geospatial data analysis -- Spatio-temporal analysis -- Machine learning and sport -- Genomics in sports -- Social network analysis -- Knowledge discovery in databases and data mining -- Data management and infrastructure -- Sports analytics applications in soccer; Adult
N2  - "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.

Employing an approach-based structure and integrating problem-based learning throughout the text, the book clearly defines the difference between analytics and analysis and goes on to explain and illustrate methods including:

    Interactive visualisation

    Simulation and modelling

    Geospatial data analysis

    Spatiotemporal analysis

    Machine learning

    Genomic data analysis

    Social network analysis

Offering a mixed-methods case study chapter, no other book offers the same level of scientific grounding or practical application in sports data analytics. Sports Analytics is essential reading for all students of sports analytics, and useful supplementary reading for students and professionals in talent identification and development, sports performance analysis, sports medicine and applied computer science." -- Provided by publisher
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