Data Analysis in Sport
Peter O'Donoghue, Cardiff Metropolitan University ;
Lucy Holmes, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Routledge, 2015
ISBN: 9780415739849;
Language: English
Focusing on techniques used in the analysis of sport performance, Data Analysis in Sport introduces the fundamental principles of data analysis, explores the most important tools used in data analysis, and offers guidance on the presentation of results.
The book covers key topics such as:
- The purpose of data analysis, from statistical analysis to algorithmic processing
- Commercial packages for performance and data analysis, including Focus, Sportscode, Dartfish, Prozone Sports, Microsoft Excel®, IBM SPSS Statistics®, and MATLAB
- Effective use of statistical procedures in sport performance analysis
- Analyzing data from manual notation systems, player tracking systems, and computerized match analysis systems
- Creating visually appealing "dashboard" interfaces for presenting data
- Assessing reliability
The book includes worked examples from real sport, offering clear guidance to the reader and bringing the subject to life. It is invaluable reading for any student, researcher, or analyst working in sport performance or undertaking a sport-related research project or methods course.
A chapter is dedicated to show how MATLAB can be used to process large volumes of sports performance data. MATLAB examples for data processing and processor-intensive simulation systems are included.
