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Often get asked “how do I get started in football analytics?” and I usually point to a recent blog that comes to mind, or one of @GregorydSam’s pieces on the topic.
To better answer in future, I’m going to start a thread here and link to it all tutorials/relevant pieces
To better answer in future, I’m going to start a thread here and link to it all tutorials/relevant pieces
Also get asked for “any advice?”
I’m not a huge fan of taking it from those who don’t have skin in the game.
Biggest advice therefore is probably don’t take advice and learn from your own mistakes. Not overly satisfactory, I must admit...
I’m not a huge fan of taking it from those who don’t have skin in the game.
Biggest advice therefore is probably don’t take advice and learn from your own mistakes. Not overly satisfactory, I must admit...
Something more practical...differentiate yourself from the bunch of others you’re vying against for attention. Write about something no one else is writing about, build an identity, a “brand” (
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Free idea #1 - how many scout reports that you see sorely focus on a player’s strengths?
Confirmation bias means we can seemingly always find these easily.
How about an anti-scouting report? Focus on the things a player is bad at. Something different..
Confirmation bias means we can seemingly always find these easily.
How about an anti-scouting report? Focus on the things a player is bad at. Something different..
Anyway, here are the tutorials from here onwards...
To start, here’s a great thread of intro blogs for working with and plotting @StatsBomb data in R by @biscuitchaser https://twitter.com/biscuitchaser/status/1275726269058093057
To start, here’s a great thread of intro blogs for working with and plotting @StatsBomb data in R by @biscuitchaser https://twitter.com/biscuitchaser/status/1275726269058093057
