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Getting The Most Out Of Training Sessions With Effective Analysis

When it comes to analysis, it’s easy to be blinkered and focused on the outcomes. In the context of high level sport, this is obvious: The match. Watch games, find flaws & strengths, and then draw conclusions from there. Make…

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Reassessing Goalkeepers (Again): How Much Do They Influence Shooting?

Reassessing Goalkeepers (Again): How Much Do They Influence/Affect Shooting? Introduction Goalkeeper metrics and advanced data are still far from perfect, that’s not entirely news. It wasn’t until a few years ago that basic metrics such as save percentage were the…

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Analysis In Action: Part One – Self Collected Data

If I were to write an article about explaining various metrics, “what is performance analysis?”, and other topics about what advanced analytics/analysis is, it wouldn’t get a lot of traction – People are still obviously interested in these: It’s not…

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Shooters Gonna Shoot – Contextualizing Trends In Front Of Goal, And Finding Actionable Insights

This article is partly inspired by a conversation I had with Jamon Moore regarding our Where Goals Come From series on American Soccer Analysis – As we move into season two of the project, we wanted to more closely link…

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