Sports Analytics Reading List
This list was compiled through a combination of my own experience and recommendations from other members of the sports analytics community. I’ve broken the list into two sections: “Where to start?” This section contains my personal essential sports analytics reads. These are books I’d recommend regardless of your skill level or sport interest. “Where toContinue reading “Sports Analytics Reading List”
Free Sports Data Sources
One of the first steps in any analytics project is acquiring the right dataset. While much of the more advanced data (e.g. player tracking data) remains inaccessible to the public, there’s still a significant amount of free data only a few clicks or a couple of lines of code away. Two weeks ago, I publishedContinue reading “Free Sports Data Sources”
Sports Analytics 101: Metric Framework Examples
Sports Analytics 101 is a series of blog posts outlining the core concepts behind sports analytics in non-technical terms. You can find all available installments in the series here. Over the previous six posts, I introduced a “The Metric Framework,” a framework for thinking about an individual sports analytics metric. Here, I’m going to apply theContinue reading “Sports Analytics 101: Metric Framework Examples”
Brendan Kent 