Alamar Sports Analytics

A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53525-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

A pioneer of sports data analysis synthesizes data-management tools, analytic models, information systems, and strategic decision-making practices to help a variety of organizations improve their game.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alamar, Benjamin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Oliver, Dean

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport: Politik, Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Sport- und Freizeitindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Sports Analytics
2. Data and Data Management
3. Data and Information
4. Predictive Analytics and Metrics
5. New Metrics
6. Information Systems
7. Analytics in the Organization: Innovation and Implementation
8. A Blueprint for Analytic Success
9. Building and Managing an Analytic Team
Notes
Index

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin C. Alamar is a professor of sport management at Menlo College and a sports analytics consultant/researcher. He has consulted with a variety of teams in the NFL and NBA, including five seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and with a variety of companies in sports analytics. He has published numerous research studies in sports analytics and has written on sports analytics for outlets such as ESPN, Analytics Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, Alamar is the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, the first peer-reviewed academic journal for research in sports analytics.

Dean Oliver is the director of Production Analytics at ESPN, leading the development of sports analytics for the network. He worked for seven years in the NBA with the front offices of the Denver Nuggets and Seattle Supersonics, using analytics to improve trades, free agency, the draft, and coaching tactics. The contents of his book, Basketball on Paper, are now used broadly across the NBA. Oliver has a Ph.D. in engineering and has years of experience as an advance scout, collegiate scout, and coach.