Posted by Andy McGeady on March 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
From Dublin to Boston for the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. There will be nerding.
Category Sport · Tags Boston, MLB, NBA, NFL, nhl, Sloan, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Soccer, sports analytics, SSAC16, stats
Posted by Andy McGeady on October 15, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Also some breakdown data from Ireland vs France. Paul O'Connell did not go quietly into the night...
Category Sport · Tags breakdown, dartmouth, ian madigan, jonathan sexton, kicking, paul o'connell, peter o'mahony, princeton, prozone, rucks, rugby, rugby world cup, rwc2015, sean o'brien, stats, they saw a game
Posted by Andy McGeady on September 17, 2015 · 17 Comments
The GAA might be an amateur sport in terms of pay for play, but the expectations around what stats should be kept and performance data analysed are rising. Many aspects of the role of a video analyst or a performance analyst are transferable. The sport might be different, the ball a different size and played by a different number of players.… Read more...
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 4, 2015 · 3 Comments
As promised. And it is indeed stupidly long. This is just part one. Grab a cuppa, settle in. It's time to Sloan.
Category Sport · Tags #ssac15, chris anderson, daryl morey, Edward Tufte, michael lewis, michael niemeyer, Opta, shane battier, Sloan, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, stats
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 4, 2015 · 2 Comments
There was a decent Irish turnout at Sloan 2015 but a serious lack of European soccer presence. A report for the Irish Times.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The two Irish provinces have had some eerily similar playing stats so far this Pro 12 season, but with a couple of key differences.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 20, 2014 · 1 Comment
A chat with the Second Captains about stats in sport
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 11, 2014 · 10 Comments
Ireland had a staggering amount of possession against Italy, and in the right areas of the pitch (Irish Examiner)
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 11, 2014 · 1 Comment
A look at the numbers from Ireland vs Wales, and ahead to Twickenham, for the Irish Examiner
Posted by Andy McGeady on August 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
Were Southern Hemisphere props punished last season as often as their Northern Hemisphere brethern?
