Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…
Tag: Visualisation
A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – West Coast v Western Bulldogs Mark/Free Kick Mapping and Player Tracking
Posted in Analytics Landscape, Game Analysis, Player Tracking, Scoring Map, and Team Metrics
Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…
The Shots that Made the 2016 Coleman Medal Kennedy is Freakishly Accurate, Buddy is Just a Freak
Posted in ExpScore, Scoring Map, and Shot Quality
The Coleman Medal, for most goals in the H&A season, was won this week by West Coast’s Josh Kennedy for the second year running. His 80…
A couple of big games have shaken up the 8 completely after the last round of the Home & Away season. Not only does the…
2 Things Holding Back Quality Footy Writing and Analysis Analytics Among Fans and the Media (Part 2)
Posted in Analytics Landscape, and Opinion
This is a follow-up article to one I wrote last week about the state of analytics at AFL clubs. That article has been my most…
A Model to Predict and Rate Shots by Quality Formalising and Parametrising Shot Probability
Posted in ExpScore, Game Analysis, Scoring Map, and Trends and Historic Analysis
A little over a month ago I published some empirical Goal Kicking Accuracy maps that looked at the likelihood of kicking a goal from each…
Are injuries more likely at Etihad? Recorded injuries by ground
Posted in Trends and Historic Analysis
The discussion on whether the surface at Etihad Stadium is unsafe is sure to be in the media again this week after Bulldog Matt Suckling…
2015 Tipping Performances of Fans, Experts and Analysts Do footy pundits tip matches better than regular fans?
Posted in Tipping
Around this time of the year, offices around Australia get swept into fierce competition by the vicarious challenge that is footy tipping. While Janice from…