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Rob Carroll

4 years

A complete beginners guide to - Getting Started with Tableau for Sports

Learn how to use Tableau to connect to Sports Data and create your first dashboard. We will connect to the Champions League excel file and build two visuals,...

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

For those interested in doing an online course I've made my Intro to Performance Analysis course free of charge for the next few months.

Video Analysis for Beginners - The Video Analyst.com

Discover the simplest, most effective way to learn Video & Performance analysis. Complete the course in your own time and on any device. A unique opportunity to learn and improve as a coach. Over 400...

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 months

Putting the finishing touches to this online course and pdf. Hope to release soon.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Free sql course (using sports data) here;

SQL for Sport - Online Course - The Video Analyst.com

This will be an introduction to SQL course. The course assumes no prior knowledge of SQL (or even coding), although some experience of working with data in excel or similar is advisable.

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Knowing SQL is an underrated skill in the data world

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@thevideoanalyst

8 years

[How To Video] How to use Excel to create stuff like this;

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

New MySQL course now open to all. Feedback welcome

SQL for Sport - Online Course - The Video Analyst.com

This will be an introduction to SQL course. The course assumes no prior knowledge of SQL (or even coding), although some experience of working with data in excel or similar is advisable.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 years

Some news: Over the next few weeks I plan to stop actively operating The Video Analyst site. Running TVA has been an incredible experience that has shaped my career and introduced me to many wonderful people I would never have met otherwise.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

New Video: Tableau for Sport: Building a Football Scouting Dashboard

Tableau for Sport: Football Scouting Dashboard

This is a sample dashboard that could be used for scouting across multiple leagues.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Working on my next Tableau Tutorial.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Always puts a smile on my face to get messages like this.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

I’m 37 and have been on immunosuppressants for 6 years. These meds keep my body from fighting itself and enable me to function. If you were to meet me, you’d never know. #StayAtHome

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Someone has been able to use my Tableau tutorials to get themselves some paid analysis work. 🙌🙌 #result

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

in 2021 I will be launching a new course: SQL for Sports. Pre Launch I'm going to run this as a virtual 'face-to-face' course over 4 weeks. More info here;

New Course: SQL for Sports - APFA

SQL (pronounced sequel) is one of the most widely used programming languages in the world and it's primary function is to retrieve data from databases. This

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 months

There is a lot of jargon in the data world, so I created this handy reference guide of over 100 key terms. It's completely free and can be accessed here;

The Analysts Data Reference Guide V1.1.pdf

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Online course recommendation. Learn a bit of Python and Tableau (Beginner) using sports data.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Messing around with building formations in Tableau.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Tableau for Sport - loading all my videos here now;

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

Wow! Around this time 10 years ago I started TheVideoAnalyst!!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

Happy Christmas! I've now made my Video Analysis Course for Beginners free of charge. Enjoy!!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Tableau for Sport Tutorial 3 part season summary dashboard.

Tableau for Sport Dashboard - APFA

In the latest series of Tableau for Sport video's I wanted to created a summary dashboard for an entire season. I used some of the summary tables from AFL

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

Nice message to get!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

Would really love to know how many managers or analysts at #EURO2016 are aware of this?

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

I've built a small app that lets you input a @StatsBomb json file and get a csv file back. (you need to create a free account to run it). #nocode Video explainer -

Statsbomb json Parse

Here a build an Alteryx app that allows you pick a statsbomb file and generate a csv/excel file.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

You Want to be a performance analyst?

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 months

Tableau's new version 2024.2 was released yesterday and Radars just got a whole lot easier!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

Delighted to have partnered up with @athletefitness to bring you this.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Me and the kids made our own St Patrick’s Day parade!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Love this advice

mouneer.eth | mouneer.near

@mouneer

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A no-bullshit piece of advice by @profgalloway

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

This might be of use/interest to some. How I manage, analyse, visualize my data.

Data Management Model TVA

The Video Analyst - How I manage my data.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

New Tableau Tutorial. How to create this in one sheet.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Looking for a few people to test this course before I release it properly. There are 30 spots open. It's free and self-paced: Introduction to SQL using sports data

SQL for Sport - Online Course - The Video Analyst.com

This will be an introduction to SQL course. The course assumes no prior knowledge of SQL (or even coding), although some experience of working with data in excel or similar is advisable.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

Received another message today from someone quitting performance analysis. Wages (even in paid roles) a big issue. As people get older the wage progression simply isn't there.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 months

How to Build a Radar Chart in Tableau

This video shows how you can use the new Viz extensions capabilities in Tableau 2024.2 to build a Radar chart really quickly.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Next Tableau tutorial in the making.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 months

Course now live. Designed for beginners to complete in 90 minutes (ish) and is on sale for the next few days.

Tableau for Football: Mastering the Essentials in 90 Minutes

Interested in visualizing football data. This course will get you up and running in 90 minutes or less.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 months

Putting the finishing touches to this online course and pdf. Hope to release soon.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

*NEW COURSE* Delighted to now have the R course developed and available & Online.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 years

Any coaches want to offer their 2cents here on how would you improve (power and height) this technique?

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Was really pleased to get this DM a few weeks back. I can't put out nearly the amount of content I would like - but makes me smile when I get messages like this.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

A beginners guide to Tableau for Sport parts 2 and 3 now added. Mapping XY data and Average Player Positions.

Tableau for Sport

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Work in progress.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

Playlist of all the OptaPro 2017 Forum talks.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

9 years

If you are an analyst and you are not at least using this course to learn SQL - sort it out!!

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Lead Data Scientist at Sunderland

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Sunderland are recruiting a Head of Data and Analysis

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Tableau how to; Zones on a Pitch

Tableau Zones on a Pitch - APFA

This video details how to create pitch zones on top of a pitch background using Tableau. You can download my workbook on Tableau Public here…

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 years

Really happy that the courses, articles and Jobs Board will have a new home. Impressed by the ambition of APFA and what it could become. You can read more on the merger below.

Professional Football Analysis

@APFAnalysis

2 years

We're delighted to announce the takeover of hosting duties for the content, courses and jobs board from Rob Carroll at . Please visit us here to find out more ⬇️

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

This speech is so close to the Brad Pitt/Billy Beane one in Moneyball about replacing Giambi.

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@AVFCOfficial

3 years

Aston Villa CEO Christian Purslow updated supporters this evening on the circumstances surrounding the departure of Jack Grealish. Here is his broadcast on VillaTV.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

11 months

Finally managed to build something useful in Python. Big help from @FC_Python and @Soccermatics tutorials.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

My preferred way of learning is to copy other's work. Saw the recent percentile chart on @fbref and wanted to see could I replicate my own version. Work in progress - but getting there.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Really like these "data looks better naked" videos.

Cole Knaflic

@storywithdata

4 years

Related resource for this month's tabular-focused #SWDchallenge : "data looks better naked" segment on tables by @dhanalytics . Show us what you can do with your own table by 9/30:

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Yes but does he have a 2.1 in a sports related degree? 😜

Training Ground Guru

@ground_guru

4 years

A PhD in computational astrophysics, developing trading systems for a £30bn hedge fund and policy advisor for the British government... not your typical CV for a member of backroom staff at a football club.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Getting Started with Tableau [Tutorial]

Getting Started with Tableau for Sports - APFA

New to Tableau and Sports Data Viz? This is an intro video to show you the basics of Tableau and how to connect to your first data set.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

How to Scrape data directly into Google sheets. No code.

Football Data - Scrape

How to use the Google Sheets to import data from fbref.com. Part 2 shows how to merge these sheets in Tableau

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Earlier this month Google launched a data Data Analytics Course. Part of their Professional Certificate program.

Google Data Analytics Course - APFA

They are designed to prepare learners for an entry-level role in under six months. The certificates don’t have any prerequisites.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

How are you managing your Data? Some thoughts.

How are you managing your Data? - APFA

The Harvard Business Review reported that analysts spend over 80% of their time simply discovering or preparing data. A lack of strategy or architecture is

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

New Course Launched: Excel for Analysts. Nearly 10 hours of video tutorials and 20 workbooks.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Some progress made on the MySQL course tonight. Planning to be ready by March.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Now that’s data viz!

the best vids

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 years

New Job - Perfomance Analyst City Group.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

New Viz: Using the recent release from @StatsBomb took a look at the Invincible Arsenal forwards.

Arsenal - Invincibles

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

New course just launched. Data Analysis for Sport in R.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

R course coming soon to

Declan Cassidy

@declancassidy59

6 years

Time to delve into something new! Introducing myself to the world of R.... goal for the summer is to become somewhat competent in the use of it #alwayslearning #R #datascience

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

Everyone wants a qualification when they really need an apprenticeship

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

New Tutorial - Tableau For Sport Expected Goals Running Total

Tableau For Sport Expected Goals Running Total

How to compute running total of expected goals across the season.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Really liked this design so had a go at making it in Tableau.

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@DunkTheData

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⚽️📊Fréquence des tirs en fonction du score en @Ligue1UberEats La majorité des équipes, logiquement, tirent plus lorsqu'elles perdent. @losclive tire toutes les 4.3 minutes quand ils sont menés de 2 buts ou plus (ce qui a été le cas 65 minutes). (Inspired by @FC_Python )

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

Free course on sql using sports data.

Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

New MySQL course now open to all. Feedback welcome

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

This is a good watch. Couple of things! 1) the have physical servers not cloud 2) they don’t code live games 3) they don’t use IP cameras at training or code live.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

10 years

Full Time Performance Analyst position now available - English football. http://t.co/IfMwC3x7ti #jobspa

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Will put together a tutorial on this over the next few days.

Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Messing around with building formations in Tableau.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

ICYMI: Should coaches learn to speak data as much as analysts learn to speak coach?

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

9 years

10 of my favourite excel tips explained in under 5 minutes.

10 Excel Tips in 5 Mins

10 excel tips in under 5 mins.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

Paid internship opportunity at a Premier League club;

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

Part 1 of series looking at some of the pioneers of Sports Analytics

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

Want to keep up with the Sports Analytics news? 1 email per month no more, no less. No bullshit, just a nice simple email with some links to interesting 'stuff' from the previous 30 days. Register here and first one starts end of Jan.

This Month in Sports Analytics

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Couple of how to video's I published at the weekend. 1) How to get data from automagically into Google Sheets. 2) How to merge all that data in Tableau.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

Everyone wants a qualification when they really need an apprenticeship.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

Biggest let down of seeing behind the scenes of 'elite' sport is that you realise so much is not elite.

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@OmarChaudhuri

7 years

Surprising and yet not at all surprising at the same time

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@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Getting Started with Tableau for Sports

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Follow up to my last Tableau video. This time using the wonderful Tableau Drawing tool ( @iamdavehart ) to completely customise your pitch zones.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Eddie Jones saying where he thinks his analysis is compared with Liverpool. ‘That’ refers to tracking/off ball movement.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

Some data (and salary info) from the recent survey.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

A new Performance Analysis podcast for your ear buds! Check it out, some really good content so far.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

This looks great. Anyone wanting to understand a bit more about probability.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

So you want to be a Performance Analyst?

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

Written my first 2 pieces of python today. Very basic stuff but still.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

Important book for any analyst to read and read again.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

5 years

Post Match Performance Analyst @ Spurs

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

8 years

A timeline of the History of Sports Analysis.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

3 years

I used to have these conversations 10 years ago when I'd tell people I was a sports analyst. Got asked once if I also videoed weddings :)

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'Tough ol' Industry' Accountant & Performer in Bizarro World

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

Behind The Team - Performance Analysis

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

6 years

International Break - so get your learning on. Data Analysis for Sport in R.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Football Tableau User Group in March; Johannes Riegger, Data Analyst at Borussia Mönchengladbach & Sebastien Coustou, Sebastien Coustou.

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

7 years

I know I'm biased but if you work (want to work) in sport and with Excel you really should check this out;

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

4 years

Delighted to welcome ⁦ @SamLStandsUp ⁩ as a new regular contributor to the site.

Sam Larner – New Regular Contributor - APFA

When I was 16 there were two things I distinctly disliked; PE lessons and maths lessons. Therefore, it is odd that for around eight years now I have made

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Rob Carroll

@thevideoanalyst

2 months

Tableau for Sport: Football Scouting Dashboard

This is a sample dashboard that could be used for scouting across multiple leagues.

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