GAA stats – time for a centralised approach?
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...
Podcast: The Science of Sport
Leinster's Emmet Farrell, Dublin's Ray Boyne and I chat with Ger Gilroy about analysis in sportThe Baseball Hall of Fame
One of the interesting whimsies of stateside sports is their love of Halls of Fame (yes, with capital letters). There is a Hall of Fame for the NFL (Canton, Ohio), the NBA (Springfield, Mass.), the NHL (Toronto, Canada) and almost every other sport you could think of, whether at professional, college or amateur level.… Read more...
