Sports analytics is really adopted by many of the reputed clubs and teams. In India also IPL teams are using it and as well as Australian team also shared how they are using sports analytics. I also saw the moneyball movie it is really amazing...
#64: I never had the chance to have time on Fridays or Saturdays for 66 Days of Data, today was my lucky day! I do like the one that gives insights to make decisions or help the athletes to improve performance. In the past was difficult to keep track of how an athlete was responding to the training loads, how was sleeping, how was recovering with all the variables that differ from gender to position in the game (or sport). It's fascinating to see how some products and the Data Science applied have helped organizations, coaches, and athletes to find the invisible reasons for bad performance or injury :) On that, I think that the psychological component it's not being evaluated, which could be a great area to focus too! #66daysofdata
The psychological part is so important. I always find myself understanding the what, but never understanding the how of performance if that makes sense
Great video as always. Just as a suggestion, I would be very interested in seeing good techniques/layouts for building an impressive portfolio to showcase to employers
Great video, very interesting topic, i've been trying to do some analysis in fights, and it's very interesting to see a more broad perspective about other sports, keep it up, you have great content
1. I’m going to college and I’m considering to major in sports analytics, sports business, or sport studies and I wanna know what’s the best 2. I know a bit about sports like basketball and football and combat sports but when it comes to things like baseball i don’t know how it works my question is do I need to know everything about all these sports to get this job or study a major like this or how does it work, what do I need to know abt sports or do I even need to know?
Hi Ken, I am really interested in this field. Specifically, I would like to work for basketball teams and have the moneyball roll. Do you have any suggestions on how to achieve that goal? Thanks
Thanks for watching Donald! I recommend watching this video I made about breaking into the field: th-cam.com/video/SLC5sPZSLY4/w-d-xo.html. Sports in general is very competitive, so you need to do many projects and share them to get recognized. If you're a student, I recommend internships and hackathons if you have access to them.
Hey Ken! Great video. I've done some simple sports analysis in my own project portfolio. How can I start to find the jobs under type 1, type 2, or type 4? I couldn't find the company z-grew that you mentioned based out of chicago.
Hi! Loved the video! Super informative! I do have a question though. I'll actually be starting my first corporate job as a sports analyst focusing on the second example. But really, I want to get involved in the first type of sports analysis focusing on performance. Is there a way for me to "cross-train" in preparation for the performance role while fulfilling my role as a sports analyst focusing on odds?
Congrats on the Job! I recommend just trying to work on projects during your free time. You should have access to a bit more data, leverage that into some cool insights and show it off!
Mathletics is for sports in general. It covers 3 different ones (Football, Baseball, & Basketball). The concepts can be applied outside of those fields though. The rest are specific to the sport.
Hi ken, just subscribed your channel.😊 Just want to ask several questions. 1) what should i learn first to join sport analytics industry? Sql? Python? 2) i am interested in Volleyball. Does volleyball familiar with sport analyst? (i dont know if this question is right😅) 3) does sport analyst earn a lot? Thank you Ken💐
Thanks for subscribing! To answer your questions. 1) Doesn't matter which one you start with. I would personally start with python or excel though because they allow you to start analyzing data right out of the gate 2) Not that I know of, but you could be the first one! 3) It depends, analysts in sports generally make less than analysts in other fields (very high demand for roles in sports). They still make a good living though
Hey Ken, great video! How hard is it to break into sports analytics compared to other fields? And would getting a job in sports analytics close doors to working as data scientist in other industries?
Hi Raj! I would say sports analytics is quite a bit harder to break into than other fields. There is a pretty small number of job openings unfortunately. However, working in this domain definitely won't hurt your options for other industries. I hope this helps!
I think I want to do something in either the moneyball field (helping teams) or DFS (predicting outcomes), but I’m not sure which one. If I learn some data science and sports analytics skills, will they be useful in either field?
ok so i’ve been wanting to get into baseball analytics because I have a friend who is in the field and it is very intriguing. i’m only a junior in high school right now. how should I get started?
@@galvindays748 nope, i am currently in college 3rd year pursuing bachleors in statistics.. Doing a coursera course on predictive modelling in sport analytics from coursera.. Since a lot of statistics have been taught to us... I am now focusing on the coding part.
Hello, I’m a computer programmer. Been looking at getting into sports analytics. Does being older (36) make it harder to break into this field? It just seems like most of the people I come across in sports analytics are pretty young.
I think there is equal opportunity here, however there is still a time and opportunity cost component. In sports you make far less money (about 2/3 what you could make in industry), and you usually have to start near-ish to the bottom. You should still have the same chances to get a job, but your opportunity cost may be far greater. If the money isn't important, I say go for it!
I am also very interested and I was thinking about going into a more scoutting side of soccer analytics, however there seems to be no information online about it. Do you recommend anything?
I'm not sure about that one. There are very few masters in sports analytics programs. In general, it this is a very difficult field to break into though
Hie.. I am willing to do something related to sports analysis. I've done my graduation in statistics, would you suggest me some good colleges /courses related to sports analytics in USA. Thankyou
I’m confused as to why analytics is so important in sports b/c of the A’s when the A’s never actually won anything? Where they successful, yes? But they never got a Championship so it ultimately didn’t work.
Hey Jason - This is a valid question! They still made it to the playoffs, even with by far the lowest player salary cap in the league. Analytics helped them to compete with teams with abundant superstars even though they had essentially nobodies. There are still intangibles, and analytics can only take you so far though. I hope this clears some things up!
@@KenJee_ds I can understand that and I’m not 100% against analytics in sports I believe it has its places but it’s beginning to take out the emotion in sports at some levels. For instance the shift in baseball has made the game tough to watch, and it takes the gut feeling out of sports as well. However I do believe that it is a great way to develop talent to be more efficient and effective as well as making scouting more accurate.
@@jasonphillips3796 I completely agree with you here! Look at basketball, game has completely changed, the part that made Jordan great to watch (mostly mid-range acrobatics) has almost completely disappeared. There is definitely a balance between performance and fan enjoyment that may be fading
@@ronakjain7192 I would go on kaggle.com to see if that data set already exists. If not, I would recommend trying to find a place on the internet that has it and then scraping it. There are some great videos on scraping the internet with python on youtube.
Sports analytics is really adopted by many of the reputed clubs and teams. In India also IPL teams are using it and as well as Australian team also shared how they are using sports analytics.
I also saw the moneyball movie it is really amazing...
Really spot on prediction on how prevalent sports books would become. I’m absolutely bombarded by their ads daily.
Thanks for the vid! Helped out a lot. Really looking into the media side.
Thanks for watching!!! Glad to hear the vid was helpful!
#64: I never had the chance to have time on Fridays or Saturdays for 66 Days of Data, today was my lucky day!
I do like the one that gives insights to make decisions or help the athletes to improve performance.
In the past was difficult to keep track of how an athlete was responding to the training loads, how was sleeping, how was recovering with all the variables that differ from gender to position in the game (or sport).
It's fascinating to see how some products and the Data Science applied have helped organizations, coaches, and athletes to find the invisible reasons for bad performance or injury :)
On that, I think that the psychological component it's not being evaluated, which could be a great area to focus too!
#66daysofdata
The psychological part is so important. I always find myself understanding the what, but never understanding the how of performance if that makes sense
Great video as always. Just as a suggestion, I would be very interested in seeing good techniques/layouts for building an impressive portfolio to showcase to employers
Thanks! I will make a video on that soon!
Great video, very interesting topic, i've been trying to do some analysis in fights, and it's very interesting to see a more broad perspective about other sports, keep it up, you have great content
Thanks for watching! I think the fight game is ready for an analytics breakthrough!
Thanx for the videos bro
Really insightful 😄
Thanks for watching them!
1. I’m going to college and I’m considering to major in sports analytics, sports business, or sport studies and I wanna know what’s the best
2. I know a bit about sports like basketball and football and combat sports but when it comes to things like baseball i don’t know how it works my question is do I need to know everything about all these sports to get this job or study a major like this or how does it work, what do I need to know abt sports or do I even need to know?
Hi Ken,
I am really interested in this field. Specifically, I would like to work for basketball teams and have the moneyball roll. Do you have any suggestions on how to achieve that goal? Thanks
Thanks for watching Donald! I recommend watching this video I made about breaking into the field: th-cam.com/video/SLC5sPZSLY4/w-d-xo.html. Sports in general is very competitive, so you need to do many projects and share them to get recognized. If you're a student, I recommend internships and hackathons if you have access to them.
Thanks for your content and information. Do you think there is potential in this triathlon sport data analysis?
Thanks for watching! I think there definitively is!
Hey Ken! Great video. I've done some simple sports analysis in my own project portfolio. How can I start to find the jobs under type 1, type 2, or type 4? I couldn't find the company z-grew that you mentioned based out of chicago.
Hi! Loved the video! Super informative! I do have a question though. I'll actually be starting my first corporate job as a sports analyst focusing on the second example. But really, I want to get involved in the first type of sports analysis focusing on performance. Is there a way for me to "cross-train" in preparation for the performance role while fulfilling my role as a sports analyst focusing on odds?
Congrats on the Job! I recommend just trying to work on projects during your free time. You should have access to a bit more data, leverage that into some cool insights and show it off!
Hi Ken,
The books which you told to refer are for that particular sports or in general?
Mathletics is for sports in general. It covers 3 different ones (Football, Baseball, & Basketball). The concepts can be applied outside of those fields though. The rest are specific to the sport.
GREAT VIDEO BRO
THANKS!
Hi ken, just subscribed your channel.😊
Just want to ask several questions.
1) what should i learn first to join sport analytics industry? Sql? Python?
2) i am interested in Volleyball. Does volleyball familiar with sport analyst? (i dont know if this question is right😅)
3) does sport analyst earn a lot?
Thank you Ken💐
Thanks for subscribing! To answer your questions.
1) Doesn't matter which one you start with. I would personally start with python or excel though because they allow you to start analyzing data right out of the gate
2) Not that I know of, but you could be the first one!
3) It depends, analysts in sports generally make less than analysts in other fields (very high demand for roles in sports). They still make a good living though
Hey Ken, great video! How hard is it to break into sports analytics compared to other fields? And would getting a job in sports analytics close doors to working as data scientist in other industries?
Hi Raj! I would say sports analytics is quite a bit harder to break into than other fields. There is a pretty small number of job openings unfortunately. However, working in this domain definitely won't hurt your options for other industries. I hope this helps!
I think I want to do something in either the moneyball field (helping teams) or DFS (predicting outcomes), but I’m not sure which one. If I learn some data science and sports analytics skills, will they be useful in either field?
Yep!
Great video
Thanks for watching Carlos!
ok so i’ve been wanting to get into baseball analytics because I have a friend who is in the field and it is very intriguing. i’m only a junior in high school right now. how should I get started?
I recommend checking out the book mathletics! That is a great way to get your feet wet!
How about sports analytics in fight business like boxing and MMA? Is it a thing worth getting in?
There aren't many people doing it, but it does exist! I recommend the book fightnomics! amzn.to/3mYBtLd
@@KenJee_ds Oh thank you man, way kind of you!😀
@@datapower8994 Happy I could help!
do you suggest applying for internship for sport analytics or just self-learning by projects ? for an undergrad.
Internships if you can! Projects if you cant land one
Hey dude soo you completed this course of sports analytics? From where did you graduate in this?
@@galvindays748 nope, i am currently in college 3rd year pursuing bachleors in statistics..
Doing a coursera course on predictive modelling in sport analytics from coursera..
Since a lot of statistics have been taught to us... I am now focusing on the coding part.
Hello, I’m a computer programmer. Been looking at getting into sports analytics. Does being older (36) make it harder to break into this field? It just seems like most of the people I come across in sports analytics are pretty young.
I think there is equal opportunity here, however there is still a time and opportunity cost component. In sports you make far less money (about 2/3 what you could make in industry), and you usually have to start near-ish to the bottom. You should still have the same chances to get a job, but your opportunity cost may be far greater. If the money isn't important, I say go for it!
Hey what do you recommend about soccer analytics? I’m very interested in it. Any way you could help
I have heard the book soccernomics is very good!
I am also very interested and I was thinking about going into a more scoutting side of soccer analytics, however there seems to be no information online about it. Do you recommend anything?
As a sophmore in college im majoring in stats and want to pursue the moneyball side of business. what would u recomend for a minor?
I generally recommend getting familiar with computer science or some discipline where you learn programming
@@KenJee_ds thats perfect cause im ab to take an intro to programming course and was thinking of going the computer science route.
is there any opportunites for sports analytics in Australia?
Good question! Honestly, I'm not to familiar with the Australian job market. Wish I could help more!
Did you find answer bro?
Is it difficult to find a job after completing a masters in sports analytics?
I'm not sure about that one. There are very few masters in sports analytics programs. In general, it this is a very difficult field to break into though
Hie.. I am willing to do something related to sports analysis. I've done my graduation in statistics, would you suggest me some good colleges /courses related to sports analytics in USA. Thankyou
I really recommend the book mathletics!
@@KenJee_ds thankyou :-)
I’m confused as to why analytics is so important in sports b/c of the A’s when the A’s never actually won anything? Where they successful, yes? But they never got a Championship so it ultimately didn’t work.
Hey Jason - This is a valid question! They still made it to the playoffs, even with by far the lowest player salary cap in the league. Analytics helped them to compete with teams with abundant superstars even though they had essentially nobodies. There are still intangibles, and analytics can only take you so far though. I hope this clears some things up!
@@KenJee_ds I can understand that and I’m not 100% against analytics in sports I believe it has its places but it’s beginning to take out the emotion in sports at some levels. For instance the shift in baseball has made the game tough to watch, and it takes the gut feeling out of sports as well. However I do believe that it is a great way to develop talent to be more efficient and effective as well as making scouting more accurate.
@@jasonphillips3796 I completely agree with you here! Look at basketball, game has completely changed, the part that made Jordan great to watch (mostly mid-range acrobatics) has almost completely disappeared. There is definitely a balance between performance and fan enjoyment that may be fading
im 18 and im tryna transfer into sports analyst jobs.. how does that work?
I recommend studying statistics / computer science in school and trying your best to find some internships! Those are usually the best first steps!
@@KenJee_ds and hat about sports commentating and broadcasting?
Hi, Ken, can you plzz type the company’s name in the reply? It’s the company based in Chicago that works for sports team. Thanks!
It is called zcruit
Is sports analytics Gambling or no?
It can be used for gambling, improving the performance of teams, or for media.
I want to work on this topic. can you help me?
Maybe, what would you like to know. I am planning to make more videos related to sports analytics soon!
Ken Jee Like every year cricket world cup happens. so how should i gather Data?
@@ronakjain7192 I would go on kaggle.com to see if that data set already exists. If not, I would recommend trying to find a place on the internet that has it and then scraping it. There are some great videos on scraping the internet with python on youtube.
@@KenJee_ds Okay Thanks My brother
@@ronakjain7192 Happy to help!