Left Field

Football strategy, information and analytics consultancy in performance and development environments.

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

Left Field's latest analysis: the use of data in recruitment decision making.

Thanks to @Gradient_Sports for their support!

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#football #data #talentID

[Analytics FC @AnalyticsFC]

If you want to catch the full episode, you can find it here:
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[Analytics FC @AnalyticsFC]

On this month's Analytics FC Podcast, we spoke to Richard Battle, the founding director of @LeftFieldFC. Here he is talking about one of the ways football clubs can learn from other businesses when it comes to implementation of a data strategy:

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

@alteryx is unique in its no-code approach to spatial analytics. It can demystify tracking data, and be a catalyst for analytics to embrace the language of coaching, rather than shoehorning coaching into the language of analytics.
#datascience #football

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[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

'Careers in the game' is a useful metric to measure academy productivity. Around 150 players per year achieve that. So how many of those would you expect to come from your academy?
#football #academies #productivity

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[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

The increased incentive for clubs to invest in youth development is perhaps the most overlooked consequence of recent regulatory changes to player recruitment in English football.

A blog from Left Field:
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#football #sportsbusiness #youthdevelopment

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

The latest blog from Left Field Football Consulting: how the changing recruitment landscape can reward successful academies across the league.
https://t.co/JDb7I4Y5pV

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

RAE has been a subject of research and debate for many years. Yet it persists. Furthermore, the pathways of young players moving from U18 to first team football demonstrate the value in getting it right. How can it be addressed? https://t.co/SymFTJ7UJI

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

As football clubs rely increasingly on data to shape player recruitment and performance analysis, the reliance on the systems that hold, process and present that data will increase - and the involvement of IT will grow in importance and complexity.

[DataRobot @DataRobot]

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[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

To have a greater availability of better quality information to support your most important decisions, it is important to have a plan for how you will do so: an information strategy. A podcast with @TriMyData and @hmschwenk
Podbean: https://t.co/KjbO0ZwEoM

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

A very balanced piece from @mjshrimper + co on a very divisive subject. The ramifications of this will be discussed for years to come, most likely in respect of current Championship clubs who take the loans. https://t.co/VNRZEVWScc

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

Whilst clearly flagged as subject to review, this system will shape the top tiers of our national game for years to come. https://t.co/XlU9PVYdbt #football #Brexit #sportsbusiness

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

Very pleased to launch the new website this week: https://t.co/cVJaUX5Qyp.
Great work from @designbykalo and @PainterBeard
#football #strategy #analytics

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

A great example of analytics supporting player recruitment by enhancing coverage and reporting. This, as opposed to player evaluation, will likely be the first analytics use case to take hold in many clubs' recruitment departments.

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

"Analysing all this information at scale helps determine future Academy recruitment strategies - by organising our scouting network and prioritising key areas, we can act quicker and more decisively to recruit the right talent" - Sam Bailey.

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[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

Great to collaborate with @ExasolAG in setting out the case for information strategies within football clubs. More on its way over coming weeks.... https://t.co/UqveQq8EXl

[Left Field @LeftFieldFC]

An enjoyable conversation with @ground_guru talking about how clubs will develop their own analytic capabilities over years to come. #football #performanceanalytics #digitaltransformation

[Training Ground Guru @ground_guru]

Richard Battle, the former @Everton Head of Football Strategy and founder of @LeftFieldFC, gives his predictions for how data science in football will develop in the next five years.
https://t.co/BK2rQrYhXp