Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

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It goes without saying that the increased prize money available and the fierce competitiveness within the sport has lead to clubs seeking to eke out any possible legal advantage to get an edge over their rivals. Hoffenheim coach Nagelsmann makes his training sessions so complicated that his sports psychologist Jan Mayer says about the players "We want their head to spin during training" - and you only learn when your brain has to work hard. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month.

Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

Prior to the modern era of ubiquitous digital footage of thousands of games and the availability of cheap computing power coming up with better football statistics has not been possible. Charles Reep's simplistic counting of passes being the best known failed example. But today with annotations available for thousands of games a year being done more sophisticated analysis has become possible.Biermann states that numbers could be useful in the field of fitness but that: ‘data’s usability for devising successful strategies with the ball and tactics was less clear-cut.’ Pep] Guardiola is representative of a type of management that would be inconceivable without video technology,’ writes Biermann. Guardiola, currently the manager of double Premier League champions Manchester City, served as Head Coach of Bayern Munich between 2013 and 2016, which saw him working closely with a young analyst called Michael Niemeyer. ‘Pep took meetings that lasted for hours. With us analysts and with the players. They were a footballing epiphany for me,’ Niemeyer tells Biermann. All sports who use analytics successfully do so because the clubs see it as part of the management strategy.’ The model even takes into account the relative age effect for youngsters: players born in the second half of the year are at an advantage when they come up against those born in the first six months. As computers learn they will do all the measuring work and provide data which then can be interpreted and analyzed and put to use by clubs and coaches.

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Clubs will want their athletes in tip top shape for matches and they can only be sure that their athletes are in the best physical condition by using the data at their disposal to keep an eye on their performance in training. Data is part of an ongoing evolution that changes football from a game of opinions into one of knowledge.’ The 59th Minute FPL Podcast — Focus on Fantasy Premier League, and gives interesting tips. Short and to the point. Tifo Football — Similar to the podcast, but with visuals. A lot of short informative videos about the history of the game, and tactical breakdowns. If you are confused about a term (as I was many times), they likely have an explanatory video on it. Yet that very scenario faced Ottmar Hitzfeld throughout his stint at Borussia Dortmund between 1991 and 1997. During that timeframe, BVB reached the Uefa Cup [a forerunner of the Europa League] three times, twice competed in the Champions League and won the competition in 1997.