Category: Applied Sports Science

Sports Science: Week in Review, May 29-June 4

Leaders of sports organizations like to display their confidence in the analysis that pervades sports. Their assurance in having mastered, or at least comprehended, the risks that intersect their business and their competitive environment makes for quality narratives. Predators have trusted analytics throughout run to Cup Final (NHL.com, Arpon Basu) Colorado’s Pablo Mastroeni: “Stats will […]

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Sports Science: Week in Review, May 22-May 28

Intelligence is distributed unevenly, among people and among sports organizations. Some aspects of intelligence that can be improved with mental development. And there are other aspects that lend themselves to collaboration and aggregation in the form of organizational intelligence. It often happens in sports — gains made by individuals are important building blocks for the […]

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Sports Science: Week in Review, May 8-May 14

Talent identification has become an important intersection for the managers, analysts and scientists in sports. The idea of sports’ organization making good use of undervalued athletes’ has been central to sports decision-making (and storytelling) since Michael Lewis’ Moneyball was published in 2003. No surprise that the idea continues to evolve, not that it was ever […]

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Sports Science: Week in Review, Apr 10-Apr 16

The same science that is improving sports is also improving sports journalism. New technologies, new ideas and lots of innovation create opportunities to tell new stories. It’s true — the best way to understand innovation is to actually innovate. Marc Overmars, Kluivert junior and ‘Captain Fantastic’ Davy Klaassen – how Ajax are becoming a European […]

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Sports Science: Week in Review, Apr 3-Apr 9

The new era of sports science coincides with another new era, of aging athletes who bring superior performance, athletes who also transition differently into retirement than before. The Real-Life Diet of Vince Carter (GQ, Christopher Cason) The Unorthodox Training Behind Ichiro’s Unparalleled Longevity (STACK, Brandon Hall) Cleveland Indians Pitcher Josh Tomlin on the “New Norm” […]

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