How to get started in Sport Analytics (Python, R, SQL, Visualisations) -

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The guest for this weeks video is McKay Johns! If you have an interest in sports analytics and have been on YouTube or Twitter in the last few years then you probably already know who McKay is!.

McKay has his own channel where he shares incredibly valuable tutorials and other tips on getting started in sports analytics. He has been a real help for so many new football analysts and so I so happy to be able to do this collaboration with him. Thanks for all the work you do McKay!

0:00 - Introduction
2:11 - McKay joins and gives overview, different types of data roles
7:30 - Inspirations for McKay, getting started
10:42 - Keeping up with trends, picking a niche
14:08 - The tools that McKay uses, Python, R, SQL
19:26 - Tips for getting started, questions from viewers
34:29 - McKays predictions for the future, AI, ChatGPT
42:43 - Web scraping
45:20 - Analysis of Jude Bellingham
49:29 - Nice, visual tables using Python
51:34 - Book recommendations, summary, wrap up

You can check out McKay's channel here -    / mckayjohns  
Following McKay on Twitter – https://twitter.com/mckayjohns?ref_sr...
McKay’s web scraping course - https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/co...

Books mentioned by McKay:
Socermatics - https://amzn.to/40tfWym
Soccernomics - https://amzn.to/3RnkS3B
Moneyball – https://amzn.to/3S0OpC2
Red Rising - https://amzn.to/47cx2Cx

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USEFUL LINKS
💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/softwar...
⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/
🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/co...

FREE RESOURCES
📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/dow...
📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/do...
📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download

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🆇 X/Twitter –   / chrisgill_uk  
👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn –   / chrisgilluk