Sports Data Analytics - (Power BI, Python, Tableau etc.) - Lorna Belford #42

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The guest for this video is Lorna Belford, the Performance Data Lead at the UK Sports Institute. Lorna explains what she gets up to in her role, and explains the tools that she uses now, and has done in the past to help gain better insights across a range of sports.

Lorna also spent some time in the golf sector, carrying out some really interesting tests on golf balls, clubs, and even turf.

We speak about (and Lorna gives some advice) on Tableau, Power BI, Python, SPSS, Matlab, Minitab and others. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below, and don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already!

The books Lorna mentioned:
Data Visualisation (Andy Kirk) - https://amzn.to/3TYuipJ
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado Perez) - https://amzn.to/3to8Q2w

TLDR email that Lorna mentioned - https://tldr.tech/

0:00 - Introduction
1:59 - Lorna joins, the difference between data analyst/engineer/scientist
6:41 - Dashboards, the UK Sports Institute
9:17 - Lorna's education and background
13:19 - Lack of female representation in data roles
21:05 - Lorna's interesting roles in golf
29:58 - Matlab, Minitab, VBA for Excel
34:10 - Lorna's current role (Performance Data Lead)
43:53 - Tips for Tableau and Power BI
52:08 - Other tools, different tech stacks of different teams
54:46 - Case study explains work with UK diving and swimming teams
59:52 - Lorna gives 3 tips to get started
1:03:37 - Book recommendations, summary, where to find Lorna

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