by David Penny | Jun 9, 2016 | Sports , Sports Data
With only hours remaining until kick off, it’s time to bookmark your favourite portal to track the Euro 2016 results. For me, this one is the best; it provides the history, it’s easy to use, and it looks great. Enjoy the tournament. David...
by Jo Clubb | Apr 25, 2016 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Injury, Sports Medicine, Sports Recovery, Sports Research, Sports Science
Last month I was invited to write a guest blog on Plinths and Platforms about load monitoring and rehabilitation. It included an overview of Banister’s Fitness-Fatigue concept, the acute:chronic workload ratio and how it can be incorporated into the Return to Play...
by Jo Clubb | Sep 22, 2015 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Injury, Sports Medicine, Sports News And Events, Sports Recovery, Sports Research, Sports Science, Sports Technology
On September 10th, Teesside University and Middlebrough FC hosted a football medicine and science conference entitled: ‘Using and Creating Scientific Knowledge to Improve Physical Performance in Football’. Middlesbrough FC Sport Scientist, Jonathan Madden,...
by Jo Clubb | Jul 30, 2015 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Development, Sports Injury, Sports Medicine, Sports News And Events, Sports Research, Sports Science, Sports Technology
So the news we have all been waiting for has arrived… at last FIFA has officially allowed GPS in competitive matches. FIFA first permitted GPS to be used in the (male) U20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 and the Women’s World Cup Canada 2015. Following this press release,...
by David Penny | Mar 13, 2015 | Sports
Without a formal qualification in Sports Science, I’ve had to work hard to understand the reasons behind the types of analytical work I’ve undertaken for clients. My degree was as far from sports science as you could get (business and engineering), but...
by David Penny | Nov 14, 2014 | Sports , Sports Data
It seems that for anyone wanting to display their data analysis talents, sporting data is the first place they look. From The Guardian and BBC, to individuals working with free to use software, whenever there’s a significant sporting event, or even when there isn’t,...
