by David Penny | Jul 14, 2017 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Technology
In part 1, I discussed my own experiences of using the UP3 personal fitness tracker. Then in part 2, I loaded a year of data into Qlik Sense, the data analysis and visualisation software. In part 3, I’ll explain how to create a series of longitudinal charts showing...
by David Penny | May 12, 2017 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Technology
In part 1, I discussed how I came to own and use an UP3 personal fitness tracker. It wasn’t the life-changing experience I’d hope for, but it did provide me with a year of activity data. In part 2, I’ll explain how to load that data into Qlik Sense visualisation...
by David Penny | Mar 6, 2017 | Sports , Sports Data, Sports Technology
It’s approaching Christmas 2015 and desperate for a present for my wife, I took inspiration from Bernard Marr’s book Big Data, which I’d recently finished. Almost in passing, he mentioned wearing a band that gathered his personal movement data, and was...
by David Penny | Jan 31, 2017 | Sports Data, Sports Development, Sports News And Events, Sports Research, Sports Science
Firstly, thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute to our short survey. We hope it will continue to be an annual event, and that the insights derived from your answers will help to shape the industry, and the part Sports Discovery plays within it. The...
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...
