A text published this week in the journal Nature explains how Big Data is transforming football. The field is now also science.
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It’s nothing new that many sports leagues, such as baseball, are already using data analytics to think about player transfers.
Analysis of throws, rebounds, ball time statistics, among other data, gives indications of what the player can do in key matches.
And all this science will be put on the field at the World Cup in Qatar, which starts this Sunday (20).
How will science be used in the world cup?
Football science is not simple at all. Mathematical models, a dynamic game with several variables, are complex and not always so explicable.
Difficulties such as individual performance, even when the player is not taking part in a game, is only one of the barriers to data collection.
But companies made up of professionals such as physicists, mathematicians, statisticians and data analysts formed the base team for delegations to perform best in matches.
The data collected has four main functions: monitoring the performance of the team, individual player cooperation, establishing parameters for substitution, changing the ball and the like, and simulating disputes.
Even the obstacle to analyzing the parameters of the “immobile” player on the field is solved with the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
The AI scans each player’s performance data from recorded matches, and with the data scientists can plot alternatives for positioning, ball replacement and best shooting rates.
Based on all the data collected and the work carried out by these experts, Brazil is in second place in the cup race, while Belgium is first, reversing positions according to the FIFA ranking.
But the experience of science is predictive but imprecise because a number of factors can intervene, such as a stumble at a crucial moment.
Let the games begin, science and talent on our side!
Source: Tec Mundo
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