Big Data The Winning Formula in Sports Discuss the utilizati

\"Big Data; The Winning Formula in Sports.\" Discuss the utilization of big data in sports and technological peripherals that are changing the landscape of the sports field, athlete and industry. Give examples.

Solution

Big data is large set of complex data. The data can be structured as well as unstructured. Big data is used for predictive analysis.

Big data can be used as an analytical tool in any field, even in sports for that matter. Every aspect of the game can be analysed in detail so as to gain an advantage or a better understanding of playing techniques and defense techniques that can be employed in a game. For example in football, data related to off ball events, successful tackles, successful passes can be studied and analysed to develop a better defense technique against stronger opposition. Big Data in sports helps in improving a team\'s competitiveness by giving them an edge over the opposition.

The technological peripherals used are cameras, spider cameras, sensors, wearable technological devices, etc. These peripherals record hundreds and thousands of data related to a player\'s performance, which can be studied for improving the performance in future.

For example, Arsenal (a soccer team) has its in house analytics team. Cameras capture the movement of every player. The analytics system at Arsenal looks at 10 data points per second for each player. Automated algorithms are used for analysis purpose.