Round 23 will be long remembered for the “live ladder” fueled drama on Sunday evening which saw West Coast creep into the eight at the…
Tag: West Coast
Every Shot in the 2017 Coleman Medal Race A Wide Open Race
Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Scoring Map, Shot Quality, and xScore
The injury to Josh Kennedy is dragging on. With Adam Simpson ruling out the two-time Coleman medalist from the Eagles’ elimination final rematch with the…
Are West Coast too Dependent on Kennedy?
Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Player Tracking, Scoring Map, Team Analysis, and xScore
Jake Stringer Marcus Bontempelli Lachie Hunter Liam Picken Clay Smith Bob Murphy Tom Boyd This is a list of the Western Bulldog’s top seven goalkickers…
A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – West Coast v Western Bulldogs Mark/Free Kick Mapping and Player Tracking
Posted in Analytics Landscape, Game Analysis, Player Tracking, Scoring Map, and Team Metrics
Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…
I have been playing around with different types of data visualisation lately, particularly visualising scoring shots. I’m hoping to clearly see the quality of chances each team created to get a better idea of the styles they are playing and also their finishing ability. I previously looked at Goal-Kicking Accuracy in a very general sense and found that every team converts at more-or-less the same percentage (Goals/Behinds) in the long run. However, in that post I didn’t consider the quality of chances created, which is something I plan to spend much more time on in the future.