Football ANALYST talks tracking data! - Craig Inness #55
Craig Inness currently works at SkillCorner, a company that specialises in providing tracking data to clubs and federations around the world. If you have seen previous episodes, you may have noticed that this data has been mentioned a few times and so I thought it would be a good idea to get Craig on and discuss in a bit more detail. Interestingly, before Craig got into this, he was a first team analyst within football clubs. He actually took the bold decision to leave that role after some changes in circumstances. We speak about that move, work/life balance and how the role of the analyst has (and continues to) change. Craig also shares his screen mid way through and gives a real life example of how football recruitment departments may use the tracking data to get insights about new recruits. 0:00 - Introduction 2:36 - Craig joins and gives overview, interning at Swansea 9:27 - Unpaid work, internships 12:45 - Being analyst at Brighton & Hove Albion 16:35 - How the analyst role has changed 19:00 - Norwich City, and relationships with other staff 28:35 - Work/Life balance, leaving the analyst role 36:25 - Working a 'normal job' outside of football 41:16 - Telestrations 43:30 - Skill Corner, Craig's current role, tracking data 50:54 - Using tracking in recruitment (including screen share) 1:03:58 - Different types of player runs 1:07:10 - Advice for analysts, work experience 1:12:09 - What's next within tracking data 1:15:27 - Book recommendations, wrap up, Euro 2024 final predictions Relevant Videos Tom Worville: https://youtu.be/F9z-V4g3dh8 Sarah Rudd: https://youtu.be/oDMbRuYEEQc Sam Gregory: https://youtu.be/x-aDJXkYOOE Ewan Sharp Tactical Breakdwn: https://youtu.be/gw9-cqEYKIQ Phill Hudson: https://youtu.be/KZ2tlAmhmaU Books Mentioned The Data Game: https://amzn.to/4cZV72U How to win the Premier League: https://youtu.be/gw9-cqEYKIQ The smell of football: https://amzn.to/3zS648d ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk