How to get started in Sport Analytics (Python, R, SQL, Visualisations) - @McKayJohns #41This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5cThe guest for this weeks video is McKay Johns! If you have an interest in sports analytics and have been on YouTube or Twitter in the last few years then you probably already know who McKay is!.McKay has his own channel where he shares incredibly valuable tutorials and other tips on getting started in sports analytics. He has been a real help for so many new football analysts and so I so happy to be able to do this collaboration with him. Thanks for all the work you do McKay!0:00 - Introduction2:11 - McKay joins and gives overview, different types of data roles7:30 - Inspirations for McKay, getting started10:42 - Keeping up with trends, picking a niche14:08 - The tools that McKay uses, Python, R, SQL19:26 - Tips for getting started, questions from viewers34:29 - McKays predictions for the future, AI, ChatGPT42:43 - Web scraping45:20 - Analysis of Jude Bellingham49:29 - Nice, visual tables using Python51:34 - Book recommendations, summary, wrap upYou can check out McKay's channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/McKayJohnsFollowing McKay on Twitter – https://twitter.com/mckayjohns?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMcKay’s web scraping course - https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/webscraping-data-workshop?ref=3f7c5cBooks mentioned by McKay:Socermatics - https://amzn.to/40tfWym Soccernomics - https://amzn.to/3RnkS3B Moneyball – https://amzn.to/3S0OpC2Red Rising - https://amzn.to/47cx2Cx◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football 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 PAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

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