Sports Analytics and Decision-Making: Data-Driven Insights for Team Management

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Deepti Bhargava

Abstract

As a result of the introduction of more sophisticated data analytics in recent years, the landscape of the world of professional sports has undergone a significant transformation. the domain of sports analytics and its crucial role in decision-making for club management. Because of the expansion of data sources, clubs now have access to a multitude of information, which includes measurements that measure fan involvement as well as statistics that compare the performance of individual players. insights that are driven by data have the ability to empower decision-makers at every level of a company to make educated choices. The impact that sports analytics has had on the way organizations handle player recruiting, game strategy, and fan engagement is discussed. the many different data sources that are accessible to teams, such as player tracking data, injury reports, social media sentiment analysis, and many more. the practical uses of various data sources applied to situations that occur in the actual world.

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How to Cite
Bhargava, D. (2024). Sports Analytics and Decision-Making: Data-Driven Insights for Team Management. Innovations in Sports Science, 1(4), 10–14. https://doi.org/10.36676/iss.v1.i4.20

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