In 2002, the Oakland As did something that no team in Major League Baseball had ever done before: They used big data to build their small-market team into the number one team in the Western division. The practice of using data in sports spread like wildfire. Fast forward to now - how is data shaping professional and amateur teams and athletes across Canada?
In this episode, we talk to:
- Matt Prefontaine, Video coach for the Winnipeg Jets
- Neil Anderson, founder of athlete evaluation app Skillshark
- Christopher Boucher, VP sports development, analytics & hockey ops sport analytics startup SportLogiq
- Andy Van Neutegem, Director of performance sciences, research and innovation with Own the Podium, a non-profit organization that helps Canadian Olympians earn more medals
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