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Logan's Sports Analytics 1-to-1-course

Logan's Sports Analytics 1-to-1-course

Science, Engineering & Technology

Sports Analytics

Start Date

December 2024

End Date

Ongoing

Sessions Completed

16 sessions

Assets

<div class="assets-links"><a class="assets-link" href="https://sites.google.com/view/socceranalyticscclogan?usp=sharing"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605190260cb9b4c3a9de71c8/680115d2ef2b7533efbc7b88_Frame.svg"><div class="inter-400">Logan's Sports Analytics Site Main Page</div></a><a class="assets-link" href="https://ucarecdn.com/de1d089f-9264-4c07-95ed-dd839e68eab1/"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605190260cb9b4c3a9de71c8/680115d2ef2b7533efbc7b88_Frame.svg"><div class="inter-400">Logan's Long Form Slide Deck</div></a><a class="assets-link" href="https://ucarecdn.com/2b98279a-45d3-4820-9064-42064044f734/"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605190260cb9b4c3a9de71c8/680115d2ef2b7533efbc7b88_Frame.svg"><div class="inter-400">Presentation: Final Slide Deck</div></a><a class="assets-link" href="https://ucarecdn.com/ab0fb649-23b8-4538-8c7c-a9826d247faf/"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605190260cb9b4c3a9de71c8/680115d2ef2b7533efbc7b88_Frame.svg"><div class="inter-400">Presentation Slide Deck</div></a></div>

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Student & Mentor

Student

<div class="student-mentor-item-div-top-info"><div class="inter-700 _20">Logan</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align">Grade 9</div></div>

Personality
Interests
Mentor

<div class="student-mentor-item-div-top-info"><div class="inter-700 _20">Linus Bray</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align">Northwestern University</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align">International Studies and Economics</div></div>

Personality

<div class="student-mentor-item-div-tags-wrapp"><div class="case-study-pill bg-light-yellow"><p class="inter-400 _16">Supportive</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-light-yellow"><p class="inter-400 _16">Patient</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-light-yellow"><p class="inter-400 _16">Encouraging</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-light-yellow"><p class="inter-400 _16">Engaging</p></div></div>

Interests

<div class="student-mentor-item-div-tags-wrapp"><div class="case-study-pill bg-white"><p class="inter-400 _16">Sports Analytics</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-white"><p class="inter-400 _16">Data Visualization</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-white"><p class="inter-400 _16">R Programming</p></div><div class="case-study-pill bg-white"><p class="inter-400 _16">Statistical Methods</p></div></div>

What They Set Out To Do

From the start, you came in with a real passion for soccer and a growing curiosity about data. You wanted to go beyond just watching the game and begin to understand it through numbers and patterns. Our goal together was to help you turn that love for the sport into something more analytical, especially by diving into soccer statistics. You were always eager to learn, even when it meant pushing through tough concepts or tricky bits of code. It's been all about helping you translate your enthusiasm into real insights and skills you can build on for later in life. It's my hope that you now feel much more confident in making analytical translations from arbitrary situations into real life!

The Perfect Match

<div class="case-study-match-wrapper"><div class="match-item"><div class="apercu-mono-pro-700 _20">Shared Passion for Sports</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align text-black-80">I think my love of sports analytics perfectly aligned with your enthusiasm for soccer, fostering a collaborative learning environment.</div></div><div class="match-item"><div class="apercu-mono-pro-700 _20">Analytical Mindset</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align text-black-80">I'd say we've worked on your analytical skills, guiding you to transform data into meaningful insights, enhancing your understanding of soccer and sport.</div></div><div class="match-item"><div class="apercu-mono-pro-700 _20">Encouraging Growth Mindset</div><div class="inter-400 _16 left-align text-black-80">I hope I've been able to empower you to tackle challenges confidently, leading to significant progress in your coding and analytical abilities.</div></div></div>

Project Milestones

Created First Soccer Pitch Visualization
January 2025
Built a soccer pitch visualization in R Studio, configured coordinate systems, and plotted data points to represent player positions on the field, establishing a foundation for future sports analytics projects.
Developed Player Performance Radar Charts
January 2025
Engineered radar charts to analyze and compare soccer player statistics from professional matches, overcoming data formatting challenges to produce meaningful visualizations of player performance metrics.
Constructed Advanced Heat Map Visualizations
January 2025
Designed heat maps to analyze player positioning and touch distribution patterns, implementing a systematic approach to data collection and visualization that revealed strategic insights about player movement.
Generated Comparative Scatter Plots
February 2025
Created scatter plots to analyze relationships between different passing metrics for Champions League players, successfully implementing the ggrepel package to improve label readability and organization.
Analyzed Match Strategy Through Shot Heatmaps
February 2025
Produced comparative shot heatmaps for Barcelona's matches against different opponents, revealing tactical adaptations in shooting patterns and demonstrating advanced spatial data analysis skills.
Launched Data Visualization Portfolio
February 2025
Developed a comprehensive online portfolio using Google Sites to showcase data visualization work, including detailed explanations of techniques, code snippets, and analytical insights about spatial distribution patterns.
Completed Player Profile Analysis
February 2025
Synthesized multiple visualization techniques to create an in-depth player profile, comparing personal playing style with professional players and articulating tactical insights about passing patterns and positioning.
Designed Multi-Season Statistical Bar Charts
March 2025
Engineered customized bar charts to visualize Erling Haaland's goal-scoring statistics across multiple seasons and teams, implementing color-coding and proper categorical ordering to enhance data interpretation.
Created Dual-Metric Visualization System
April 2025
Developed an advanced visualization combining bar charts and line graphs to simultaneously display goals and expected goals (xG) data, solving complex formatting challenges to create a clear comparative analysis.
Applied Probability Models to Sports Analysis
May 2025
Implemented statistical analysis to quantify penalty-taking patterns for professional players, calculating directional probabilities based on run-up styles and demonstrating how predictive modeling can inform game strategy.
Initiated Home Field Advantage Research Project
May 2025
Designed a data analysis framework to quantify home field advantage in Champions League matches, creating custom functions to classify match results and establishing the foundation for statistical evaluation of venue impact.

Skills Developed

  • Data Visualization
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Coding in R
  • Problem Solving
  • Analytical Thinking

Challenged Overcomed

  • Navigating complex coding challenges
  • Building confidence in data analysis
  • Transitioning from theory to practical application
  • Managing frustration with difficult concepts

What’s Next

I genuinely think Logan would massively benefit from more structured sessions on coding, statistics, and probability. My natural abilities come with geopolitics/ essays/ writing, and everything from a sport-lens is more self-taught and my own personal passions. I reckon that there's a bunch of CC mentors who'd be able to really extract from Logan's more quantitative side in a way that I simply cannot. Of course, I'd be more than happy to continue working with Logan on sports stuff, but from a non-selfish, personal development POV, I think he could go a very long way in the world if he begins to think about the above more.

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