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It feels as though sport has collectively taken its breath over the last week or so. The Olympics and Paralympics are now a fond but ever distant memory as is (well maybe not the fondness part) the Euros. Cricket is winding down–someone should have told the England team they still had one more test against Sri Lanka before they signed off–and with the recent football international break even the Premier League has had a nap. This weekend I'm looking forward to the North London derby (Spurs vs. Arsenal) and seeing if Lando Norris can continue to eat into Max Verstappen's F1 drivers championship lead. I guess there's always something to watch!
Onto the content and after spending a week in Seattle and a little isolated from my normal Twitter perusuals it was a delight to scan through some exceptional designs. Let's take a look now.
First up, F1 fan and regular contributor Anastasiya has delved a little deeper into the motorsport world with a review of the Formula 3 season. The fascinating story behind this viz is the fact that champion Leonardo Forna has won the championship without winning a race! Great stuff, Anastasiya!
Next up we have Gregg Hirshberg and I strongly recommend anyone interested in sporting analysis and dashboards give Gregg a follow. He has created and shared a link to his page which leverages the Stat Head tool from SportsReference.com. Not only is there a number of fantastic dashboards to peruse but Gregg invites us to share with him our ideas for vizzes.
We turn to the world of football now and AU has clearly been pining for the return of the Champions League and in the void has created a match schedule calendar. Covering all the UEFA club tournaments there is functionality to allow selection of your favourite team and be able to track their progress throughout the group stages.
I used to do fantasy football when I had a little more time and the selection process was as simple as 'pick your 11 players for the season'. Times have changed and the amount of effort and continuous tracking of players has turned this into a full-time pursuit for some. Sidharth Suresh bids to make this process a little easier by constructing this excellent comparative tool. Pick your metrics, across a comprehensive range, and compare and contrast to your heart's content!
Also from Sidharth this week we have an Indian Super League predictor which factors in over 10,000 simulations.
Gregg pops his head around the corner again with an interesting perspective on the power of a clothing brand within the world of American Football. The 7 Line organises trips for supporters of the New York Mets and Gregg has been tracking the impact that's had on attendance. Check it out below!
I love the pure trivia and curiosity angle this next viz captures. Who wouldn't have known that the recent game between the 49ers and Jets produced the 1,085th unique score? SportsBall visualises each of them with this fantastic heatmap.
The electric blue circles on a black background caught my eye as I was scanning through the entries this week. This view captures 21 years of the Champions League and focuses on the creators. Comparing Key Passes with Successful Dribble it's interesting to see those players that combine both elements with those that specialise in one particular area. One name stands out to me: David Beckham. He wasn't known as much of a dribbler but the number of key passes (I imagine most being crosses) is almost unparalleled.
Moving onto those resources we've seen crop up this week and I'll start with one of my favourite reads. The conversation between CJ and Ryan Soares was both fascinating and inspirational as sprinkled within are a number of Ryan's quite frankly outstanding designs.
Devin Pleuler shares this comprehensive dataset compiled by MLSE's Sport Performance Lab. Featuring basketball's free throw, this data contains everything you need to understand free throw performance (and visualise it) in fantastic detail.
StatsBomb continues to be a fantastic resource for anyone interested in sporting analytics. Recently, they've released data for Europe's five major leagues across the 2015/2016 season. Plenty to dig into here!
Last but certainly not least our final resource this week comes via LinkedIn and Sreekar Voleti who shares a new Basketball-focussed Python library which provides the ability to fully customise the courts along with a complete integration with matplotlib.
That's it for this week. Keep vizzing and enjoying your sport.
Simon & the #SportsVizSunday team
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