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Visualising Data in R
Since my placement year at University I have tried to further my coding skills in R. In my final year at University Dr Sean Williams, my...
Zack Killoran
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Opposition Analysis Reporting
When searching for a new job before the start of this season, one club challenged me to create an opposition analysis report as a...
Zack Killoran
Mar 5, 20232 min read
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Tableau Dashboards
Around May 2022 I began to prepare to move away from the South West. I was due to finish at the University of Bath as well as my part...
Zack Killoran
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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A Masters in Passing
In June I completed my Masters from the University of Bath and was pleased to have achieved a First Class on the project! The project was...
Zack Killoran
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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Can you be good at fouling?
Between balancing my Masters, two jobs in football and an attempt at a social life I haven't had much time to update this in recent...
Zack Killoran
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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TGG and Touchline Analytics Tableau Masterclass
As part of my analysis workflow, I like to take the large amounts of data that we collect into Tableau to assess how the teams, units and...
Zack Killoran
Nov 25, 20205 min read
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Real Madrid's El Classico Pass Networks 2017/18
Unfortunately, as I balance University work alongside working as an Analyst at a club with another part-time job, I have found myself...
Zack Killoran
Oct 3, 20204 min read
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Is there a key to survival for teams newly promoted to the EPL?
After Sheffield United’s unbelievable campaign saw them finish eighth, and with many pundits keen to point out the fact that even Villa...
Zack Killoran
Aug 13, 20207 min read
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Shooting in the UCL Final 2018
Real Madrid and Liverpool met in Kyiv for the 2018 Champions League Final, providing fans across the globe with excitement from the...
Zack Killoran
Jul 22, 202013 min read
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Assessing how the Invincibles played football
In 2003/04, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal made history becoming the only team in Premier League history to have gone the full 38 games...
Zack Killoran
Jul 20, 20209 min read
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Time for Burnley to Start Over?
Burnley have come a long way from the dark days of the 1980's, surviving the drop out of the football league in 1986/87 by just one...
Zack Killoran
Jul 9, 20205 min read
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Using Tableau to Make a Swimming Season Review Dashboard
During my time interning at the Western Australia Institute of Sport (WAIS), I spent most of my time working with the Elite Swimming...
Zack Killoran
Jul 3, 20208 min read
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Using Nacsport to Create Video Analysis Presentations
During the Lockdown period, like so many others, I have used this time to try to learn and develop as many new skills as possible. After...
Zack Killoran
Jul 2, 20205 min read
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Creating Pass Maps in R
Pass maps are rather intuitive - they show where a player plays a pass from, and where to. Using Statsbomb's open data from GitHub, and...
Zack Killoran
Jun 30, 20204 min read
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Two Touch Football Passing Analysis
As part of my third year at the University of Bath I completed a year-long internship with the Western Australia Institute of Sport. This...
Zack Killoran
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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