Sports Geek - A Visual Tour of Sporting Myths, Debate and Data

Sport revolves around two things: narrative and numbers. You need the narrative, otherwise why would anyone care about sport? Rivalries, emotions, and sporting legends all require it. But sport also needs numbers. Without them, we have no idea who has won. We need numbers to tell which team is top of the table, or who is the world champion. is a visual and numerical tour through sporting debates and ideas. Teams in all sports use data to create extraordinary analysis of how their players perform, to assess tactics and to get an edge over arch rivals; but fans are rarely presented with challenging and informative data that would help them to further understand sport. You'll never see sport the same way again.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Football
2 The Olympics
3 Baseball
4 Athletics
5 Rugby
6 American Football
7 Cricket
8 Golf
9 Snooker
10 Tennis
11 Cycling
12 Rowing
13 Rugby Union
14 Basketball
15 Swimming
16 Horse racing
17 Ice hockey
18 Boxing
19 Winter sports
20 Netball
21 F1

Index
Statistical glossary
Sources
Acknowledgements

Report

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Product details

• Authors: Rob Minto, Minto Rob
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9781472927491
• ISBN: 978-1-4729-2749-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 194 mm x 253 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Gift books, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sociology: sport and leisure, Probability and statistics