Chilling With Charlie

Rebecca Beeson hails from the UNSW-ES Bulldogs in Sydney and was selected with pick 32 in the 2016 NAB AFLW Draft. A great football brain, Beeson has good skills and can take a strong overhead mark. Beeson hasn’t missed a game across four AFLW seasons and received a Rising Star nomination in 2018. Beeson took her game to a new level in 2019, winning the Gabrielle Trainor Medal as club champion.Hear about her journey to AFLW and how she thinks the 2021 season will go

Check out this Data Bowl Winning entry from the team behind the fantastic website Model284https://model284.com/about-us/In this episode we talk about their big data bowl entry on defensive player coverage which you can see all the code here. https://github.com/mrichards284/BigDataBowlOf course check out their profiles and reach out. https://twitter.com/MarcRichards284https://twitter.com/SamWalczak284https://twitter.com/jackwerner94

In our final episode of our Big Data Bowl College series we have Jill Reiner https://twitter.com/jillhreinerWe discuss her interest in sports her time at the CMU sports analytics camp, analytics her big data bowl entry and her next plansCheck out her big data bowl entry herehttps://www.kaggle.com/reinerj1/evaluating-and-clustering-coverage-skill

In this episode we chat to one of this years Big Data Bowl winning team from Wharton. Have you ever wondered if we can evaluate players who get into good positions but don't get thrown the ball? Well wonder no more hear about how their target agnostic evaluation tackles this problem and more!You can look at Zach, Ryan, Zach and Sarah entry belowhttps://www.kaggle.com/zachdrapkin/target-agnostic-evaluation-of-cbs-wrsTheir contact details are below it would be silly not to reach outhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-bradlow/https://twitter.com/zachdrapkinhttps://twitter.com/ryanzgrosshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hu1/

In this very special episode of Chilling With Charlie hear from a professional NRL players views on preparation, the differences between origin and club level play and coaching. Find out what media commentators could talk about better and much more!

In this episode we talk to https://twitter.com/EllaSummer17 We talk about mentorship, her work with the Diamondbacks and using PFF data to help the UVA football team. We of course discuss her fantastic Big Data Bowl entry as well which you can read here. https://www.kaggle.com/es4vr17/random-player-effects-defensive-backs

Paul J. van Staden is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He earned his PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Pretoria in 2014. His research focuses on statistical distribution theory, in particular the construction of generalized families of probability distributions in the quantile statistical universe. With respect to sports analytics, his research interests include team and player performance measures in cricket, modeling of score distributions in rugby and cricket, and rating and ranking systems. He has furthermore collaborated in various research projects ranging from tongue protrusion and bite mark analysis in forensic pathology to oral and dental diseases in cheetahs.Don't forget to sign up to the datathon and get access to high quality betfair pricing data(https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/australian-open-datathon/) For those with an interest in horses also check out (https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/horse-racing-tips/)

Steve provides tennis tips and previews tennis matches to the public. He keeps one of the largest public databases of tennis tips and has a long track record of profitable bets.Website: acetennispreviews.comTwitter: @Ace_Previews as well as @EatSleepTennisInstagram: @est.showFacebook: started a new private group 'Eat Sleep Tennis Show'For Betfair, he provides tournament previews for all the big tournaments on The Hub in 2021, as well as daily previews during grand slams.To check out more previews through a search engine called PUBLC.com - support Steves work can be shown by creating a free account and clicking through to my previews via the PUBLC link.Don't forget to sign up to the datathon and get access to high quality betfair pricing data for your tennis models (https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/australian-open-datathon/)

Kaushik leads the data science team at Betfair. Check out the betfair hub (https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/)Don't forget to sign up to the datathon and get access to high quality betfair pricing data(https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/australian-open-datathon/) For those with an interest in horses also check out (https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/horse-racing-tips/)

Andrew Jones has carved out an impressive career in sports. From leading the charge at Cricket Australia and launching the Big Bash to being CEO of Cricket New South Wales he has done it all and everything in between.Check out his current profile at UNSW as president of the cricket club. He is a wonderful character and has some interesting thoughts.http://www.cricket.unsw.edu.au/Profiles/andrewjones.htm

Sam has worked in football analytics for several years with clients in both the pro and media spaces. he works mostly with player tracking and player event data to provide tactical, performance and recruitment insights. He is currently a graduate student at Victoria University researching the intersection of Sport Science and Sports Analytics and the Director of On-Field Analytics at York9 FC.Liked this episode and want to read up more on the things Sam has discussed?Corner kick article from David Quartey:https://davidquartey.medium.com/corner-kicks-can-be-mysterious-but-some-are-decodable-fac175358ea7My two Getting into Sports Analytics pieces:https://medium.com/@GregorydSam/getting-into-sports-analytics-ddf0e90c4ccehttps://medium.com/@GregorydSam/getting-into-sports-analytics-2-0-129dfb87f5beThe paper and video on run identification:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Q7JBMu8m4https://static.capabiliaserver.com/frontend/clients/barca/wp_prod/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/40ba07f4-ready-player-run-barcelona.pdf

Want to hear about the hot hand in NBA from someone who has worked with the Dallas during their finals run?Want to hear from the author of Mathletics?In this episode we talk to Wayne Winston about his time at Dallas, his ideas around building a soccer prediction model, an NFL prediction model and how are gambling odds tied in? Well just listen and find out.Check out his resourcesExcelwithwayne.com (videos on Excel) and( Excel book) https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Analysis-Business-Modeling-Skills/dp/1509305882/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wayne+winston+page&qid=1595502771&sr=8-1​.

Chilling with not everyones favourite analytics writer Ben Baldwin, but what is it about the numbers that have gotten Ben into some of the most interesting twitter debates?Whats up with Rodgers?Why don't the Seahawks play more analytically?How cool is his new project https://github.com/guga31bb/nflfastR-dataOne of the best things about Ben is how he not only encourages but promotes more people to get into the NFL analytics space/community.Check how the guide for using R with NFL datahttps://twitter.com/benbbaldwin/status/1274034954133999616Check out his twitter profile for great takes.https://twitter.com/benbbaldwin

Nick is a sports analytics favourite, always happy to help out and does some of the best twitch data science videos. Yeshttps://m.twitch.tv/nickwan_datasci/profileHe also happens to work for the Reds in the MLB we discuss how he got into sports and he gives tips to up and comers.

Martin does some of the most interesting tennis analysis online. You can check out his blog and a really interesting post below.https://martiningram.github.io/surface-serve-return/In this podcast we discuss not only player ratings, but where Martin gets his data from and the kind of online material he reads to generate interesting ideas. Links belowTennis Abstract: http://www.tennisabstract.com/Jeff Sackmann's github with tennis data: https://github.com/JeffSackmannStats On the T: http://on-the-t.com/Hidden Game of Tennis: https://hiddengameoftennis.com/

Juliette is interested in understanding human behaviour and psychology; applying scientific evidence to create real-world, measurable behaviour change. She is also an avid lecturer and speaker, inspired by teaching a Women in Leadership MBA course.Here we discuss behavioural economics in sports, applying them to decision making with a focus on gambling biases. https://twitter.com/jtobiaswebb?lang=en

Geology instructor, basketball coach, former esports coach, Canada Basketball how do all these things tie together in one of the most interesting sports analytics journeys to on the podcast. Hear about his projects with Canada Basketball and how he approached them. Hear about his time being an esports coach and much more!Check out his twitter belowhttps://twitter.com/DenisBeausoleil

Katerina Wu has done some great work tackling a problem across many sports, that is how to compare different leagues. She has presented her work at some great sports analytics conferences and is currently completing an Economics thesis tackling what to do with players contracts (turns out its an economics problem!)Check out her twitter and some of her work below.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpfAeUZ43qI1VQs2Bp8onRZ1dFeO5sAY/view@kattaqueue

Statistical scientist with a specialization in relational data, missing data, Bayesian methods, survey adjustment, sports analytics and game theory.We chat about how Aaron went from UCLA to the Lakers, what the job interview process was like and his current work in sports analytics

@PlusEVAnalytics is a trained actuary, sports betting educator.We talk about his journey into sports betting, why you shouldn't trust tipsters and if he was to build a model for another sport tips and tricks.

Benjamin Robinson collects and analyzes mock draft data to try to predict the outcome of the NFL Draft and to gain a better understanding of the draft process through data analysis. Follow along with his Grinding the Mocks project using the #GrindingtheMocks hashtag or website/shiny application: http://grindingthemocks.com.

Meghan Hall does amazing work utilising hockey data for fans through tutorials using #rstats. She also has created compelling visuals about the penalty kill and to help people answer if they should be pulling the keeper earlier. Check out her links below.https://hockey-graphs.com/author/meghanhall6/https://meghan.rbind.io/https://public.tableau.com/profile/balls.and.sticks#!/

Caio Brighenti, is a Detroit Lions fans, Caio has a fantastic lions edge newsletter which has a strong analytics driving it. Which you can sign up for herehttps://lionsedge.substack.com/He was also a finalist in the student competition for the big data bowl. You can read about his entry here.https://caiobrighenti.github.io/nfl-data-bowl.htmlHere we discuss how he got interested in analytics, his previous experiences analysing sports and an exciting idea he has for fourth down decision making. You can find him on twitter herehttps://twitter.com/CaioBrighenti2

Thompson Bliss has completed a masters in data science at the University of Columbia, he was also lucky enough to work with Michael Lopez at the NFL on a live win probability model. He has done so well the NFL just had to offer him a full time job. We discuss his journey into the analytics space, and some of the more interesting posts on his blog which you can check out herehttps://www.datawithbliss.com/

After the success of the first Big Data Bowl, the NFL came back and ran another, this time asking participants to predict the yards a running back will run at the moment of handoff using GPS and event level data. This competition, run on Kaggle was won by Philipp and Dmitry. We talk about their winning Kaggle entry, how they first got started entering Kaggle competitions and tips on doing data analysis. Check out their Kaggle profiles https://www.kaggle.com/dott1718https://www.kaggle.com/philippsinger

Charlie Gelman is in his final year at Duke University and already has hands on experience working for the wrestling team, the football team on the defensive end and was an honourable mention in the big data bowl. He has worked for the Ravens and Big League advance, you can check out his twitter handle @charliegelRead about just one of his cool projects belowhttps://t.co/NQ6rBuQaDC?amp=1Listen to the podcast to hear the rest :)

Ryan Davis provides some of the most interesting NBA analytics online, he hosts a site http://nbashotcharts.com/ where you can see visuals for shotcharts, RAPM and more. If you are interested in doing cool work like Ryan but don't know where to start, check out his handy github page full of tutorials. https://github.com/rd11490/NBA_TutorialsCheck out his twitter profile @rd1149 and as he says don't be afraid to reach out, one of the nicest people online!

Ganesh viswanath-natraj is an assistant professor at Warwick Business School, with research interests in crypto currencies. He will be talking about his research on stable coins, a class of crypto currencies that aim to solve the volatility problem by pegging to the US dollar. He will also talk about future challenges in blockchain, the rise of digital currencies, ICOs and potential opportunities for sports betters moving into the crypto asset space. For more details on the research, please see https://ganeshvnatraj.netlify.com

Andrew Patton is a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, he also happens to do some of the coolest NBA data visuals online and is a writer for fansided.Check out DARKO which is a player talent model built by @kmedvedhttps://apanalytics.shinyapps.io/DARKO/Check out some defense metricshttps://apanalytics.shinyapps.io/disruption/Check out Gravityhttps://apanalytics.shinyapps.io/Gravity/https://fansided.com/2019/07/22/nylon-calculus-visualizing-nba-shooting-gravity/Check out Load Managementhttps://fansided.com/2019/11/08/nylon-calculus-load-management/

Nik Oza used to work for the Dodgers, the Rays and the Hornets in the NBA. Now he is Director of Baseball Analytics at Big League AdvanceHere we talk about his sports analytics journey from Georgetown. Big League Advance is also on the hunt for talent, so why not apply, you never know!https://bigleagueadvance.com/careers/See Niks profile to see all the cool stuff he is interested and feel free to reach out on linkedin or twitterhttps://twitter.com/NikOza2https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikoza

Learn more about Aaron and his interest in statistics, sports science and his coding work/papershttps://aaroncaldwell.us/To read about the Dankel and Loenneke Method read Aaron provides this linkhttps://osf.io/2r5ev/To get involved with STORK and promote transparency and raise the bar for statistics within sports science visit storkinesiology.orgLink to Daniel Lakens highly rated online coursehttps://www.coursera.org/learn/improving-statistical-questions

Jacob Richey is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania studying economics and data analytics. He has developed a playerELO which you can read about herehttps://community.fangraphs.com/playerelo-factoring-strength-of-schedule-into-player-analysis/ Check out his twitter @richey_jacob

Michael Butson Art school grad, former sound engineer & exercise science academic. Interests: dynamic systems theory, research practices, Soto Zen. https://twitter.com/emelbutHopefully what this interview will do, is give people another perspective, on why sports science adopted MBI/MBD, why its continually being used even after been discontinued at the AIS and in various journals. Academia is not a pure space, and hopefully this offers an insight as to why.

Aaron Schatz launched the revolution in football analytics when his website FootballOutsiders.com went online in July 2003. He remains editor-in-chief and head statistician for that website as well as the book series Football Outsiders Almanac. In addition, he writes for ESPN.com Insider and ESPN The Magazine, and during the 2011 season was a regular panelist on the ESPN2 show Numbers Never* Lie. He has written for a number of publications including The New Republic, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe, and has consulted for a number of NFL teams. Before Football Outsiders, Aaron spent five years on the radio at WBRU Providence and WKRO Daytona Beach, and three years as the writer and producer of the Lycos 50, the Internet’s foremost authority on the people, places, and things that are searched online.

Frank Frigo has a passion for games and markets. He is a former winner of the Backgammon World Championship in Monte Carlo and has held the number one international ranking for both on-line and live match play. Before co-founding EdjAnalytics, he had an active career in commodity markets with an emphasis on structuring wholesale energy transactions. He has more than 20 years of experience in the power and natural gas industries. Frank has consulted with several NFL and NCAA Division 1 football programs and his work in sports analytics has been prominently featured in Esquire, Fox Sports, ESPN, The New York Times and Showtime’s “Inside the NFL.

Positive Residual is a sole proprietorship that collaborates with sports franchises, media companies, and other groups on select analytics and visualization projects. Basketball research and content can be found at Nylon Calculus, Cleaning the Glass, and The Ringer.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

As editor-in-chief of Hockey-Graphs, Asmae manages the day-to-day operations and oversees the editorial and creative process. She’s passionate about bridging data analytics, academia and sports. In her role, she spearheaded a mentorship program pairing NHL data scientists and executives with underrepresented persons.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Ethan Douglas, better known on Twitter as Chiefsanalytics, has done some interesting work on NFL. Hear about how he got into NFL research and as a bonus some of his ideas around the #bigdatabowlPodcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Josh Miller researches Behavioural Economics, Statistical and Experimental Methods, Judgement and Decision Making, Game Theory, Decision Theory - and was a contributor to the very interesting Hot Hand Paper.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Kristin Sainani (née Cobb) is an associate professor at Stanford University and also a health and science writer. After receiving an MS in statistics and a PhD in epidemiology from Stanford University, she studied science writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has taught statistics and writing at Stanford for more than a decade and has received several Excellence in Teaching Awards from the graduate program in epidemiology.Here we talk about Magnitude Based Inferences, science writing and much more.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Micah makes visualizations that help people understand hockey at hockeyviz.com. His graphs, charts, and articles show what happened, suggest what will happen, show us how we should think about hockey.Help Micah reach his goal and subscribe to his Patreon page for the best ice hockey analysis going around.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

In this episode we talk about how Jack ended up doing his PhD through the West Coast Eagles. His PhD work and his work around education of the next generation of umpires.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Seth Partnow covers the NBA and basketball analytics for The Athletic. He resides in Milwaukee and was formerly the Director of Basketball Research for the Milwaukee Bucks. Before that, he was lead writer and managing editor of The Nylon Calculus, a leading basketball analytics website.Seth previously worked as an educational consultant focusing on issues of cross-cultural communication and learning styles in Alaska. Though a very different context, this experience honed the skills needed to successfully navigate the often difficult divide between data science and statistics on one hand and sport-specific expertise on the other.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Dr Paul Wu is a Research Fellow, Associate Investigator for the Australian Research Council centre of excellence of mathematical and statistical frontiers. He is also a member of the Bayesian Research and Applications Group at QUT. Paul has been involved in some interesting research at sports, including predictive modelling of fatigue (with the AIS) and Bayesian analysis in sports.Read more about Paul here.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Dean Towers is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football LeagueIn 2019, Towers became a player and head coach with the UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs in the Sydney AFL competition.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Something very special, recorded just after Week 1 of the NFL season. We have a panel discussion with Ron, Eric and Josh. We talk running backs, the future of NFL analytics and much much more.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Konstantinos Pelechrinis joined the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2010, where he is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing and Information. Kostas leads the Network Data Science Lab. He has worked on papers across the NFL and NBA and has taken an interest in the development of the next generation of sports analysts. Hear about all this and more on a cracking Chilling With Charlie.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Greg is an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Loyola University Chicago, where he started in 2014. (As of August 2019, has not been fired.) You might know him from openWAR or online as statsinthewild.com.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Lau Sze Yui, better known as @903124S, works on sports analytics and shares the result on Twitter in his spare time.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Brendan Kent (@brendankent), who served as Soccer Data Analyst for the Portland Timbers from 2015-2018, Co- President of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective from 2016-2017, and is currently a member of the Analytics team at DraftKings. But more importantly he hosts a fantastic podcast called Measureables.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Andrew Mack you might know better by his twitter handle @Gingfacekillah or you might have gotten a hands on his book statistical sports modelling in Excel. We chat about how he got into sports modelling, some modelling tips and future plans.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!