Decision-Ready Analytics for Sports...for Everyone

What is a decision-ready analytic and why is it important to YOU?

AND, yes, everyone can master the concept and use it in sports predictions!

A decision-ready analytic is a live game sports insight that you are ready to act on. It is the ability to recognize critical biomechanics changes in player behavior and determine what they mean to performance and game outcomes.

The key to effective decision-ready analytics is to recognize changes in player and team performance BEFORE anyone else.

That's where qualitative analysis (QA) comes in. QA reveals player changes that help to explain why a player or team is gaining momentum or losing its edge — ahead of the scoreboard.

Remember that biomechanics qualitative analysis in ongoing in real-time. If you see an odd mechanic, AND you determine a reason for that strange mechanic AND that the mechanic could affect play you have successfully formed a decision-ready analytic.

What you do with your decision-ready analytics next is up to you and can determine whether you are ahead of the curve or not when it comes to prediction player performance and game outcomes.

To learn more about decision-ready analytics and qualitative analysis, click here.

Author Biography

Amy Ashmore, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is located in Las Vegas, NV.