The Library
The books behind the guides.
Every guide is built from these books and cites them per claim. Here they are on their own — what each argues, the ideas it contributes, and the guides it grounds. 11 books.
Analytic Methods in Sports Using Mathematics and Statistics to Understand Data from Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other…
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the mathematical and statistical methods used in modern sports analytics, teaching readers how to describe, analyze, and model sports data to understand performance, recognize trends, and predict results.
Coaching Knowledges Understanding the Dynamics of Sport Performance
An edited collection arguing that effective sports coaching is a complex, dynamic social process shaped by cultural, relational, and knowledge-based forces rather than a straightforward transfer of technical instruction.
An Introduction to Performance Analysis of Sport
A practical and academic introduction to sports performance analysis that teaches coaches, analysts and researchers how to design analysis systems, gather reliable performance data, and turn it into actionable feedback that improves preparation and performance.
Professional Practice in Sport Performance Analysis
A practically grounded guide to the day-to-day realities of working as an applied sport performance analyst, spanning technology, coaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional development, ethics and economics.
Game of Edges The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports
The story of how professional sports franchises transformed from casually run hobbies into data-driven, optimized businesses—and how the very analytics that made them win threatens the emotional, aesthetic, and communal appeal that made sports beloved in the first place.
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A former NFL star turned minister-coach argues that coaches must do the inner work of understanding their own life stories before they can transform young athletes into people of empathy, integrity, and purpose.
Sports Analytics in Practice with R
A hands-on, chapter-by-chapter guide to applying R programming and analytics techniques—from data visualization to machine learning, NLP, optimization, and exploratory analysis—across diverse sports contexts.
Leading with the Heart Coach Ks
Legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski distills a career of championship coaching into a leadership philosophy centered on relationships, honesty, teamwork, and leading with the heart rather than a rulebook.
Football Analytics with Python R
A practical guide to applying statistical modeling and data science techniques using Python and R to analyze American football data for purposes ranging from team analysis to sports betting and fantasy football.
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A former NFL star turned minister-coach argues that coaches must do the inner work of understanding their own life stories before they can transform young athletes into people of empathy, integrity, and purpose.
Quiet Strength the Principles Practices and
NFL coach Tony Dungy recounts his life and career to show that leading with faith, character, and quiet integrity produces lasting significance that outweighs worldly success.