Explaining how graph theory and social network analysis can be applied to team sports analysis
This book presents useful approaches models and methods that can be used to characterise the
overall properties of team networks and identify the prominence of each team player. Exploring
the different possible network metrics that can be utilised in sports analysis their possible
applications and variances from situation to situation the respective chapters present an
array of illustrative case studies. Identifying the general concepts of social network analysis
and network centrality metrics readers are shown how to generate a methodological protocol for
data collection. As such the book provides a valuable resource for students of the sport
sciences sports engineering applied computation and the social sciences.
