How Can Big Data And Analytics Help Athletes Win Olympic Gold In Rio 2016?

by Brent Williams on August 15, 2016 Comments Off on How Can Big Data And Analytics Help Athletes Win Olympic Gold In Rio 2016?

“For us, longitudinal profiling of athletes, biomechanics and the whole field of exercise physiology are the fields which have the most potential.”

The trick was to bring all of this information together, and in another parallel with the business world, sporting organizations are also increasingly finding that partnerships are of vital importance. The technical skills needed to build a Big Data-driven analytics system are not native to the world of elite sports scientists and physiologists.

 

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Brent Williams is Brand Development Manager at MacKenzie Corporation. His optimism is contagious, and he brings a unique energy to all of his projects. While Brent carries an “outside the box” mentality, his ideas are conceptually based on his formal business education and extensive work experience as a Research Consultant for top-tier organizations such as the NFL, NBA, NHL, Red Bull USA and many others.

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