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The increasing importance of on-field data to analyze team performance, track individual players, monitor injuries, and optimize the training curriculum of individual players is expected to drive the demand for the sports analytics market in the forecast period
The global sports analytics market was valued at USD 889.4 million in 2021. It is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.1% from 2022 to 2030.
The increased emphasis on real-time data to organize training sessions and in various strategic developments of games by managers is expected to experience further growth in the market.
The best way to understand sports analytics is with the help of some examples:
In cricket, it can help you determine the strong and weak zones of a player, helping them improve their own weaknesses or develop a strategy against the opposite player.
In tennis, it helps you figure out how the other player plays and what kind of serve is best for them.
In basketball, coaches use sports analytics to pick and drop players and develop strategies.
As sports teams are hiring analysts to apply the magic of data and machine learning to help them win trophies, sports analytics can be a good career as you get to analyze your favorite sport and also the job also pays decently.
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