As you are probably already aware, we have released our Introduction to Analytics course to the masses. (Link below).

But it& #39;s an amazing time for getting educated as a football data analyst so I wanted to highlight some extra resources.

https://courses.statsbomb.com/ ">https://courses.statsbomb.com/">...

Our Intro course is exactly that. It expects zero prior knowledge and is designed to teach _anyone_ including coaches.

Toronto FC Director of Analytics @devinpleuler put together an Analytics Handbook designed to build technical skills https://twitter.com/devinpleuler/status/1247147019174580225">https://twitter.com/devinpleu...

Last week Metrica released honest-to-god tracking data to the public.

I have heard of another potential release or two to happen re: tracking from other companies, but no spoilers from me.

Tracking data is liquid gold right now. https://github.com/metrica-sports/sample-data">https://github.com/metrica-s...

The Friends of Tracking group is comprised of some amazing talent and has been producing videos on all sorts of useful stuff with both even and tracking data.

(And most recently R Shiny with @suds_g.) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBFJYcag8j2rm_9HkrrA7w">https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...

At @StatsBomb we also have an R package, an R primer for StatsBombR, and a bunch of free event data on offer including Lionel Messi& #39;s entire Barcelona La Liga career.

In Ingles y Espanol https://statsbomb.com/2019/07/messi-data-release-part-1-working-with-statsbomb-data-in-r/">https://statsbomb.com/2019/07/m...

For those who like *ahem* real programming languages, we also have an early stage python package here.

And there& #39;s just SO. MUCH. MORE. out there right now if you search even a little.

There has never been a better time to learn football data. https://statsbomb.com/2020/01/statsbomb-launch-custom-python-tool-statsbombpy/">https://statsbomb.com/2020/01/s...

A lot of people (many more than I have mentioned) have been incredibly generous with their time output here and trying to help other people learn either as a hobby or a future job.

It& #39;s a community that has almost always given back, but thank these people and appreciate them.