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

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

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

And there'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/
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's a community that has almost always given back, but thank these people and appreciate them.
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