Episode 30 - Skiller Instinct
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Certainly an episode for the fan side of our fanalytics content, this week! In Episode 30, we focus on dribbling and recall some of the best players to have ever graced the game with their ability to run with the ball. We’re talking Ronaldinho, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jay Jay Okotcha - all of them capable of getting us off our seat with their skills. But how can we measure dribbling from an analytics perspective? How does a dribble differ from a ball carry? It wouldn’t be a fanalytics episode unless we peppered in a few metrics ourselves! Bio links: Messi dribbling: https://twitter.com/Jad_FCB/status/1375689373463805952;  Statsbomb article: https://statsbomb.com/2018/02/taking-em-on-digging-deeper-with-dribbles/
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