Collective behaviour research reveals secrets of successful football teams
Friday, July 10, 2020 - 10:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Collective behavior researchers have applied a new tool for analyzing the movement of football players that goes beyond looking at individual athletes to capturing how the team operates as a whole. The tool, which comes from statistical physics but has never been used for sports analysis, finds clear differences in collective dynamics between winning and losing teams and can even predict the market value of players.