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books

Books

Statistics in Sport by Jay Bennett

Figuring Sport by Graeme Cohen and Neville de Mestre

The Hidden Mathematics of Sport by Rob Eastaway and John Haigh

Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of Statistics by Franc Klaassen and Jan Magnus

Optimal Strategies in Sport by Shaul Ladany and Robert Machol

Mathematics and Sports edited by Joseph Gallian

Mathematics and Sports by LE Sadovskii and AL Sadovskii

Analysing Oceania’s qualification path to the World Cup: a retrospective ratings- based statistical analysis by Anthony Bedford and Cliff Da Costa

Operational Research Applied to Sports edited by Mike Wright

Gambling and Sport: A Statistical Approach by John Croucher

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Duckworth Lewis: The Method and the Men behind it by Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis

Sports Math: An Introductory Course in the Mathematics of Sports Science and Sports Analytics by Roland Minton

Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football by Wayne Winston

Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: – The Games People Play by Ronald Gould

The Math of Sports: Integrating Math in the Real World (Integrating Math in the Real World Series) by Hope Martin and Susan Guengerich

Analytic Methods in Sports: Using Mathematics and Statistics to Understand Data from Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports by Thomas Severini

Sports Math: Slam-Dunk Learning With Super-Fun Reproducible Activities That Build Essential Math Skills by Denise Kiernan

Ball Game Math by Katie Marsico

Basketball: The Math of the Game by Thomas Adamson

Mathematics Is Not a Spectator Sport by George Phillips

How to Take a Penalty: The Hidden Mathematics of Sport by Rob Eastaway and John Haigh

Mathematics and Science for Exercise and Sport: The Basics by Craig Williams, David James and Cassie Wilson

Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents, Grades 5 and Up by Dan Flockhart

Fantasy Football and Mathematics: Student Workbook by Dan Flockhart

Basketball Analytics: Objective and Efficient Strategies for Understanding How Teams Win by Stephen Shea and Christopher Baker

Mathematics in Sport by Bob Dengate

Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents, Grades 5 and Up by Dan Flockhart

Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports edited by Sergiy Butenko and Jaime Gil-Lafuente

Run Like You Stole Something: The Science Behind the Score Line by Damian Farrow and Justin Kemp

Why Dick Fosbury Flopped: and answers to other big sporting questions by Damian Farrow and Justin Kemp

Science Meets Sports: when statistics are more than numbers edited by Christophe Ley and Yves Dominicy

Statistics Meets Sports: What We Can Learn from Sports Data edited by Christophe Ley and Yves Dominicy

books

Publications

Proceedings of Mathematics and Computers in Sport

Proceedings of Mathsport International

International Journal of Computer and Science in Sport

Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis

Proceedings of the International Congress of Tennis Science and Technology

ITF Coaching and Sport Science Review

Science and Racket Sports

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

Significance Magazine

Chance

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Journal of Sports Science & Medicine

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting

International Journal of Forecasting

Sports Forecasting edited by Herman Stekler and Leighton Vaughan-Williams

Sports Forecasting edited by Ian McHale and Tim Swartz

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics: Mathematics in Sport edited by David Percy, James Reade and Hugh Morton

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics: Mathematics in Sport edited by John Norman and Philip Scarf

Mathematics and Sport edited by Megan Powell

Journal of Sports Analytics

theses

Theses

A Stochastic Analysis of Scoring Systems by Graham Pollard

Performance Modelling in Sport by Stephen Clarke

Mathematical Modelling in Hierarchical Games with Specific Reference to Tennis by Tristan Barnett

A mathematical, statistical, probabilistic and strategic analysis of tennis by Geoff Pollard

Dynamic prediction of Australian Rules football using real time performance statistics by Donald Forbes

Measuring team performance and modelling the home advantage effect in cricket by Paul Allsopp

Predicting sporting outcomes: a statistical approach by Michael Bailey

Assessing player performance in Australian football using spatial data by Karl Jackson

Prediction of In-Play Tennis by Michelle Viney

Testing for a Winning Mood Effect and Predicting Winners at the 2003 Australian Open by Lisa Miller

Probabilistic Match Importance in Professional Sports by Michael de Lorenzo

Player Ratings in Continuous and Discrete Team Sports by Jonathan Sargent

The Prediction of Outcomes in the National Basketball Association by Jong-Ho Park

Predicting Outcomes in Australian Rules Football by Richard Ryall

Training and Evaluating Champions: A Skills Acquisition Training Tool in Badminton by Minh Huynh

Statistical Models Applied to the Rating of Sports Teams by Kenneth Massey

Assessing the skill of football players using statistical methods by Lukasz Szczepanski

Statistical methods in sports with a focus on win probability and performance evaluation by Dennis Lock

Predicting Regular Season Results of NBA Teams Based on Regression Analysis of Common Basketball Statistics by Stanley Yang

A set-by-set analysis method for predicting the outcome of professional singles tennis matches by Agnieszka Madurska

courses

Courses

RMIT Sports Statistics

Macquarie Gambling, Sport and Medicine

Latrobe Master of Sports Analytics

software

Software

OnCourt (OnCourt.info

AllSnooker (AllSnooker.info)

ATP Tour (ATPtour)

WTA Tour (WTAtour)

 

societies

Societies

ANZIAM Mathsport

Asian Mathsport 

Mathsport International

International Association of Computer Science in Sport

Institute for Health and Sport

Australian Institute of Sport

Society for Tennis Medicine and Science

ITF Tennis Science and Technology

ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference

Royal Statistical Society

World Congress on Racket Sport Science

IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport

International Institute of Forecasters

Analytics in Sport