TGG Live: Agenda revealed for industry-leading event!

Peter Thompson has been promoted to Lead Data Scientist by Leicester City.

Sale and England fly-half George Ford has highlighted the dangers of hindsight analysis in modern sport.

More than 450 delegates from clubs, federations and organisations around the world gathered at St George’s Park last week for Training Ground Guru’s biggest conference to date.

Elite teams need players at the base of midfield capable of making passes that penetrate and unbalance the opposition. In this article, SkillCorner use their Game Intelligence data to assess the ability of defensive midfielders to penetrate an opposition defence.

John Iga is one of the forefathers of football performance, but is still looking to the future. He tells TGG about his 25+ years in the industry, his most recent role as Head of Data, Strategy and Innovation at Norwich and predicts the big upcoming trends.

Paul Fernie is the Sporting Director of SV Darmstadt and is developing a stellar reputation in German football. In Episode #66 of the TGG Podcast, he told us how the Sporting Director role works in Germany, what it was like to work under Graham Potter and Paul Mitchell, and why more English staff should work abroad. ?