The past, present and future of tracking data

The past, present and future of tracking data

From Training Ground Guru Podcast by Training Ground Guru

May 29, 2025 · 1h 0m · Episode 68

About this episode

This episode explores the evolution and impact of tracking data in football, featuring insights from industry experts.

Tracking data has transformed the way clubs analyse the game. This cornucopia of information is shaped and analysed by data scientists to create valuable insights for coaches, managers, Heads of Recruitment, Sporting Directors and more. But how much do you know about tracking data? Ie what it is, how it's collected, how it's analysed (and by whom), and how different departments and personnel use it? This episode of the TGG Podcast sets out to answer those questions and more. Our guests are: Michael D'Auria: The Executive Vice President of Partnerships, Sports and Technology for Genius Sports, the official tracking data provider for the Premier League. Michael has been at the cutting edge of tracking data provision for more than a decade, having previously been Chief Commercial Officer for Second Spectrum. Dominic Jordan: Chief Data Officer for Twelve Football and the former Director of Data at Manchester United. Dominic 'builds great teams to help great companies become leaner, greener and better equipped to succeed in a data-rich world.' SHOW NOTES => MICHAEL D’AURIA 02:03: Michael defines tracking data. 06:00: Relaying the data to teams and users after matches. 07:17: How…

People in this episode

Guests: Michael D'Auria, Dominic Jordan

Topics covered

  • tracking data
  • data analysis
  • football
  • sports technology

Keywords

  • data scientists
  • coaches
  • managers
  • Sporting Directors

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Genius Sports, Twelve Football

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