With such a love of sport, I am sure many IFS students will want to make a living out of sport in some way. If they are also interested in maths then a job as a sports statistician is something to consider.
There is so much data collected from sporting events these days, such as percentage possession, passes or shots on target, errors etc. however, it goes deeper than that. In a corner kick, for example, there are many combinations of player positions available on a football field and analysis of data can assist a team in identifying what is the optimal position against a certain team resulting in a slight advantage.
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