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- analyzing matchups to see what defensive players perform well regularly against particular formations or personnel types (and not well)
- look at performance across game - does player do better early on, late in game, under pressure?
- is a player more effective in certain locations and can that be leveraged?
- practice schedule prioritization - what players need to work on especially considering what's coming in upcoming game
predictive analytics
- is the other team predictable in what kinds of defensive formations they choose under certain conditions/against certain formations?
- what is the other team likely to do in response to particular game situations? when can we be more certain of that prediction?
- if we see players X Y and Z enter the game on other team, what plays are we expecting to see?
- how does this player perform in comparable environmental conditions (i.e. does he do poorly in cold night games)?
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