Collingwood FC: The Crucial Role of the Analyst in Australian Rules Football

One of the biggest and most popular clubs in Australian sport, Collingwood FC have been a mainstay of the AFL/VFL competitions since their inception in 1892. 

In more recent times, performance analysis has become a key component in optimizing success in the professional game. 

In this video, we travelled to Collingwood's Olympic Park training facility to speak to Senior Coach Craig McRae in-depth about how analysis is used in the modern era of AFL and specifically the key roles of the analysts themselves in these processes.

Topics covered in this video:

• The roles of the coach and analyst in an AFL club
• The structure and workflow of performance analysis at Collingwood FC
  
• Unique challenges in the game of Australian Rules that analysis solves
  
• Video and data for player scouting and drafting 

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