Short Course On
Coaching by Numbers
6-8 May 2026
Venue: 2 Troias, Kimolou and Spetson Street, Athens, 11362
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Course Lecturers
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Christos Marmarinos (Sacramento Kings)
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Sotiris Drikos (University of Athens)
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Vasilis Armatas (AEK FC)For
Day 1 (Wednseday 6 May)
Christos Marmarinos
Understand how numbers describe basketball performance
Learn how to translate data into coaching decisions
Build a structured approach to team and opponent analysis
Bridge analytics and practical coaching
Day 2 (Thursday 7 May)
Sotiris Drikos
1. Talent Identification & Evaluation
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Talent Selection: Moving Beyond Subjective Scouting
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Experts' opinions: Balancing Expert Intuition with Empirical Evidence
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Relative Age Effect (RAE) Paradox: Mitigating RAE in Talent Selection
2. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) & Success Drivers
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Identifying High-Correlation Success Variables
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"Time as the Opponent" in Elite Play
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Scaling Data Across Team Tiers and Score Margins
3. Tactical Simulation & Optimization
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Data-Informed Line-ups and Rotations
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The Analytics of Strategic Matchups
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Probabilistic Forecasting for Set Result
Day 3 (Friday 8 May)
Vasilis Armatas
Introduction to Football Analysis
Break – Get Access to Wyscout
Introduction to Wyscout
Wyscout Task
Feedback and Q&As
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