Graph Your Game: Strategic Playbooks Unveiled - Mapping Lacrosse Tactics

Discover strategic playbook visualization techniques in this 14-minute conference talk from Conf42 Golang 2024. Explore the importance of drawing boards in game strategy, focusing on both player and team perspectives. Delve into knowledge graphs and their million-word storytelling power. Learn about CypherQL's advantages and gain insights into Neo4j modeling. Examine Golang's role in lacrosse analytics, including cosine similarity applications. Uncover the potential of data visualization beyond mere numbers, with practical takeaways for implementing these concepts in your own projects.

intro
preamble
why the drawing board is important!
case 1: player focus
a graph says a million words
case 2: team focus
a graph speaks a million words
knowledge graphs
why cypherql?
10.000 feet
ground level - neo4j model
ground level golang awesomeness - connect
ground level - go in lacrosse
teaser - cosine similarity
lot more
beyond just numbers
links
retrospective - takeaways