Assessing player performance in a sport using a graphical user interface

A system for improving an efficacy of a team comprising a plurality of players, comprising:

• a processor and a memory including instructions stored thereupon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive a pass distribution matrix corresponding to a number of completed passes within a field of play for one or more players of the plurality of players;
• select a particular player from the one or more players;
• and
• generate a spine for the team,
• wherein generating the spine for the team further causes the processor to:
• determine a total number of completed passes between the particular player and each of the one or more players by using a processor to track the number of passes for the particular player based on the pass distribution matrix,
• produce a visual representation of the field of play that illustrates a position of the particular player and at least one other player within the field of play, the visual display further including connecting lines indicative of a number and direction of passes between the particular player and at least one other player, and
• automatically vary, on the visual representation, a thickness of each of a plurality of connecting lines between the particular player and the at least one other player based on the number of completed passes for the particular player, wherein the thickness is representative of the number of completed passes.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon for improving an efficacy of a team comprising a plurality of players, comprising:

• instructions for receiving a pass distribution matrix corresponding to a number of completed passes within a field of play for one or more players of the plurality of players;
• instructions for selecting a particular player from the one or more players;
• and
• instructions for generating a spine for the team including:
• instructions for determining a total number of completed passes between the particular player and each of the one or more players by using a processor to track the number of passes for the particular player based on the pass distribution matrix,
• instructions for producing a visual representation of the field of play that illustrates a position of the particular player and at least one other player within the field of play, the visual display further including connecting lines indicative of a number and direction of passes between the particular player and at least one other player, and
• instructions for automatically varying, on the visual representation, a thickness of each of a plurality of connecting lines between the particular player and the at least one other player based on the number of completed passes for the particular player, wherein the thickness is representative of the number of completed passes.