Generating roles in sports through unsupervised learning

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computing system to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving, by the computing system, event information for a plurality of teams for a plurality of events, each team comprising one or more players, the event information comprising information associated with a movement of a ball during each event;
• generating, by the computing system, a spatial output that describes each player of the one or more players based on the event information;
• identifying, by the computing system, a playing style associated with each team of the plurality of teams based on the event information;
• identifying, by the computing system, a subset of paths a player or team takes between two zones on a field based on the event information;
• identifying, by the computing system, each player's involvement in a team's process based on the event information and the subset of paths the player or team takes between the two zones on the field;
• generating, by the computing system, a first score corresponding to a value of a player's involvement in a given play based on the event information;
• generating, by the computing system, a second score associated with each player's passing ability based on the event information;
• determining, by the computing system, a shot style of each player based on the event information;
• and
• identifying a role associated with each player based on the spatial output, the playing style, the subset of paths, each player's involvement in their team's process, the score corresponding to the value of the player's involvement in the given play, the score associated with each player's passing ability, and the shot style of each player.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform operations, comprising:
• retrieving event information for a plurality of teams for a plurality of events, each team comprising one or more players, the event information comprising information associated with a movement of a ball during each event;
• generating a spatial output that describes each player of the one or more players based on the event information;
• identifying a playing style associated with each team of the plurality of teams based on the event information;
• identifying a subset of paths a player or team takes between two zones on a field based on the event information;
• identifying each player's involvement in a team's process based on the event information and the subset of paths the player or team takes between the two zones on the field;
• generating a score corresponding to a value of a player's involvement in a given play based on the event information;
• generating a score associated with each player's passing ability based on the event information;
• determining a shot style of each player based on the event information;
• and
• identifying a role associated with each player based on the spatial output, the playing style, the subset of paths, each player's involvement in their team's process, the score corresponding to the value of the player's involvement in the given play, the score associated with each player's passing ability, and the shot style of each player.