TL;DR: We take raw, messy timesheet data, clean and standardize it in R, convert it into accurate hour calculations, automatically generate payroll vouchers for each staff member, and produce a clean summary file for tracking and reporting-all with minimal manual effort. Note: This article is meant to be demonstrative. The goal is to show what’s … Continue reading Automating Payroll Vouchers with R: From Messy Timesheets to Clean Outputs
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Introduction to Customer Analytics in a Grassroots Soccer Club
Abstract This article introduces the concept of customer analytics and explores its relevance in grassroots soccer organizations. While many clubs focus on coaching, logistics, and event planning, very few apply data-driven strategies to understand and improve the customer experience - namely, the families who register, pay, and engage with the club. This article outlines how … Continue reading Introduction to Customer Analytics in a Grassroots Soccer Club
Program Analytics for Soccer Clubs: Enrollment, Capacity & Team Vacancies
Introduction Every soccer club director has faced the same problem: Which programs are full? Which teams still have spots open? Where do we need to recruit more players? Most clubs answer these questions with a patchwork of spreadsheets and email chains. It works, but it’s slow, error-prone, and reactive. Program Analytics flips the script. By … Continue reading Program Analytics for Soccer Clubs: Enrollment, Capacity & Team Vacancies
The Hidden Cost of Untamed Data
At present, many of organizations' operational systems are patched together-one spreadsheet in one place, a form in another, or a last-minute count held in someone's head. While these ad hoc tools may help complete daily tasks, they do not provide a foundation for long-term improvement or scale. The organization is operating reactively rather than proactively. … Continue reading The Hidden Cost of Untamed Data
Analytics & Reporting: Your Club’s Control Panel
Quick insights, zero guesswork You’ve done the hard work cleaning your data, so now it's time to put it to use. Imagine starting your week by easily seeing which teams are already full, which age groups still need players, and whether you're on track to meet your enrollment goals. Instead of spending hours sorting through … Continue reading Analytics & Reporting: Your Club’s Control Panel
Clean Data, Clear Decisions: A Club Admin’s Guide
Introduction Imagine you’re finalizing rosters for Saturday’s matches when you discover that three players share the same name but different email addresses—and six registrations have no signed waiver on file. Suddenly, what should have been a routine check becomes a scramble to manually hunt down missing information. Sound familiar? In grassroots soccer clubs, messy data … Continue reading Clean Data, Clear Decisions: A Club Admin’s Guide
Unlocking Club Insights: A Beginner’s Guide to R Programming language for Soccer Administrators
Introduction In today’s data-driven landscape, grassroots soccer clubs face numerous operational challenges: tracking registrations, managing rosters, reconciling payments, and analyzing player performance. As clubs grow, manually stitching together disparate spreadsheets becomes not only time-consuming but also error-prone. This is where mastering data joins in R can transform your workflow from reactive firefighting to proactive, strategic … Continue reading Unlocking Club Insights: A Beginner’s Guide to R Programming language for Soccer Administrators
The Pivot.
Because football is more than a game. Football isn’t just played on the pitch — it evolves through systems, patterns, pressure, and people. At The Pivot, we explore the game beneath the surface: where tactics meet theory, chaos meets creativity, and one decision can change everything. Guided by the ideas of thinkers like Nassim Taleb, … Continue reading The Pivot.