Some say every picture tells a story... and that a picture is worth a thousand words...
Below are some graphs, charts and diagrams created by sports statisticians, trainers or competitors to help them to analyse performance, inform training programmes or improve motivation.
For each diagram, we have posed some questions to consider.
Scatter plot showing Federer's first serve landing points
Where did Federer score the most aces?
Where would be the best place to stand to return the serve?
What other information would be useful to have on this plot?
What is the likelihood that Federer will score an ace?
League positions of teams in a football league during a season
Why is there so much variance in position early in the league?
How could this chart be made clearer?
Which team changed position the most? How could you measure this?
Which team changed position the least?
"Heat map" showing the position of players in one team in a football match