Performance Evaluation for Sports Team Selection Using Data Mining Techniques

Indian tradition emphasizes a lot on sports as well as physical fitness and nowadays sports have gained a vital importance and prestigious recognition in India. Making an international mark in the field of sports also has become influence on national morale. This leads towards the gathering of best sport talent through efficient team selection. Performance in Team Sports is carried out through a long term and methodical training process so as to improve the skills of players in a team. In order to meet the increasing competitive demands of the changing times, the coaches and sports team managers can be aided by various data mining techniques. In this paper, we are exploring data mining techniques like Classification, Association Rules to evaluate the performance of players for team selection.