Sports
Updated 2 years ago to v5.0.0 by Flourish team
How to use this template
What's it for?
Use this template to visualise team line ups on a field or court. You can use it to show a formation, or to map the specific position of players over time
How to get started
- The first thing you need is a CSV or Excel file of your data.
- You need to make sure that there’s a row for each "player" in your team. This should plot the players on the field.
Name Lieke Martens Lionel Messi - Additionally, you can have columns, for the player's team, photo, x and y position, and metadata to show in a popup. It's also possible to add an arbitrary value to size the player's circle, or add a filter.
- Here's an example:
Name Team Photo x y Goals Lieke Martens Barcelona martens.png 45 87 4 Lionel Messi Barcelona messi.png 54 79 9
Not sure how to upload your data to Flourish? See our handy guide
Credits
This template was created by the Flourish team. Want to see additional features? Let us know at support@flourish.studio.
API information
This section documents API usage specific to this template, so for an introduction we suggest you refer to the generic API documentation instead.
template: @flourish/sports
version: 5
Template data
There are three different formats in which you can supply data to this template. The most convenient for you to use likely depends on the source of your data, as described below.
1. Array of arrays, and a bindings object
You can supply arrays of arrays to opts.data
, which might look
like:
{ data: { players: [ [ "PlayersColumn1Value1", "PlayersColumn2Value1", [ "PlayersColumn1Value2", "PlayersColumn2Value2", [ "PlayersColumn1Value3", "PlayersColumn2Value3", ... ] } }
where each array of arrays represents the rows in a data sheet.
To tell the API how the values from each column should be
associated with the keys that the template is expecting, you must also supply
an object attached to opts.bindings
. (The meanings of the
keys in the bindings object are documented
below.) The minimal bindings you can
supply for this template are as shown in this example:
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", bindings: { players: { } }, data: { players: [ [ "PlayersColumn1Value1", "PlayersColumn2Value1", [ "PlayersColumn1Value2", "PlayersColumn2Value2", [ "PlayersColumn1Value3", "PlayersColumn2Value3", ... ] } }
All possible bindings that you can supply are shown in this example:
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", bindings: { players: { info: [0, 1, ...], // index(es) of column(s) in your data team: 2, // index of a column in your data category: 3, // index of a column in your data size: 4, // index of a column in your data position_x: 5, // index of a column in your data position_y: 6, // index of a column in your data filter: 7, // index of a column in your data photo: 8, // index of a column in your data metadata: [9, 10, ...], // index(es) of column(s) in your data } }, data: { players: [ [ "PlayersColumn1Value1", "PlayersColumn2Value1", [ "PlayersColumn1Value2", "PlayersColumn2Value2", [ "PlayersColumn1Value3", "PlayersColumn2Value3", ... ] } }
2. Array of objects with arbitrary keys, and a bindings object
This format is most likely useful when you have data from an external source,
such as CSV data loaded from d3-dsv.
You should supply this attached to the opts.data
, which might look
like:
{ players: [ { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, ... ] }
... but with the keys being the column headers from your
source data instead. You must also supply an object attached to
opts.bindings
. The minimal bindings you can
supply for this template are as shown in this example:
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", bindings: { players: { } }, data: { players: [ { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, ... ] } }
All possible bindings that you can supply are shown in this example:
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", bindings: { players: { info: ["PlayersHeader1", "PlayersHeader2", ...], team: "PlayersHeader3", category: "PlayersHeader4", size: "PlayersHeader5", position_x: "PlayersHeader6", position_y: "PlayersHeader7", filter: "PlayersHeader8", photo: "PlayersHeader9", metadata: ["PlayersHeader10", "PlayersHeader11", ...], } }, data: { players: [ { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, { "PlayersHeader1": ..., "PlayersHeader2": ..., ... }, ... ] } }
(As before, the keys containing "Header" would be replaced by column names from your data source.)
3. Array of objects with template-defined keys
There is an alternative format you can use, which is likely to be easier to
use if your data is not from a spreadsheet source. With this alternative format
you supply your data to the template as
an array of objects, attached to opts.data
, where the keys must
be those used by the template, as documented below. In this case
there is no need to supply a bindings object, since the key names are already
those expected by the template. The required properties in the data
object are as follows (scroll down for a
description of what each property is):
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", data: { players: [ { info: [...], metadata: [...] }, ... ] }, ... }
And the full list of all possible properties is as follows:
{ template: "@flourish/sports", version: "5", data: { players: [ { info: [...], team: ..., category: ..., size: ..., position_x: ..., position_y: ..., filter: ..., photo: ..., metadata: [...] }, ... ] }, ... }
Meanings of the template data keys:
- players.info: eg. the player's name
- players.team: Used to set fill color for each dot
- players.category: Used to set stroke color for each dot
- players.size: Use this column to adjust the size of the circle
- players.position_x: Use this to move the player to a specific position on the pitch. Make sure to set the Player's position setting to "Positions from data"
- players.position_y: Use this to move the player to a specific position on the pitch. Make sure to set the Player's position setting to "Positions from data"
- players.filter: Setting a column here will add a control to the visualisation to filter the players. You could use this for example on a time or country column.
- players.photo: Point to column with image urls
- players.metadata: metadata
Template settings
Options for opts.state
.
Players
positions_type string
Players position. Position players based on a specific formation, or use x and y coordinates for players if you have the data Allowed values:
positions_reverse boolean
Start formation. Allowed values:
positions_scale_custom boolean
Position scale. Allowed values:
positions_x_min number
X min.
positions_x_max number
X max.
positions_y_min number
Y min.
positions_y_max number
Y max.
formation_type string
Formation type. Allowed values:
formation string
Formation. Allowed values:
formation_custom code
Custom formation. Use a "*"" for every player and a "-" for every space on the pitch
Pitch
pitch.background color
Background.
aspect_ratio number
Aspect ratio. Min: 0.1
pitch.offset number
Offset. Max: 5
pitch.margin_top number
Top margin.
pitch.margin_bottom number
Bottom margin.
pitch.type string
Type. Allowed values:
pitch.line_color color
Color.
pitch.line_width number
Width.
pitch.type_custom string
Allowed values:
- upload (Upload file)
- svg (Write custom svg)
pitch.type_upload url
Upload.
pitch.type_svg text
SVG.
pitch.rotation_x number
X Rotation.
pitch.rotation_z number
Z Rotation.
pitch.shadow number
Shadow.
Dots
label_size number
Label size.
label_color color
Color.
label_weight string
Weight. Allowed values:
label_offset number
Label vertical offset.
dot_size number
Size. As percentage of the pitch width
colors_team_single color
Color.
dot_opacity number
Opacity. Max: 1
colors_team.scale_type string
Scale type. Allowed values:
colors_team.categorical_palette colors
Palette.
colors_team.categorical_extend boolean
Extend. Automatically generate additional colours when needed to avoid the palette colours being used more than once.
colors_team.categorical_custom_palette text
Custom overrides. Type the name of the entity whose colour you want to set, a colon and then a colour (using a name, hex-code or rgb declaration). Multiple colours can be set using multiple lines. For example:
Party 1: red
Party 2: #4455AA
Party 3: rgb(30,168,26)
colors_team.numeric_type string
Scale type. Allowed values:
colors_team.binning boolean
In linear mode, the color scale will run as a smooth gradient between 2 colors. In binned mode, the gradient will be divided in smaller blocks. Allowed values:
colors_team.bin_mode string
Binning mode. Allowed values:
colors_team.bin_count number
Number of bins.
colors_team.bin_thresholds string
Custom thresholds. Write your custom thresholds, separated by a ";" For example 5;10;15
colors_team.sequential_palette string
Palette. Allowed values:
colors_team.sequential_reverse boolean
Reverse.
colors_team.sequential_custom_min color
Minimum color.
colors_team.sequential_custom_max color
Maximum color.
colors_team.sequential_color_space string
Color space. Allowed values:
colors_team.sequential_custom_domain boolean
Domain. Allowed values:
colors_team.sequential_domain_min number
Min.
colors_team.sequential_domain_max number
Max.
colors_team.diverging_palette string
Palette. Allowed values:
colors_team.diverging_reverse boolean
Reverse.
colors_team.diverging_custom_min color
Minimum color.
colors_team.diverging_custom_mid color
Midpoint color.
colors_team.diverging_custom_max color
Maximum color.
colors_team.diverging_color_space string
Color space. Allowed values:
colors_team.diverging_custom_domain boolean
Domain. Allowed values:
colors_team.diverging_domain_min number
Min.
colors_team.diverging_domain_mid number
Mid.
colors_team.diverging_domain_max number
Max.
dot_border number
Width.
colors_category_single color
Color.
colors_category.scale_type string
Scale type. Allowed values:
colors_category.categorical_palette colors
Palette.
colors_category.categorical_extend boolean
Extend. Automatically generate additional colours when needed to avoid the palette colours being used more than once.
colors_category.categorical_custom_palette text
Custom overrides. Type the name of the entity whose colour you want to set, a colon and then a colour (using a name, hex-code or rgb declaration). Multiple colours can be set using multiple lines. For example:
Party 1: red
Party 2: #4455AA
Party 3: rgb(30,168,26)
colors_category.numeric_type string
Scale type. Allowed values:
colors_category.binning boolean
In linear mode, the color scale will run as a smooth gradient between 2 colors. In binned mode, the gradient will be divided in smaller blocks. Allowed values:
colors_category.bin_mode string
Binning mode. Allowed values:
colors_category.bin_count number
Number of bins.
colors_category.bin_thresholds string
Custom thresholds. Write your custom thresholds, separated by a ";" For example 5;10;15
colors_category.sequential_palette string
Palette. Allowed values:
colors_category.sequential_reverse boolean
Reverse.
colors_category.sequential_custom_min color
Minimum color.
colors_category.sequential_custom_max color
Maximum color.
colors_category.sequential_color_space string
Color space. Allowed values:
colors_category.sequential_custom_domain boolean
Domain. Allowed values:
colors_category.sequential_domain_min number
Min.
colors_category.sequential_domain_max number
Max.
colors_category.diverging_palette string
Palette. Allowed values:
colors_category.diverging_reverse boolean
Reverse.
colors_category.diverging_custom_min color
Minimum color.
colors_category.diverging_custom_mid color
Midpoint color.
colors_category.diverging_custom_max color
Maximum color.
colors_category.diverging_color_space string
Color space. Allowed values:
colors_category.diverging_custom_domain boolean
Domain. Allowed values:
colors_category.diverging_domain_min number
Min.
colors_category.diverging_domain_mid number
Mid.
colors_category.diverging_domain_max number
Max.
image_styles_enabled boolean
Allowed values:
- true (Enabled)
- false (Disabled)
image_contrast number
Contrast.
image_brightness number
Brightness.
image_saturation number
Saturation.
image_blend_mode string
Blend mode. Allowed values:
animation_target string
Animate. Allowed values:
animation_duration number
Duration.
Popups
popup.show_popups boolean
Popups. Allowed values:
popup.is_custom boolean
Popup contents. Allowed values:
popup.custom_template text
Popup content. The text to appear in the popup. You can use {{column_name}} to add a value from your data. It must be in a selected column, but you can add columns to “Metadata” if you just want to include them for use in the popup. Advanced users can include HTML to apply layouts, formatting, images, etc.
popup.show_pointer boolean
Pointer.
popup.show_shadow boolean
Shadow.
popup.style_popups boolean
Custom styling.
popup.text_color color
Text colour.
popup.align string
Alignment. Allowed values:
popup.font_size number
Font size. Min: 1
popup.fill_color color
Fill colour.
popup.opacity number
Fill opacity. Max: 1
popup.padding number
Padding.
popup.border_radius number
Radius. Corner radius of popup
Filter controls
filter_control.type string
Data type. Allowed values:
filter_control.temporal_format string
Date/time format in data. The date/time format in your data sheet. Used only to sort the data, if required. If your format isn’t in the list, you can enter a custom format using d3-time-format syntax. See npmjs.com/package/d3-time-format for details. Predefined values:
filter_control.sort boolean
Sort menu.
filter_control.control string
Control. Allowed values:
filter_control.width number
Menu width. Min: 150
filter_control.play_button boolean
Include play button.
filter_control.step_time number
Time between steps when playing. Measured in seconds, positive values move the slider left to right, negative values move the slider right to left.
filter_control.loop boolean
Loop on play.
filter_control.restart_pause number
Pause before loop restarts. Measured in seconds and in addition to the regular step time displayed above.
filter_control.dropdown_icon_color color
Icon color.
filter_control.slider_handle_color color
Handle and button color.
filter_control.slider_track_color color
Track and label color.
Layout
Layout
layout.body_font font
Main font. This font will apply to the whole graphic by default, but you can optionally change the font for the title, subtitle, footer, etc in the Header and Footer settings panels.
layout.font_color color
Text color. This color will apply to the whole graphic by default, but you can optionally change the color for individual text elements, in other settings panels.
layout.background_color_enabled boolean
Color. Allowed values:
layout.background_image_enabled boolean
Image. Allowed values:
layout.background_color color
Background color.
layout.background_image_src url
Image URL.
layout.background_image_size string
Size. Allowed values:
layout.background_image_position string
Position. Allowed values:
layout.max_width_target string
Maximum width. Apply a maximum width to just the main graphic or everything (main graphic plus header, footer, etc) Allowed values:
layout.max_width number
Maximum width. Leave blank to stretch to container width Min: 50
layout.max_width_align string
Align. Allowed values:
layout.layout_order string
Layout order. Allowed values:
layout.space_between_sections string
Space between sections. Allowed values:
layout.space_between_sections_custom number
Custom. Max: 100
layout.margin_top number
Top.
layout.margin_right number
Right.
layout.margin_bottom number
Bottom.
layout.margin_left number
Left.
layout.border.enabled boolean
Show borders around visualisation.
layout.border.top.width number
Top.
layout.border.top.style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.border.top.color color
Color.
layout.border.right.width number
Right.
layout.border.right.style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.border.right.color color
Color.
layout.border.bottom.width number
Bottom.
layout.border.bottom.style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.border.bottom.color color
Color.
layout.border.left.width number
Left.
layout.border.left.style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.border.left.color color
Color.
Header
layout.header_align string
Alignment. Allowed values:
layout.title string
layout.title_styling boolean
Change title styles.
layout.title_font font
Title Font.
layout.title_size string
Size. Allowed values:
layout.title_size_custom number
Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3
layout.title_weight string
Weight. Allowed values:
layout.title_color color
Color.
layout.title_line_height number
Line height. Max: 3
layout.title_space_above string
Space above. Allowed values:
layout.title_space_above_custom number
Custom. Max: 100
layout.subtitle string
layout.subtitle_styling boolean
Change subtitle styles.
layout.subtitle_font font
Subtitle Font.
layout.subtitle_size string
Size. Allowed values:
layout.subtitle_size_custom number
Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3
layout.subtitle_weight string
Weight. Allowed values:
layout.subtitle_color color
Color.
layout.subtitle_line_height number
Line height. Max: 3
layout.subtitle_space_above string
Space above. Allowed values:
layout.subtitle_space_above_custom number
Custom. Max: 100
layout.header_text string
layout.header_text_styling boolean
Styling.
layout.header_text_size string
Size. Allowed values:
layout.header_text_size_custom number
Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3
layout.header_text_weight string
Weight. Allowed values:
layout.header_text_color color
Color.
layout.header_text_line_height number
Line height. Max: 3
layout.header_text_space_above string
Space above. Allowed values:
layout.header_text_space_above_custom number
Custom. Max: 100
layout.header_border string
Allowed values:
- top (Top)
- bottom (Bottom)
- none (None)
layout.header_border_width number
Width.
layout.header_border_color color
Color.
layout.header_border_style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.header_border_space number
Space. Space between border and header text
layout.header_logo_enabled boolean
Allowed values:
- true (Enabled)
- false (Disabled)
layout.header_logo_src url
URL.
layout.header_logo_height number
Height.
layout.header_logo_align string
Align. Align logo inside header or outer visualisation container Allowed values:
layout.header_logo_position_inside string
Position. Allowed values:
layout.header_logo_position_outside string
Position. Allowed values:
layout.header_logo_margin_top number
Top.
layout.header_logo_margin_right number
Right.
layout.header_logo_margin_bottom number
Bottom.
layout.header_logo_margin_left number
Left.
Footer
layout.footer_align string
Alignment. Allowed values:
layout.footer_text_size number
Size.
layout.footer_text_color color
Color.
layout.footer_styling boolean
Advanced footer styles.
layout.footer_font font
Font.
layout.source_name string
Source name.
layout.source_url string
Source url.
layout.multiple_sources boolean
Multiple sources.
layout.source_name_2 string
Source name.
layout.source_url_2 string
Source url.
layout.source_name_3 string
Source name.
layout.source_url_3 string
Source url.
layout.source_label string
Source label.
layout.footer_note string
Note.
layout.footer_note_secondary string
Note (secondary). The secondary note is placed below the source and primary note
layout.footer_logo_enabled boolean
Image. Allowed values:
layout.footer_logo_src url
Image.
layout.footer_logo_src_light hidden
Image (light version). If provided this version will be used whenever the background colour is dark
layout.footer_logo_link_url string
Link.
layout.footer_logo_height number
Height.
layout.footer_logo_margin number
Margin.
layout.footer_logo_order string
Position. Allowed values:
layout.footer_align_vertical string
V. align. Allowed values:
layout.footer_border string
Allowed values:
- top (Top)
- bottom (Bottom)
- none (None)
layout.footer_border_width number
Width.
layout.footer_border_color color
Color.
layout.footer_border_style string
Style. Allowed values:
layout.footer_border_space number
Space. Space between border and footer text
Accessibility
layout.screenreader_hide_primary boolean
Screenreader mode for main visual container. Whether the main visual container is visible to screenreaders. (Text in the header and footer are always available to screenreaders.) Allowed values:
layout.screenreader_text_primary text
Screenreader description. A text alternative to the visual content that will only be visible to screenreaders, e.g. “The line chart shows China consistently higher than the other countries since 1990”. Do no replicate your title, since that will also be read by screenreaders.