Hi everyone!
Welcome to the 27th issue of the Viz of the Week newsletter, where I'll be featuring a new visual each week and sharing the code behind it.
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For this week, I wanted to recreate a very creative idea implemented by Sezer Unar, through which he visualizes a passing network in the shape of the solar system.
Excellent idea, right?
Here's the original tweet, which I think has code on how he did it in R.
Now it's a piece of cake for you! pic.twitter.com/KYgn2G2Hox
— Sezer Unar (@unarsezer) December 8, 2022
I loved the idea and final output of the plot, so I decided to give it a go with Python and some FA cup data.
Here's the result.

Although I liked the final output, I'm still dubious of its usefulness from an analytics perspective. Plus, the code was an absolute pain...(it was my first time doing a polar visual).
From Around the Grounds
Where are EPL teams winning the ball back by @_JKDS_
✨📊 Where are Premier League teams winning the ball back?
— JK (@_JKDS_) January 26, 2023
Teams ranked by the mean height up the pitch that they win possession back (directly from opposition). pic.twitter.com/71aAcM552d
Heat maps using Alteryx by CJ Mayes
I had the pleasure of sitting down with @Fuad9510 to talk about his #IronViz entry and the prep needed to produce soccer heatmaps in Tableau #SportsVizSundayhttps://t.co/XwZeYHpXr3
— CJ Mayes (@_CJMayes) January 24, 2023
The code
I hope you enjoyed today's post. As always, you're welcome to look at my code and reproduce the visual – although, please beware that it might be a bit nasty :/
All you need to do is check out my GitHub to get access to the notebook and the data behind it.