Applied Machine Learning for Health and Fitness: A Practical Guide to Machine Learning with Deep Vision, Sensors and IoT

© Kevin Ashley 2020

K. AshleyApplied Machine Learning for Health and Fitnesshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5772-2_10

10. Reinforcement Learning in Sports

Kevin Ashley¹  

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Belmont, CA, USA

 

Whenever I get hurt, just get me chocolate and ice cream.

—Lindsey Vonn, US Ski Team Racer

Introduction

Sports is deeply connected with coaching and learning by trying (Figure 10-1): every greatest athlete made first steps in sports by trying and taking guidance from parents, coaches, inspiration from peers, and other athletes. When I learned to ski as a kid, every word I heard from my coach had a deep impact; it made total sense, even the smallest hint or observation after a run. A bunch of skiing kids, we played, we tried again and again, and I could always ...