GENERATING ROLES IN SPORTS THROUGH UNSUPERVISED LEARNING

A system and method for generating a role summary associated with one or more players are disclosed herein. A computing system retrieves event information for a plurality of teams for a plurality of events. The computing system generates a spatial output that describes each player. The computing system identifies a playing style associated with each team. The computing system identifies a subset of paths a player or team takes between two zones. The computing system identifies each player's involvement in a team's process. The computing system generates a score corresponding to a value of a player's involvement in a given play based on the event information. The computing system generates a score associated with each player's passing ability based on the event information. The computing system determines a shot style of each player based on the event information. The computing system identifies a role associated with each player.