With the ever growing advancements in sports performance and technology, the importance of delivering feedback to athletes is paramount. But in a sport science environment, what is this feedback based on, and how is it used to support athletes? You’ll explore the rapidly emerging discipline of sport performance analysis, learning about how the limitations of human memory can cloud feedback processes, and how performance analysts can bridge the gap between coach and athlete memory and performance. You’ll master the fundamentals of notational analysis (focusing on technical and tactical performance) and work-rate analysis in sport, whilst considering the reliability of your feedback processes and data, and in doing so you’ll gain valuable and transferable skills in data presentation and analysis and become proficient in sector-standard performance analysis software. Through this, you’ll be able to recreate the work of an analyst in a sport-science environment, and learn what it takes to become a proficient performance analyst in a professional and elite sport setting.
Lectures 8 hours, Computer practicals/seminars 16 hours, Workshops 8 hours
1 page/1,000 words Visual Representation. Assessment Details: Poster worth 40%.
15 mins Presentation . Assessment Details: Group Presentation worth 60%.
Reassessment Method: Like-for-like
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Devise and design discipline-specific performance questions of academic and practical value.
2. Appraise sports performance analysis research and associated scientific principles underpinning the field.
3. Construct effective performance analysis systems for the evaluation of individual/team technical, tactical and/or physical performance.
4. Assemble, analyse and interpret and present sports performance data.
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