Certificate in Technology and Science Applied to Sport
This certificate is aimed at those sport and health professionals whose main objective is oriented towards knowledge and learning about the foundations that make up the use, understanding and application of technology in the different fields that emerge within sport. The approach offered starts from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that is linked to data collection and decision making according to individual and collective needs that arise from sports interaction in shared spaces. In this sense, the participant will find the theoretical support and practical implications, coming from the current scientific evidence, in accordance with the reality of the field of practice from a comprehensive viewpoint. In this way, during the training process, the participant will be able to understand, structure and design training micro-cycles based on the contextual needs that arise in contemporary sport.
- Category: Digital & Innovation
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 4 months
- Price: 675 EUR
Official courses from Barça Innovation Hub, FC Barcelona's educational arm, with experts who have worked inside the club. Earn an accredited certificate issued by the hub, available across the Middle East and North Africa through Champions Hub, its official partner for the fifth year.
What you will learn
- Adopting theoretical knowledge for its practical application, regarding the use and understanding of technology in sport. Nowadays, a correct interpretation of data will provide the participant with the possibility of making decisions according to the individual and collective sports needs, allowing the contribution of specific necessary skills and quality in the demand of this profile by professional clubs.
Course content
- Module 1: External Load Monitoring in Team Sports through EPTS
- What is EPTS?
- Understanding what EPTS registers
- FCB methodology for external load tracking and monitoring.
- External load tracking and monitoring in "return to play".
- Module 2: Video Analysis
- Characterization of Video Analysis
- Control Variables of Video Analysis
- Use of the Video Analysis in the programming of the training process
- Integrating reading
- Module 3: Sports Analytics - Essential Concepts
- History and Evolution of Sports Analytics.
- Learning based on a real problem in sport (ABP) in the phenomenon of Sports Analytics (I)
- Learning based on a real problem in sport (ABP) in the phenomenon of Sports Analytics (II)
- Learning based on a real problem in sport (ABP) in the phenomenon of Sports Analytics (III)
- Module 4: Technology in Sport
- Why technology in sport?
- Evaluating the value of technology
- Harnessing technology for organizational operations and decision-making
- Maximising value from technology in sport