Introduction to Sports Analytics
There is a great need for expertise in sports analytics in professional sports. Organizations are now embracing analytics and technology more than ever. Athletes are now more aware of the impact of tracking their health and performance data. Sports Analytics is a growing field, where sports scientists with the skills provided in this course are strongly desired. This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of sports analytics. It will provide you with the skills to work in a professional sports organization. This course begins with an introduction to the science of movement in sports and different types of key performance indicators that have been evidenced to affect performance. You will learn which are the most relevant key performance indicators, and how to collect and examine them effectively. Throughout this process of collecting key performance indicators, you will gain experience in how to leverage wearable technology to capture data such as internal and external load. Then a foundation in R and Rstudio, statistical software Will be provided where you will gain practical experience with basic statistical concepts and predictive analytics. Then, you will learn how to interpret your findings and translate them into relevant information that players, coaches, and staff can implement to enhance performance.
- Category: Sports Analytics
- 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
- Implement tools, methods, and strategies in relation to tactical analysis in football, providing specific skills to satisfy the demand for specific roles by professional clubs.
- Identify the parameters and tactical elements of the start phase of the game, in order to select, organize, and transmit the most important information effectively through the use of technological tools.
- Understand the importance of ABP in current football and obtain resources and criteria to develop the analysis of these actions.
- Apply the most relevant theoretical and practical content for the analysis of the high blood pressure phase in football, enabling you to identify and recognize different high blood pressure situations, and propose tasks for its training.
- Learn about a new observation methodology focused on Formative Football based on your own team, from training sessions to matches.
Course content
- Module 1: Key Performance Indicators
- Science of Movement, Anatomy, and Physiology
- Physical and Physiological Key Performance Indicators
- Psychological and Environment Key Performance Indicators
- Comprehensive internal and external load quantification for Load Management
- Module 2: Wearable Technology
- Introduction to Wearable Technology – Non-Feedback and Feedback
- Evaluating the performance of Technology: Using Sleep Technology as an example
- How to choose a device
- Interpreting Data
- Module 3: Theoretical Statistical Knowledge of Sports Analytics
- Foundational Concepts of Statistics and Rstudio
- Exploratory and Descriptive Analytics in R
- Statistical Modelling in R
- Analytics in R
- Module 4: Art of Communicating the Data
- Communicating Data
- Relaying information to Performance Staff. What to do and what not to do
- Relaying information to Front Office. What to do and what not to do
- Relaying Information to Coaches & Players. What To Do and What Not To Do