Archive for Category: "Performance Analysis"
A Model for Managing Performance Analysis
A Model for Managing Performance Analysis I am always (pleasantly) surprised by the people who visit the site and I enjoy it even more when comments are left. Last week I wrote a piece calling on the software suppliers to improve their usability/visualization of information. A few hours after publishing the piece I was left [...]
The Importance of Usability
The Importance of Usability Anybody who has been watching Sky Sports (UK) lately will have noticed a relatively new and pretty cool gadget they have. Sky used this during the Ryder Cup and now on the Monday Night Football show. If you haven’t seen it you will see a demo in the video below. The [...]
Performance Analysis Innovation
Performance Analysis Innovation Innovation can often come from the most unlikely of places. True innovators tend to see the world differently and invent products nobody thought possible. Sometimes you can be so caught up in a job that you can’t see how it would be any different. One of my favourite quotes of all time [...]
Is Technology Always Better
Is Technology Always Better I was reading a book recently when I came across a very strange picture (similar to the one on the left). Although my image is photoshoped together this was a genuine product sold in Japan in the 1980′s. As pocket calculators become cheaper and cheaper people began to use them more and more moving away [...]
Video Analysis Homework
Video Analysis Homework I’m sure in most organisations video analysis takes the form of player/manager meetings held to debrief from last weeks game and probably another session looking at next week’s opposition. Often in these meetings new concepts, formations or game plans are explained. It can de difficult to measure, but how effective are these [...]
The Impact of Kenny Dalglish
The Impact of Kenny Dalglish Guest Blog Post – Emily Clark, Sports Scholary Emily has kindly given me permission to republish an article from her site. I would encourage everyone to check out her site which you can find here. There are some excellent and insightful articles on their already and I’m sure there will [...]
How Long Should a Presentation Last
How Long Should a Presentation Last In most of my analysis work I have tended to work with different teams and different sports at the same time. While this can have it’s disadvantages it has given me a great opportunity to work with many different styles of teams and managers. This weekend I got the [...]
10 Commandments of Performance Analysis
10 Commandments of Performance Analysis Performance Analysis is still a new discipline and we are all learning the rights and wrongs of the job. With that said however, there are a number of similarities across sports and the job demands are similar at all levels of sports. Regardless of the sport you work in there [...]
Specialist within a Specialism: The Goalkeeping Analyst
Specialist within a Specialism: The Goalkeeping Analyst Guest post, kindly written by Andy Elleray, Performance Analyst Cheltenham Town FC & Msc Sports Coaching Student. When looking to embark on a work placement as part of my studies for my Master’s Degree in Sports Coaching, I sat down and thought to myself, ‘how could I perform both my [...]
3 Tips To Make You Stand Out As An Analysts
3 Tips To Make You Stand Out As An Analysts I have written before about becoming a freelance performance analyst and setting your prices, but I wanted to expand on that here and give some more tips that will help if you are a freelance analyst or even applying for a job, to stand out [...]
