Sport Performance Analysis (Distance Education) Middlesex University

Sports Performance Analysis is an area experiencing massive growth, virtually every professional club and elite athlete employ or work with performance analysts who provide them with objective data to ultimately improve sporting performance. Roles typically include preparing statistical reports, preparing specific videos i.e. set pieces, coding matches via performance analysis software, identifying differences between teams/players via statistical analysis etc.

This online master's course will help you develop your career as a performance analyst by developing the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to fulfil the typical responsibilities required.

Why Study Sport Performance Analysis (Distance Education) at Middlesex?

Our pioneering programme is designed to prepare you for accreditation with the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport. You will learn how to identify and develop performance indicators, how to create performance profiles, how to test reliability and get to grips with performance analysis software that is used in the industry.

This degree covers relevant topics that help you develop skills that are highly sought after in industry. For example, it covers performance indicators, performance profiling and reliability testing. In addition, you will learn how to undertake data analysis and develop relevant visualisation skills using business intelligence software. Finally, you will get to grips with industry standard sport performance analysis software. We regularly invite industry speakers to provide guest lectures on the course to help give you an insight into what is required from performance analysts on the job.

You will build invaluable industry contacts and we maintain contact with many of our graduates who have gone on to work in professional sports.

What Will You Learn?

The degree covers modules in Performance Analysis, Data Analysis and Visualisation, Research Methods, Placement & Dissertation. The programme has been designed in conjunction with industry to ensure our students can meet the demands and challenges that analysts currently face.

These topics allow you to develop your expertise as a performance analyst, ensuring that you understand relevant techniques and procedures for a number of different scenarios, which you would expect to face as an analyst. You will develop your presentation skills and your ability to critically evaluate through the research methods module, which allows students to prepare for their dissertation, where you can pursue a topic of interest or even a research question that has arisen during your placement.

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