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UNIT CODE: LEI397
LEVEL: 5 / DELIVERING FACULTY: FBSEUnit designation: Traditional / School: STL
Date validated: March 2010 / Date last modified:
Unit delivery model: PC
Max & Min Student No: N/A
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
Students are required to attend and participate in all the formal timetabled sessions for the unit. Students are also expected to manage their directed learning and independent study in support of the unit. Where normal timetabled sessions do not take place, additional directed learning may be provided, and/or students are expected to undertake additional independent learning.
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
Level 4- Introduction to Biomechanics or equivalentOR
Level 4- Principles of Coaching or equivalent
UNIT DESCRIPTION
Performance analysis is the provision of feedback relating to sports performance and is critical to the success of improving the performance of both the athlete and coach. It has the ability to inform the coaching process through systematic and objective data.Fundamental to the unit is the understanding of how performance analysis is effectively integrated into an athlete’s programme. It will also enable the students to appreciate the role of the professional coach and to understand the skills required for a coach to assist performers in their pursuit of technical development. Students will further develop their understanding of biomechanical analysis of sport and underpin relevant concepts of notational, time-motion, and computerised analysis through a theoretical and practical approach. The provision and experience afforded to students to navigate and learn selected sports analytical software as well as apply the same principles to pen and paper methods are inherent to this unit.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1Examine current literature on the role of notational analysis in performance enhancement of individual and team sports
K2Analyse sports skills and sequences required by an athlete, including movements specific to the sport, athlete, team role or position
Cognitive Skills
C1Select appropriate tools and proceduresto develop systems for analysing and enhancing performance in sport through combining tactical, technical or biomechanical information.
Practical and Professional Skills
P1Operate and navigate a range of computerised analysis software in a competitive match to provide coaching feedback with the use of subjective and objective data.
P2Effectively interpret and use data collected from observation and analysis of individual or team sports performance
Transferable and Key Skills
T1 Work independently to research and solve problems
T2 Apply numerical and statistical skills
AREAS OF STUDY
- Performance Analysis defined. Sessions will provide practical examples of performance analysis in its applied context. The position and role of performance analysis within a world class interdisciplinary support structure for elite athletes.
- Movement Analysis in Sports. Practical sessions will incorporate qualitative biomechanical analysis of technique (the phase analysis model and movement principles). The use of observation to identify and diagnose the causes of any discrepancies between desired and observed movement patterns will also be included.
- Provision of information. Sessions will incorporate the use of video feedback and information technology in relation to accelerated motor skill acquisition. Sessions will include the choice and style of feedback mechanism and its implication on the learning process.
- The Analyst. The qualities and skills set required for the modern sports analyst will be investigated.
- Notational Analysis and its accessibility and limitations will be researched and discussed.
- Computerised Sports Analysis.Sessions will introduce the choice and use of specific analyst toolsavailable to deliver solutions for pre-match and post-match analysis and ‘live’ coding to facilitate immediate feedback.
- The use, design, manufacture and effectiveness of motivational video compilation will be investigated and discussed.
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
This unit will be delivered via lectures, seminars and practicals. The lecture programme will provide the majority of the underpinning scientific method to examine the coaching process and how the students can develop and maintain the performance of athlete, team and coach. It is envisaged that students will undertake independent learning to ensure that all underpinning theory is covered.Seminars will be student-centred and encourage discussion around a range of topics related to the role of the professional coach, to understand the qualities needed to coach effectivelyand have an understanding of generic invasion games tactics. Major topics will involve cementing objective measures and data recording procedures for performance improvement. Afforded within seminar sessions will be provision and experience of athlete feedback from collated data via practical sessions. Practical sessions will be tutor led demonstration and navigation of computerised software packages to include sportscode, dartfish and ProZone. The vocational aspect of the unit is pivotal and students will maximise the learning and use of performance analysis equipment with assessment based upon the operation of such packages. The practical sessions will be delivered in both the analysis suite, and the sporting environment.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
The unit will be assessed in 2 ways. The assignment will be a case study for an individual sports performance, where the student will be required to measure and analyse the performance either in a training program or a competitive performance. The student must decide on the appropriate method of recording specific to the sport and, most importantly, the desired outcome/key performance indicators determined by the coach. From the collated data, the student is to produce a written report, addressed to the coach, of the performance with reference to subjective and objective analysis. This assessment will be designed to test the students’ knowledge and understanding of the main areas of study from the entire unit. This will include coach and athlete interaction and creation of training intervention from observations and quantitative measures.
The presentation will involve assessing students’ ability to produce a ‘scouting’ presentation from previously competed individual or team performance. The presentation has to be delivered as if to coaching staff of the individual/ team due to play the ‘scouted’ opponent/ opposition next. The ‘scout’ presentation must utilise an appropriate analyst tool (ProZone, dartfish, sportscode etc). The students will be expected to navigate the chosen software package and select appropriate strengths and weaknesses as portrayed by the individual/ team to comprehensively prepare the coaching staff. This assessment will be designed to test the students’ knowledge and understanding of applicable sport specific play such as tactics, team shape, position specific demands, set play movements and signals, body position, fitness level, substitutions and player usage when in a winning or losing stance. Ultimately the assessment will test the students’ ability to use current analyst tools within the competitive sports industry to compile and deliver a quality ‘scout’ analysis to coaching staff via a presentation.
ASSESSMENT
AE1weighting:50%
Assessment type: Presentation
Length/ duration:20 min
Anonymous marking: no
AE2weighting:50%
Assessment type:Written Assessment
Length / duration:2000 word case study.
Anonymous marking: yes
Aggregation & Re-assessment Rules
All marks for the unit are aggregated. Re-sit work will follow the same pattern with AE1 requiring a further power point presentation and AE2, a 2000 word assignment submission.
Unit Author: Louis Langdown
Date of Version: July 2010