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Study Details: MSc 12 months
Sports Performance Analysis is an area experiencing massive growth, with virtually every professional club and elite athlete employing or working with performance analysts who provide them with objective data to ultimately improve their sporting performance.
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. These responsibilities include the collection of sport performance data using performance analysis software packages; preparing specific videos for presentation to players and coaches; analysing datasets for trends and relationships and finally visualising data through dashboards.
We normally require a second class honours degree 2:2 or above in a sport or exercise related fieldWe would also welcome applications from students with undergraduate degrees in all sciences, maths and IT areas
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Career opportunities exist for well-qualified sport performance analysts in both professional and amateur sports. Previous graduates in Sport Performance Analysis are currently working in:
Soccer: English Premier League, English Championship, the FA
Rugby: Welsh Rugby Union, Professional rugby teams in England and Wales
Multiple Olympic sports: working for the English Institute of Sport is sports such as cycling, canoe slalom, disability swimming, hockey, judo
Squash: England Squash
Badminton: England badminton
Regional bodies: Irish Institute of Sport.
Work placements typically coincide with the sporting season (August to April for soccer or rugby).
Graduates will also be capable of establishing their own consultancy business or progressing to additional study/research including MPhil/PhD.
Advanced Performance Analysis (30 credits) - Compulsory
Sport Data Analytics and Visualisation (30 credits) - Compulsory
Research Methods (30 credits) - Compulsory
Professional Placement (30 credits) - Compulsory
Independent Project (60 credits) - Compulsory
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