Technology & Sport Professionals

Technology & Sport Professionals

A.P2 & A.M1

Lesson Aims

• Recap Technologies used in Sport

• Explain the role technology may have in athlete development

• Introduce how to analyse coaching for performance and fitness

Multiple Choice

Who am I? I log activities such as running or cycling?

• Dartfish

• Strava

• Kandle

• HR Monitors

Multiple Select

Small devices often warn in sleeves or undershirts contain the device that monitors the player's every move.

• HR Monitors

• Strava

• GPS

• Training Logs

Technology and its use????

From this video what role has GPS played in supporting the footballers development?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjRA4m2mFE&t=51s

What is the situation?

Why is needed n this situation?

How would it impact the players development?

Open Ended

Answers here:

A.M1: Explain the role technology may play in athlete development

• Include a description of what the technology is (brand and how it works)

• Detail how it can be used within sport e.g. technical, tactical and/or physical examples.

• Examples (coaching situations) of when (preseason, in season) it can be used and why it is being used (judgement of impact on performance).

Analysis Coaching for Performance & Fitness + Technology + Supporting Professionals.

"Analysis requires a comparison or consideration of the benefits of a certain scenario"

Analysis Task

• Identify all the Skills, Knowledge, Qualities, Best Practice.

• Identify the technologies and supporting professionals

• Select an elite coach in a sport you have knowledge about who demonstrates the above.

• Based on your understanding of the coach rate each skill, knowledge, quality and best practice out of 10. Be critical in how they would demonstrate each element

Jurgen Klopp Liverpool FC 2014 - Present

Games in Charge: 267, W: 164, D: 57, L: 46.

This season:

Distribution Rate: 84.4%

Aerial Duels: 42.2%

Avg Possession: 56%

Pass Accuracy (own half) 94.1%

Pass Accuracy (Opp half) 78.8%

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/opta-stats/team-stats

Analysis based on your choices part 1

Your rating must be realistic, no one is perfect. Consider how teams or players performed before the coach worked with them.

How they have developed over the period of time being coached.

How the skills, knowledge factors, qualities and best practices have supported that development including examples to demonstrate development.

Multiple Choice

Technology must be described, explain and analysed?

• Yes its essential for this assessment

• No there's too much to do already

Multiple Choice

Supporting Professionals must be described, explained and analysed?

• Yes of course

• No not at all

• Only described & analysed

Multiple Select

Analysis will incorporate...

• Statements

• Research, understanding of positives, examples and facts.

• Journals, studying of training logs, observations and presentations.