Professional Practice in Sport Performance Analysis

The use of performance analysis as an evaluative tool in the coaching process is now strongly embedded. This book aims to explore a range of contemporary topics relating to current and future working practices of practitioners in the discipline.

Professional Practice in Sport Performance Analysis delivers practically centred insights into the reality of working in the industry, including the technological, theoretical and personal competencies required. This new book delves into the realities of working as an analyst within the evolving and complex coaching process which practitioners need to navigate in order to successfully deliver their job role. It uncovers the practical realities, underpinning knowledge, challenges and constraints of working as an applied performance analyst whilst providing a practical guide for those practitioners who are currently, or seeking, to work as an applied performance analyst.

Grounded in practice and experience, Professional Practice in Sport Performance Analysis helps educate and encapsulate the working realities of the modern-day performance analyst and will be critical reading for students of performance analysis, coaching, skill acquisition and development.

Andrew Butterworth is an experienced applied internationally known performance analyst and academic. His extensive work within netball and badminton spans more than 12 years, including work for the England Netball national team and the Team GB Badminton team. He works closely with elite organisations and clubs to develop the next generation of performance analysts. Andrew is an experienced senior lecturer and programme leader, teaching at Loughborough University, and holds applied consultancy roles with Loughborough Lightning Netball, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and many others.