Elite coaches’ use and engagement with performance analysis within Olympic and Paralympic sport
Nicholls, Scott, James, Nic 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4181-9501, Bryant, Elizabeth and Wells, Julia
(2018)
Elite coaches’ use and engagement with performance analysis within Olympic and Paralympic sport.
International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 18
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pp. 764-779.
ISSN 2474-8668
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(doi:10.1080/24748668.2018.1517290)
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Abstract
The use and implementation of performance analysis and feedback by 18 elite Olympic/Paralympic coaches (coaching experience 16.1 ± 7.4; experience using performance analysis 8.3 ± 4.8 years) was explored via an online questionnaire (mean time to complete = 29 minutes). Likert scales were used to facilitate cross-sport comparison. Comment boxes were included to enable additional information to be provided if deemed necessary. Training goals, athlete discussion and coaching philosophy were the most prominent features influencing analysis direction. Time available had the greatest impact upon feedback provision. The main analysis techniques used were video, performance reports, and trend analysis. Coaches with greater experience delivered significantly more feedback sessions within 1-hour of performance. Feedback sessions were < 20-minutes in duration and delivered in a balanced (experienced) or mostly positive (inexperienced) approach. Feedback was delivered consistently according to a preferred schedule, face-to-face, and within an individual format. Sessions were usually coach led, however considerable value in a combined or analyst led approach was demonstrated. The findings have begun to illustrate practice within elite sport from the perspective of a key user of performance analysis, i.e. the coach, and have clear implications for practitioners by identifying the key areas coaches’ value from performance analysis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > London Sport Institute > Performance Analysis at the London Sport Institute |
| Item ID: | 25726 |
| Notes on copyright: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport on 03/09/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/24748668.2018.1517290 |
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| Depositing User: | Nic James |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 19:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/25726 |
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