Elite coaches’ use and engagement with performance analysis within Olympic and Paralympic sport
Journal article
Authors | Nicholls, Scott, James, Nic, Bryant, Elizabeth and Wells, Julia |
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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. |
Keywords | Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; feedback; performance analysis; olympic sport; coaching process |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport |
Journal citation | 18 (5), pp. 764-779 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 2474-8668 |
1474-8185 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2018.1517290 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625934 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625934 | |
Publication dates | 12 Sep 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Aug 2021, 13:00 |
Accepted | 26 Aug 2018 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
Contributors | Middlesex University, London and Manchester Institute of Health and Performance |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9415w/elite-coaches-use-and-engagement-with-performance-analysis-within-olympic-and-paralympic-sport
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