Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis

A systematic assessment and evaluation of athletes' sports performances, aiming to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement to enhance performance.

Biomechanics

The study of human movement and the interaction between the participant and equipment, explaining how and why the body moves.

Three-Movement Phases

Preparation, Execution, and Recovery

Preparation

The movements an athlete makes while preparing to perform the skill.

Execution

The movements made while performing the main part of the skill.

Recovery

The movements that allow an athlete to regain balance and/or position after performing the skill. 

Types of Analysis

Timing, Power, Body Position, Head Position, Arm/Hand Position And Movements, Leg/Foot Position And Movement, and Effect On The Results

Video Analysis

Systematic examination of video footage to evaluate players' performance, team dynamics, and effectiveness of strategies employed during a game.

Training Programmes

Aim to enhance athlete performance, coaching effectiveness, team strategies, and continuous improvement in skills and fitness components like agility, balance, coordination, strength, speed, stamina, and suppleness.

Key Components of Skills

Agility, Balance, Coordination, Body, Objects, and Timing

Agility

refers to flexibility and speed

Balance

refers to maintaining position

Static Balance

maintaining position in one place

Dynamic Balance

maintaining position while moving

Coordination

refers to synchronisation of actions (body parts and movement)

Timing

refers to doing a movement at the right time

Reaction

an instant response to something

Decision

choosing when to respond

Key Components of Fitness

Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Suppleness

Dynamic Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time.

Explosive Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time.

Static Strength

The ability to hold a pose without movement.

Speed

The ability to move quickly.

Stamina

The ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.

Suppleness

The quality of being able to bend easily or be bent easily.

Strategies

The overall plan or approach adopted by a team to achieve specific objectives during a match or competition, evaluated for effectiveness in execution.

Tactics

Actions and strategies planned to achieve an overall objective and win, involving adjustments made during a match in response to opponents or changing game situations.

Tactical Awareness

The ability to identify tactical problems during a game and respond appropriately to them.

Practices

Activities designed to help acquire, improve, or maintain skills, including individual and team practices.

Performance Analysis and Evaluation (PAE)

A systematic process of assessing and critiquing the performance of athletes, teams, or individuals in sports, involving components like introduction, baseline tests, evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, training plan, results, and evaluation methods.

Components in Completing Performance Analysis and Evaluation

1. Introduction

2. Baseline Tests

3. Evaluation of Strength and Weaknesses

4. Priority Areas

5. Training Plan

6. Results

7. Evaluation