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
Introduction
Baseline Tests
Evaluation of Strength and Weaknesses
Priority Areas
Training Plan
Results
Evaluation