Class Observation and Analysis of Training and Competition

Observation and analysis is one of the themes in focus in various areas of society (training, press, university, training of coaches). A professional in the field of Football, whether it be high performance or grassroots, will have to be able to know and critically analyze which concepts, procedures and trends govern his sports. Knowing these aspects is a way to ensure a better level of preparation for competition situations: getting to know your team and your opponent. One of the possible ways to obtain this knowledge is through observation and analysis of training and competition situations. Thus, observing and recording individual and collective behaviors in order to objectively measure them and transform them into scientific and simultaneously relevant / useful information for any technical team, becomes essential. Knowing and mastering valid methods in this context is the possibility of having access to knowledge that can make the difference between evidence and... luck.

1. Conceptual framework of technical-tactical observation and analysis in football performance

2. Notational analysis and its application in assessing technique and tactics

3. Concepts and indicators of performance in football

4. The observational methodology in the construction of observation instruments in football

5. The development of an observation system

6. Systematic observation and analysis in football

7. Technologies in performance analysis of players and football teams

8. Freeware and software applied in performance analysis

9. Database development and manipulation

10. Modelling performance in football

11. Methodological foundations for scouting reports in football

12. Technologies applied to the preparation of scouting reports in football

13. Exemples of practical models of scouting reports

14. From the analysis to the training process

15. Communication of technical information

16. Application of the player or game model and applicaton of the preparation or training model

Students will carry out work in each of the blocks, applying their knowledge to a specific technical and tactical aspect of the game of football.

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