PFSA Level 2
Performance Analysis In Football
Leading analysis course in the UK and Overseas
The PFSA Level 2 Performance Analysis In Football course was created by an award-winning e-learning design agency with content provided by an active Head of Performance Analysis for a top Premiership club and a Programme Lead (Performance Analysis) for a leading UK sporting University.
Throughout this course, you’ll learn how to use data and video analysis tools to identify and understand performance issues. You’ll also develop your ability to effectively communicate these insights to coaches and players, thereby informing their strategies and actions.
We’ll also guide you on how to collect feedback from various stakeholders and advise on effective methods to improve player and team performance. By understanding how to function effectively within a complex sporting organisation, you’ll contribute to its overall success.
The course also covers how to use data and video analysis to study and analyse upcoming opposition, aiding in tactical preparation and strategy formation. This will enable you to contribute significantly to your team’s performance on match day through insightful analysis and strategic recommendations.
Modules Include:
- Module 1 & 2 - Post Match Analysis, Reporting and Feedback
- Analysis Models (ABC, Deterministic and Sequential)
- Video Coding
- Player Passing Metrics
- Graphical Analysis
- Heat Maps
- Shot Graphics
- Post Match Reporting
- Player and Group Presentations
- Player Feedback
- Module 3, 4 & 5 - Pre Match Analysis, Matchday and Assessments
- The Post Match Report
- Backroom Staff Relationships
- Report Utilisation
- Troubleshooting Presentations
- Individual Player Meetings
- Monitoring the Effectiveness of Reporting
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the PFSA Level 2 Performance Analysis In Football course, learners will be able to:
- Utilise data and video analysis tools to identify and understand performance issues in players and teams.
- Effectively communicate insights derived from performance analysis to coaches and players to inform their strategies and actions.
- Collect feedback from various stakeholders and advise on effective methods to improve player and team performance.
- Understand how to function effectively within a complex sporting organisation, contributing to its overall success.
- Use data and video analysis to study and analyse upcoming opposition, aiding in tactical preparation and strategy formation.
- Contribute to their team's performance on match day through insightful analysis and strategic recommendations.
Course Structure:
The PFSA Level 2 Performance Analysis In Football course is 100% online and self-paced, meaning you can complete this course in your own time and at your own pace. Expect to spend 7/8 hours completing the course, which will include separate research.
Self-paced including online presentations and interactive tasks, multiple choice, short answer and matching questions, review exercises and private study.
PFSA Level 1 courses are foundational entry-level courses, which will give you a solid understanding of the topic. All PFSA Level 2 courses and above, delve into what we call a professional workflow. The workflow can best be described as the analyst’s process while performing his/her duty. This is not just theory but application. This means you will gain 1st class access to how professionals do things at top clubs and how you can apply it within your club, regardless of level.
The PFSA Level 2 Performance Analysis course is part of the following pathway;
Performance Analysis:
- Level 1 Performance Analysis
- Level 2 Performance Analysis
- Level 3 Performance Analysis
Complementary Courses:
- Analysis and Recruitment In Women’s Football
- Level 1 and 2 Talent Identification
- Level 1 and 2 Technical Scouting
- Level 1 and 2 Performance Analysis
What is performance analysis?
Performance analysis is an emerging discipline in football. It uses data science and technological tools to evaluate the performance of players in an objective way. Although it relies primarily on quantitative data, performance analysis also draws on more qualitative methods, such as video analysis of tactics and formations.
The aim of performance analysis is to provide an overarching assessment of performance to help develop an understanding of actions that can inform the decision-making process. Analysis is undertaken to optimize performance, support the coaching process, improve player performance and help deliver tactical insights to help win football matches. Opposition analysis is based on the same principles but focuses on identifying opposition strengths, weaknesses, and tactical approaches. Analysis is simply another extension to the coaching arm.
Performance analysis is a fast-evolving discipline, so the analysis workflows in use at elite football clubs are in a state of constant development. Analysis processes also vary from club to club, depending on each clubs infrastructure, budget, personnel and experience, and coaching vision.
Furthermore, clubs are always seeking a competitive advantage over their rivals. This drives analysts to find new sources of data and new ways of interpreting it. However, all performance analysis workflows are founded on the same core principles. It is these principles which we’ll examine in this course.
Developed by a Premier League Head of Performance Analysis
The PFSA spend a considerable amount of resources, ensuring we get the best professionals within the game to help create our content and discuss what makes them an excellent performance analyst. We have a leading Head of Performance Analysis for a top London based Premier League club and a Programme Lead for a leading football-based University with campuses across the globe. You will learn first-hand how these professionals perform performance analysis within a football context. We basically lift the lid on the hidden practices within an elite club and make them available for our users.
