School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Performance Analysis and Player Monitoring in Sport
  • Unit Code

    SPS1210
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Cameron Nicholas LORD

Description

This unit focuses on performance analysis and player monitoring in sport. Methods of notational analysis will be covered and students will gain knowledge in how to develop a system for different sports. Motion analysis during training and competition will be addressed and students will undertake practical sessions in the use of video and electronic tracking of players. The unit also explores monitoring of players using psychobiological and various methods of heart rate analysis.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from EBH1101, EBH1102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPS1209

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the need for, and nature of, feedback as an important form of communication in the sporting environment.
  2. Describe the rationale for employing psychobiological monitoring in selected sports and work in teams to employ a range of these tools in practical coaching sessions and games.
  3. Evaluate notational and motion analysis data and work in teams to generate reports for coaching and fitness staff.
  4. Practically apply various methods of analysing heart rate of players during rest, exercise and recovery.
  5. Use appraisal skills and transfer notational and motion analysis data into the coaching and training environment.
  6. Use of a variety of notational and motion analysis systems employed in the sporting environment.

Unit Content

  1. Hand based match analysis systems.
  2. How to develop a notational analysis system for sporting teams and manage and present the results.
  3. Match analysis using digital video and computer entry.
  4. Motion analysis in sport using video and electronic tracking.
  5. Psychobiological tools for monitoring players in selected sports.
  6. The consequences of illness, injury and overtraining in sport and its impact on athletes.
  7. The need for, and nature of, feedback in the sporting environment.
  8. The use of heart rate analysis as a monitoring tool in sport.
  9. The use of visual analog scales for rating delayed onset muscle soreness.
  10. Transferring notational and motion analysis data into the coaching and training environment.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and performance laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayWritten performance analysis essay (team work)30%
ProjectPractical performance analysis project35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination35%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Performance Analysis and Player Monitoring in Sport
  • Unit Code

    SPS1210
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Kristeen Fiona IREDALE

Description

This unit focuses on performance analysis and player monitoring in sport. Modern methods of notational analysis will be covered and students will gain knowledge in how to develop a system for different sports. Motion analysis during training and competition will be addressed and students will undertake practical sessions in the use of video and electronic tracking of players. The unit also explores monitoring of players using psychobiological and various methods of heart rate analysis. Special attention will be given to team sports including all football codes.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will be required to attend a study skills workshop two days before the start of the semester or on weekends - students will get extra accreditation for these workshops.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed EBH1101 or MHS1101 and EBH1102 or MHS1102.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPS1209

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply different methods of notational analysis to report objective data to coaching staff and players.
  2. Use advanced skills and techniques to transfer notational and motion analysis data into the coaching environments.
  3. Collaboratively construct data networks to analyse live and post-patch data using digital technologies.

Unit Content

  1. Modern digital match analysis systems in sport.
  2. Data management and presentation of notational and motion analysis.
  3. Transferring notational and motion analysis data into the coaching and training environment.
  4. Understanding modern commands in performance and motion analysis in football.
  5. Match analysis using digital video and computer entry.
  6. How to develop a notational analysis system for sporting teams and manage and present the results.
  7. Hand based match analysis systems.
  8. The need for, and nature of, feedback in the sporting environment.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 2 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus: Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard. This unit includes guest lectures by industry professionals’. Students will gain valuable experience in performance analysis using contemporary equipment such as GPS and SportsCode techniques.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayWritten performance analysis essay30%
ProjectPractical performance analysis project35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination35%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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