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Sport Performance Analytics Workshop

In today's sports world, organizations that are adept at collecting data, analyzing data, and applying those findings have gained a competitive advantage. Join Dr. John Todorovich to learn a 7-step systematic approach to sport performance analytics. By workshop completion, you will have an analytic plan ready for implementation.


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Decision-makers, coaches, trainers and athletes now expect and readily embrace strategies based on sport performance analytics (SPA).

During this two-day engaging workshop, participants will be introduced to a seven-step systematic approach developed by Dr. Todorovich, author of Sports Performance Analytic Methods, and learn various methods of sport performance analytical data collection, analysis and decision-making. Ideal for sport coaches, sport managers, athletic directors, physical education teachers or anyone interested in the field, you will leave the workshop with an analytic plan that can be immediately implemented for a sports team.

Utilizing sports analytics can offer a wide range of benefits and a positive impact on the bottom line.

  • Enhanced Performance Analysis: Gain a deeper understanding of player and team performance through statistical analysis including identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement.
  • Strategic Decision-Making: Make more informed decisions based on data-driven insights.
  • Player Development: Provide targeted feedback and training programs to help players reach their full potential.
  • Competitive Advantage: Uncover insights that others overlook and optimize strategies accordingly.
  • Personal Enrichment: Beyond its practical applications, learning sports analytics offers a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of sports and data, gaining a deeper appreciation for the complexities of athletic competition.

Sport Performance Analytics Workshop

Dates: TBD
Analytics workbookare included in the cost of the workshop. CEUs are available for workshop participants.

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What You'll Learn 

This workshop will provide a guided pathway for conducting sports performance analytics including the importance of establishing objectives, understanding foundational data concepts, temporal aspects of data, process and product data and validity and reliability of data. Methods and tools for collecting data will be explored followed by concepts that can be used to analyze data and present findings in formats that can drive data-driven decision making to inform competition strategic and tactical plans, make in-game decisions, evaluate team and individual performance, and make decisions for teams, players and organizations.

About the Instructor

Dr. John R. Todorovich, teaches physical education, sport coaching and physical activity courses. With long-term research interests focus on physical education and how achievement goal theory can be used to foster student motivation, his expertise in this area has allowed him to advise the Florida Department of Education on new physical education course requirements and the development of teaching strategies to improve physical education at various Florida county schools. Dr. Todorovich has published more than 60 journal articles, book chapters and technical reports on various aspects of physical and health education. In addition to his academic writing, he has presented at international and national meetings on topics relating to physical education. Before coming to UWF in 2005, he was an assistant professor at the University of Florida and University of Wyoming. He received a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance studies, master’s degree in human performance studies and doctorate in human performance pedagogy from the University of Alabama.