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Sport Performance Analysis

Code 12442
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload T(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area Sports Sciences
Entry requirements NA
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Learning outcomes To develop knowledge and skills for the analysis of sports performance in training and competition in different sports.
Syllabus 1 The scouting and the performance analysis process: The importance for training and the competition
2 Methods for analyzing sports performance
3 Validity and reliability of sport performance analysis protocols
4 Creation of protocols for the analysis of sports performance according to the objectives and modalities under observation
5 Complementary option sporting modality
- Option 1 - Observation and analysis in football
- Option 2 - Observation and analysis in futsal
- Option 3 - Observation and analysis in swimming
Main Bibliography O'Donoghue, P., Holmes, L., & Robinson, G. (2017). Doing a research Project in sport performance analysis. Routledge.
McGarry, T., O'Donoghue, P., & Sampaio, J. (2013). Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis. Routledge.
Hughes, M., & Franks, I. (2007). The essentials of performance analysis: An introduction. Routledge.
Carling, C., Williams, A. M., & Reilly, T. (2007). Handbook of soccer match analysis: A systematic approach to improving performance. Routledge.
Travassos, B., Davids, K., Araujo, D., & Esteves, P. T. (2013). Performance analysis in team sports: Advances from an Ecological Dynamics approach. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 13(1), 83-95.
McLean, S., Salmon, P. M., Gorman, A. D., Read, G. J., & Solomon, C. (2017). What’s in a game? A systems approach to enhancing performance analysis in football. PloS one, 12(2), e0172565.
Silva, A.J., Rouboa, A., Moreira, A., Reis, V., Alves, F., Vilas-Boas, J.P., Marinho, D. (2008). Analysis of drafting effects in swimming using computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 7(1), 60-66.
Marinho, D.A. (2012). Investigação aplicada em Ciências do Desporto. Um exemplo na modalidade de natação. Curitiba: Editora CRV.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria Carrying out 1 oral presentation on the research and analysis of two articles referring to the objective assessment of determinants of sports performance in the chosen modality (40%; individual) + work and oral presentation referring to the proposal and application of performance analysis in a given modality/action technical-tactical/test/movement/gesture, which can influence training/competition in an individual or collective modality (60%; group)

Final classification:
The teaching-learning classification (CEA) grade = work grade 1 x 0.40 + work grade 2 x 0.60
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-06-10

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