Sport Performance Analysis (Taught)

This master’s-level course will prepare you for working as a performance analyst.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Understand and critically evaluate the insights and limitations of using analysis of sport performance in a range of contexts

• Use your expertise to inform short, medium, and long-term optimisation strategies

• Practise using specialist equipment and technology, including digital applications

• Learn how to assess the needs and requirements of stakeholders and understand how to personalise your practice to meet their needs

• Adopt a scientific, evidence-informed approach to solving performance analysis issues as you reflect on both traditional and contemporary approaches to research, theory, and practice

• Collect, analyse, and evaluate empirical data to produce verifiable conclusions and make practical recommendations

• Understand how research paradigms, methodologies, and techniques generate different kinds of knowledge, and be able to apply your research skills in the study of performance analysis

• Deal with complex professional practice issues to make sound judgments in the communication of conclusions and/or recommendations to specialist and non-specialist audiences

Your learning environment
This course will place you at the centre of the learning experience. You’ll join an inclusive and supportive community, including academics and practitioners who are experts in their field, that challenges you to develop your own practices.

Hands-on experience
To support your career goals, you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience working with a range of clients, from recreational to elite performers, across a variety of sporting pursuits. This hands-on approach will aid your professional development, enhancing your understanding of ethical and evidence-informed practice.

Specialist facilities
You’ll study in our new £45m Carnegie School of Sport building where you’ll access state-of-the-art spaces, including a Performance Analysis laboratory in partnership with Catapult.

The laboratory has been purposefully built to match the real-world setting of a performance analyst. You’ll have access to a range of cutting-edge software and hardware that will allow you to develop the applied skills to thrive in the workplace.

Why study Sport Performance Analysis at Leeds Beckett University...

• Develop expertise - prepare to work as a performance analyst and sport performance professional

• Professional links - engage with our professional networks including staff from; Leeds United FC, Leeds Rhinos, Bradford City, Barnsley FC and Leeds Rhinos Netball

• World-class facilities - study in our £45m Carnegie School of Sport Building, which boasts industry leading performance analysis laboratories

• Leaders in our field - learn from academics and researchers renowned in the sport and exercise science industry

• Global reputation - we're recognised as one of the top 100 institutions in the world for Sports-Related Subjects*

*2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject