Sports Analytics

Overview

Delivered by academics currently active in Australia’s high performance sports environment, you will gain contemporary, evidence-based training which will ultimately allow you to assist coaching staff to develop tactics and appropriate training loads, while achieving individual and team performance goals. 

At the completion of your course, you will be a confident user of the data and video analysis technology needed to interpret sporting performances, and will have developed firm ideas about how to produce a winning team. 

You can apply for International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) accreditation, and will be officially ready to become a champion in the field of sports analytics. 

Study a Graduate Certificate in Sports Analytics from University of Canberra and you will:

• develop and apply specialised knowledge in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data generated from sports performance and athlete management

• critically evaluate the use of performance technology and data in sports and training-based contexts

• produce, interpret and transmit interventions based on sports performance data

• communicate performance data and recommendations via multiple channels to a range of audiences

Career opportunities

• Sports director
• Team general manager
• Technical director
• Head coach
• Team scout
• Sports agent
• Performance analyst
• Freelance coach
• Referee

Accreditation

Following completion of the Graduate Certificate in Sports Analytics, students will be eligible to apply for International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport (ISPAS) accreditation (Level 2). The ISPAS provides an infrastructure of professionalization, information and training opportunities for accredited performance analysts.