Department of Methodology in Sport Performance
Introduction and Overview of the School
The school brings together Sheffield Hallam and Rouen University students to work in small teams to solve applied sport science problems. The 2024 winter school has a focus on Womens’ Professional Football Teams.
Each student group will adopt the role of the coaching and sport science team for an international woman’s football team.Your group will evaluate and define a performance related problem and seek to develop intervention strategies using a range of data sources to support your plan.
Aims and objectives of the Winter School
Aims of the Winter School are:
- For Rouen University and Sheffield Hallam University students to work collaboratively in a Department of Methodology to offer Sport Science support for athlete development and preparation for performance
- Present and evaluate analyses of performance to understand how performers satisfy interacting constraints and how practice task constraints may be designed to elicit learning and development during practice and training
- To provide an international experience to the students and the staff from Sheffield Hallam University and the French university of Rouen, Normandy
Objectives:
- To integrate the framework of ecological dynamics with students own experiential knowledge to provide a comprehensive theoretical rationale to coordinate performance analysis and coaching practice
- To observe, analyse, and identify performance challenges in a Professional Womens’ Football Team and define the problem for notational analysis or field observation
- Develop a notational system or use a valid observational tool to facilitate tactical or behavioural understanding
- Plan and present an appropriate coaching intervention to improve performance and interpret the findings through the use of theoretical concepts and a range of technologies to measure and evaluate collective team behaviours