Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health
Performance Analysis
Performance analysis is an exciting new field in high performance sport, and one of the fastest growing professions in sport. Performance analysts work closely with coaches and players helping them prepare for games via training support, performance reviews, opposition scouts, motivational videos and debriefing.
What is performance analysis?
Performance analysis is the process of planning, gathering, organising, analysing and feeding back information related to performance in sport.
Our Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master programmes cover:
- What performance analysis is
- Work flow, software and hardware systems
- Data collection and management
- Problem solving, profiling and information analysis
- Feeding back findings to players and coaches
Our Academic Leader for Performance Analysis is Hayden Croft
Skills you will develop
- Coach and player communication
- Analysis systems design
- Video capture and editing
- Data capture and creating statistics
- Integrating new sports technologies into trainings and games
- Data analysis including identifying trends and patterns
Internship partners
You will do an internship, contributing to the success of a high performing team. Our internship hosts include:
- Otago Rugby Football Union
- Southern Steel Netball
- Beko Netball League
- Football South
- Fiji, Tonga and Samoa rugby unions
- Elevate Analysis (club basketball and rugby)
- Inform Analysis
- NZ Rugby Coding Service
- The Highlanders rugby team
- High Performance Sport NZ
- Other New Zealand or international hosts by negotiation
Career outcomes
Performance analysis skills are used in many sports around New Zealand and the world, by performance analysts, coaches and data scientists. Some of our recent graduates have gained employment with:
- All Blacks
- High Performance Sport NZ (cycling and rowing)
- The Highlanders
- Southland, Otago, North Harbour, Counties and New Zealand Rugby Football Union teams
- Pulse, Stars, Mystics and Southern Steel netball teams
Graduates focused on Performance Analysis will be eligible to be accredited by the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport.
Contact us
If you want to know more about what we offer or you would like some guidance, we’re here to help. Feel free to chat to us directly about any questions you may have.
