The next match analysis experts from the sports university
This week, the fifth round of the advanced training master's program in match analysis came together for the first attendance phase at the German Sport University Cologne. The first seminars were rounded off with an official welcoming ceremony and the first live analyses in the stadium.
In the Hockey-Judo Centre of the Sport University, several technical discussions were held, new contacts were made and philosophising about the upcoming study programme took place in a relaxed atmosphere with excellent food and cold drinks. In October the fifth cohort of the M.A. in Game Analysis started their studies and have now come together on the campus of the Sports University to spend four semesters studying the topics of analysis, diagnostics and data in various sports. Many of the participants travelled to Cologne from various institutions and clubs.
Various topics and concepts were covered during this first week of attendance. Programme director Prof. Daniel Memmert introduced systematic match analysis and Manuel Bassek gave a lecture about the topic of performance diagnostics. The former match analyst for the Italian national football team, Adriano Bacconi, provided information on tracking data in Serie A, Sebastian Zelichowski, former technical director of Hertha BSC, spoke about the potential of data analysis and Dr Stephan Nopp, match analyst for the German national football team, gave details on match analysis in football. The students carried out their first live application during the U21 qualifier between Germany and Poland under the guidance of former professional footballer Thomas Broich, Head of Methodology for Hertha BSC. This match was then analysed in detail about current trends in world football.
As part of the official welcoming of the fifth cohort, the fourth cohort was also bid farewell and ceremoniously presented with their degree certificates. Program director Daniel Memmert also welcomed participants from the third cohort. Many alumni are now permanent fixtures in match analysis at various Bundesliga clubs or the German Football Association. "The combination of absolute top speakers from practice and science enables our students to learn concrete tools, apply them directly, and also develop unique ways of thinking about match analysis through different perspectives and concepts. As a result, graduates are trained to become specialists who then sometimes take up positions that demonstrate the success of the Master's program," summarises Memmert, Head of the Institute of Training Science and Sports Informatics.