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Learn how to track, understand, and support player performance with STATSports’ FREE course – An Introduction to Athlete Monitoring.
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Course overview
An Introduction to Athlete Monitoring with STATSports
Register for FREE and get instant access to the STATSports-backed course – An Introduction to Athlete Monitoring. Whether you’re a grassroots coach, sports scientist, or part of a coaching team, this course gives you the essential knowledge and tools to track, understand, and enhance athlete performance. Complete the course at your own pace and earn a certificate upon completion.
Why this course matters – It will enable coaches to turn GPS data into clearer, smarter decisions – without needing a sports science background. By the end, you and your team can:
- Optimise training and workload to maximise performance
- Minimise injury risk through smarter load management
- Understand your team and individual athlete’s needs and adapt training accordingly
- Plan your training around competitions – allowing you to peak at the right time
What you will learn
On completion of this
course, you’ll understand…
The fundamentals of athlete monitoring and sports science principles.
How GPS and wearable technology work: what data is collected, how it’s captured, and why it matters.
How to interpret performance data – turn raw metrics into meaningful insights: what data tells you about performance, fatigue, and load.
Practical application in team sport context: integrating athlete monitoring into training and match preparation.
Smart workload planning and periodisation using data – allowing you to peak at the right time.
Course Details
A closer look at the topics you will cover
What athlete monitoring Is
A simple overview of how tracking helps you understand player workload, performance, and readiness.
What GPS measures
A clear breakdown of some of the key data points GPS provides and what each one tells you about a player’s output.
How to use our GPS tracker
Step-by-step guidance on setting up, wearing, and collecting accurate data with a GPS tracker.
Key metrics to watch for
The essential metrics that matter most in training and matches – and how to interpret them.
The role of sports science
Why sports science is so important in modern sport and how it could help you.
Designing effective training weeks
How to structure weekly sessions using data to balance intensity, recovery, and performance goals.
Managing busy schedules
Practical strategies for adjusting load when fixtures pile up and recovery windows get shorter.
Adjusting for player context
How to tailor expectations and training plans based on positional demands and individual responsibilities.
Using data to improve player availability
How consistent monitoring can help you keep more players fit, prepared, and available across the season.
Who is this course for?
If you are new to performance analysis this course is for you
This course is designed for anyone from grassroots coaches & early career coaches to performance staff, sports-scientists or sport specific coaches who have been coaching for years. It is ideal for those who are new to performance analysis or want to weave data-driven processes into their work. Whether you manage youth squads, amateur teams, semi-pro teams or elite athletes – if you’re interested in using monitoring technology to improve performance, reduce injury risk and better manage training load, this course is the perfect foundation.
Testimonials
What practitioners say
GPS data is really useful for us as the practitioner, it ensures that the players are getting the physical stimulus that they require. GPS trackers are an essential part of the kit.
There’s so much more we can do with GPS technology now. The challenge is turning that data into actionable insight – that’s where the art of coaching meets the science of monitoring.
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