Doing a Research Project in Sport Performance Analysis

Peter O'Donoghue is a Reader in Sports Performance Analysis in the School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. He is also the Programme Director of the BSc Hons Sports Performance Analysis degree. He has worked as a performance analyst in Gaelic football (inter-county level) and netball (junior and senior international levels as well as in the National Super League). Peter is a member of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport and General Editor of the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport?.

Lucy Holmes is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Performance Analysis in the School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. She is currently Programme Director for the MSc Sport Performance Analysis and MSc Professional Practice degrees. Her research interests include the use of technology in sport and education, the use of performance analysis and technology to provide feedback to athletes, and the use of performance analysis in assisting the development of sport-specific fitness assessments and training programmes. Lucy teaches courses on performance analysis and dance and also works as Lead Performance Analyst for Hockey Wales.

Gemma Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in Performance Analysis in the School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Her research interests include time-motion analysis, the assessment of injury risk and the analysis of technique. She teaches courses on performance analysis and research methods at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.