25  Guest Lecture (7.1)

25.1 Introduction

This will be an invited talk by a visiting speaker, Ross Methven.

Ross currently works within the Major Projects Team at the University of Strathclyde as his day job developing industry partnerships though also has a role supporting the SFA as a Consultant Performance Analyst.

Ross initially studied Applied Sport Science at Edinburgh University, gaining work experience across his undergraduate studies with Hibernian FC, across Sport Science, Performance Analysis and Recruitment teams across 3 seasons before completing a MSc in Business & Management at the University of Stirling.

At Stirling he was the performance analyst to Shelley Kerr for the Women’s first team, which then brought him into the youth national team set-up at the SFA. Since 2018 he has worked across both Men’s and Women’s youth national teams and the Women’s A team, across UEFA competitions and the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.

25.2 Required Reading

Before this tutorial, you should access and read the following papers:

  • R. Rein and D. Memmert, “Big data and tactical analysis in elite soccer: Future challenges and opportunities for sports science,” SpringerPlus, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 1410, Dec. 2016. [1]

  • F. R. Goes et al., “Unlocking the potential of big data to support tactical performance analysis in professional soccer: A systematic review,” European Journal of Sport Science, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 481–496, Apr. 2021. [2]

  • J. Garganta, “Trends of tactical performance analysis in team sports: Bridging the gap between research, training and competition,” Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 81–89, 2009.[3]

There are direct links to these papers via the library reading list.