On Friday 4 October NULC Sixth Form was lucky enough to welcome John Murtough, Head of Elite Player Performance at the Premier League, to talk to some of our students. John works at the Premier League Head Office in London. His talk was to a packed auditorium of students studying A-levels in Computing, IT and Sports Science. John explained all about the Elite Player Performance Plan, and the way that they collect data from every Premier League player.
He then talked about how the advances in Computing and IT systems have enabled more analysis to be done into training methods, and that this has helped improve the clubs academy systems for youth players.
John has worked previously at a number of Premier League clubs, and he ran the youth academies at Fulham and Everton. It was a fascinating insight into the world of professional football, and how important data analysis is becoming across many sports.
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