Overall I like the article but I have to say the opening paragraph is a bit misleading. Your problem is not really with coaches spending too much time behind their desks – it’s that they are too negative with their analysis.

I think a lot of scare tactics go on with video analysis, I agree a lot of coaches can get it wrong but that doesn’t mean video analysis is flawed. For example when a bad strength & conditioning coach comes along people don’t blame the weights room.

I think the whole area of performance & video analysis has along way to go but only through training and industry standards will that happen.

Cheers,

another great article with some excellent points. This is (for me) the way forward. I have recently worked with a coach in this way (kinda!!). I videoed the games (soccer) and analysed them afterwards using video software technology. However, far from looking at mistakes, we were trying to look at positives. What were they doing well/what worked? It was a new coach with a new team, so he wasn’t sure what their strengths were and how to play to these strengths. We did also look at strengths/weaknesses over longer periods of time to address patterns too.

Cheers.