20+ Years as a Sports Analyst! - Julia Wells (English Institute of Sport) - #9This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️In this Industry Chat I sit down with Julia Wells from the English Institute of Sport. Julia currently heads up the whole performance analysis division there and has a career in sports coaching and analysis that spans over 20 years!Julia started off when the whole landscape was different. Old fashioned camcorders and not a whole load of fancy software. Over the years she has managed countless analysts, and had the pleasure of being involved in numerous Olympic and Commonwealth Games cycles.I personally found this chat very interesting as Julia talks about what the EIS is and the purpose it serves, how some of the more lesser known sports are analysed and also the importance of continually developing.Also, Julia gives some great advice for young people looking to forge a career in sport.Please do leave a comment below if you have a questions for myself or Julia.◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Introduction1:25 - Julia gives some background3:39 - What is the EIS and what does it do?7:08 - Funding and UK Sport10:02 - Getting into performance analysis, overview of Julias journey17:46 - Should analysts be coaches?22:18 - More on EIS structure25:50 - All the different sports, how employment works, canoe slalom33:03 - Performance Data35:57 - Commonwealth Games & Olympic Cycles43:42 - Sharing Ideas as analysts45:29 - Advice for aspiring analysts52:52 - Books, Podcasts, Articles55:13 - Wrap up◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

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