8-week online course with live interactive Zoom chats. If you want to break into soccer scouting, recruitment, or performance analysis, this course is your launchpad. Over 8 weeks, you'll learn directly from Danielle Prescott, a top-level Talent Scout for the England Women's National Team and a former Manchester United Scout. Through live Zoom sessions and hands-on projects, you’ll explore how the pros use platforms like Hudl, Impect, Inplay, and InStat to analyze matches, evaluate players, build reports, and gain a competitive edge in scouting and analytics.
Soccer Analytics jobs start here and our success stories prove it! Soccer teams and leagues at every level on every continent are using soccer analytics. Why? Wyscout is the biggest library of football video and data. Whether you are a scout, agent, manager, coach or media, you need to be proficient in analytics. In our 8-week online Soccer Analytics Course, you can learn the skills that are in demand from England's Football Association Scout Danielle Prescott.
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The modern game of soccer runs on data—from scouting and recruitment to match preparation and player development. Whether you're looking to start a career in soccer analytics, level up your coaching or scouting skills, or break into the sports industry, this course will give you real-world training from industry leaders.
In just 8 weeks, you’ll gain hands-on experience using leading soccer analytics platforms and walk away ready to contribute to a front office, performance team, or recruitment department at any level.
You’ll learn how to:
If you are looking for entry-level positions within soccer leagues, associations, or teams, with third-party vendors and consultants, or you are just a soccer fan who wants to better understand the tools the pros use to evaluate players and build a team, this course is for you. With analytics, you can flag potential targets and evaluate them through video. Take scouting and player development programs to new heights. Find hidden gems. Advance your media career with key information. Learn from the very best in the business.
How do you compare two players for the transfer market?
Can you prove a striker’s value using xG, packing rate, and shot creation actions?
Do you know how clubs are using predictive analytics to forecast injuries or negotiate contracts?
This course teaches you how to think like an analyst—and speak the language that modern teams demand.
In addition to the weekly live interactive zoom video chats with Danielle Prescott and soccer analytics professionals, soccer analytics experts, and scouts, and students will receive textbooks.
Week 1 – The Role of Soccer Analytics in the Modern Game
Week 2 – Analytical Tools & Technologies (Hudl, Inplay, Impect, & more)
Week 3 – Individual Player Analysis: Metrics that Matter
Week 4 – Team Performance Analysis Using Data
Week 5 – Data-Driven Recruitment & Scouting
Week 6 – Advanced Data Analysis: Python, R, and Beyond
Week 7 – Building Your Career in Soccer Analytics
Week 8 – The Future of Soccer Analytics: Predictive Models & Player Value
You will learn how to use data effectively by creating KPI's and metrics which identify needs and requirements, create player information cards, and player video reports. Danielle will share her proven techniques of how to anticipate and deal with requests from coaching and recruitment staff within soccer from "boot" room to "board" room. With the ability to learn via zoom, Danielle can cater what you are learning to your specific needs and skill sets.
Currently, Lee Fraser is the England Women's Physical Performance Analyst at The FA. Lee has over 20 years of experience in the Premier League with Newcastle United FC as a Technical Scout, Talent ID & Data Analyst. Lee has earned the Talent Identification Level 4 Course in Leadership. and Management with the FA. Lee has also consulted in analytics for many soccer operations, including for the South African "Road to World Cup" in 1998, the UEFA Champions League in 2003, the UEFA Cup from 2003 – 2007 and the Welsh FA in 2007. Lee will help you avoid the pitfalls in fiding true insight from data. Lee is an excellent mentor and reference for your future career, CV and resume. Whether you are a top executive of a team or league and want to understand soccer analytics, or a parent of a future star, Lee will make Wyscout and Soccer Analytics easy to understand and utilize.
Danielle has almost 20 years’ experience working within elite sport as both a performance analyst (PA) and professional football scout. She has been teaching for over 17 years across numerous universities in the UK and ROI within the area of sports coaching and sports science. In addition to working full time within education, Danielle has always worked as a practitioner in both PA based roles for a variety of professional football clubs including Manchester United as a professional academy scout working in talent identification from U12-23 age groups, and the FA with England Lionesses.
She is qualified to Level 2 in Talent Identification and has obtained ISPAS accreditation at Level 4. Her academic qualifications include a PhD from The University of Central Lancashire in Employability, an MA in Sports Coaching and a PGCert in Teaching and Learning in the higher education sector, which also allowed her to be granted fellowship status with The Higher Education Academy.
Danielle has developed programmes for the PFSA and the universities in which she has worked including the world’s first course in Analysis and Recruitment in Women’s Football and also the first MSc course in the UK for scouting at UCFB.
Danielle was also awarded the unsung hero award at The Northwest Football Awards 2024 for her work across both men's and women’s football.
This course is designed for:
Aspiring Soccer Analysts
Scouts and Recruiters
Coaches and Managers
Technical Directors & GMs
Data Analysts looking to work in sports
Agents seeking a data edge
Soccer Enthusiasts & Parents of Talented Players
Whether you're aiming to work for a club, league, federation, data company, or agency, this course gives you the skills to stand out in a competitive job market.
Analytics in all sports now starts with data.
How do you know how efficient Cristiano Ronaldo is as a player if you have no benchmark data to compare his work to? Can you determine with any statistical significance if Leo Messi is improving or declining in play without a thorough data profile of his career? How do you evaluate players in the transfer window without a deep understanding of their positional value?
You’ll be shown industry-standard technologies such as:
Hudl – Video analysis and match breakdown
Impect – Data-driven player value and packing metrics
Wyscout – Video analysis and player reports
Inplay – Tactical and performance tracking
InStat – Scouting and player performance metrics
Python & R – Introduction to programming for data analysis
Gone are the days of relying on a single tool. We give you a multi-platform skillset to fit wherever the industry takes you.
Weekly Interactive Zoom Video Chats: A unique aspect of each 8-week course is the opportunity for students to participate in weekly, interactive live zoom video chats with fellow students, Danielle Prescott, and guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to learn from your course facilitators. In addition, the chat allows you to network within the international soccer industry and build lasting relationships with your course facilitators and fellow students. If you are unable to attend the chat they are recorded and archived and you can listen at a more convenient time.
Online Education: This innovative academic course is facilitated through a web-based educational delivery system. You will enjoy the live interactive zoom video chats in addition to the online discussion boards, weekly readings, weekly quizzes, course projects, and interaction amongst fellow sports business-minded students and faculty. The course content is the foundation of a successful career on the business side of professional soccer!
Global Participation: SMWW students participate from over 164 countries. Courses have an international influence and instructors will cater assignments to specific countries or leagues. Countries with economic challenges are eligible for economic discounts.
University Credit Available: For additional fees to Fort Hays State University in Kansas, you may receive graduate or undergraduate university credit for Sports Management Worldwide's courses. Click here for more information.
Sports Career Conferences: Throughout the year, Sports Management Worldwide hosts Sports Career Conferences at a variety of sporting events. These are fabulous networking events that put SMWW alumni in the heart of the action. Opportunities to meet executives at all levels of sport are facilitated. Visit SMWW Sports Career Conferences to learn more.
Advanced Certificates: Want to take your career to the next level? Our Advanced Certificates have been hand-selected by our team of sports industry experts to put you on a path to success. These bundles allow you to take advantage of our biggest discount available, by bundling multiple courses and becoming an expert in that field. Learn more about our Advanced Certificates here.
Military Discount: For those individuals who represent their country in military service, (active, reserve, or retired) we offer a discount. Thank you for serving your country! For more information on the Military Discount please Click Here.
Tax Write Off (For USA Citizens): SMWW course tuition, books, and supplies can be used for education tax credits. Save your receipts and consult with your tax advisor on how this applies to you.
As a graduate of this class, you will receive a personal reference you may add to your resume with contact information for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and acknowledgment that you have been mentored by Danielle Prescott.
Successful graduates of the Soccer Analytics course will be sent an SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment. This certificate represents not only your soccer analytic knowledge but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and the ability to "self-train" yourself for higher positions within the professional soccer industry.
Acquiring the skills necessary for your dream sports career is only one part of the employment journey. Even with the required skill set, you still have to market yourself properly to attract the attention of sports industry employers.
At SMWW, we’ll teach you the skills you need to thrive AND help you redesign your resume for optimal impact in the sports industry. We’ll help you craft a resume to highlight your new skills in Soccer Analytics, including a reference from Danielle Prescott while optimizing it to reach hiring managers searching online.
We want you to become the next SMWW success story and will go to great lengths to help you get there!
Upon successful graduation of the Soccer Analytics Course you'll have many options:
Successful graduates will be invited to join SMWW Scouting, our network of professional scouts working across all sports and in all countries. You will have the ability to market yourself as a SMWW Scout and Soccer Analyst.
SMWW will become your match-makers! (pun intended!)
The site will include your own webpage with your picture and biography and samples of your best Soccer Analytic reports. As a graduate of the Soccer Analytics course you are eligible to apply for acceptance as an SMWW Soccer Scout.
Our goal is to see all graduates of our Soccer Analytics course gain employment in soccer worldwide. Your chances of accepting an offer of employment within professional soccer will greatly improve by going through the program. Upon graduation, SMWW will customize a soccer portfolio to assist you with your career goals.
Through our extensive network of professional soccer teams' worldwide, soccer departments, and soccer organizations, our objective is to prepare you for when the right job opportunities become available. Numerous people that have gone through our programs are now employed in great positions and you could do the same. We want to help you launch your soccer career and help you find a position where you can be the most successful and satisfied!
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THREE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $650
Or a single payment of $1,950 Includes all course textbooks and access to a web-based classroom. Shipping is additional.
APPROXIMATELY $1950
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       Prerequisites: Must be 18 or older to participate and have a passion for sports.
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DC United Performance Analyst
President at International Soccer Academy of America
SMWW courses are without a doubt a very credible and prestigious all around the world. The experience and network of its mentors are tremendous. Anyone who wishes to enter a sports career she look no further than SMWW.
SMWW courses are without a doubt a very credible and prestigious all around the world. The experience and network of its mentors are tremendous. Anyone who wishes to enter a sports career she look no further than SMWW.
SMWW is the best place in sports one can graduate from and be connected all over the world. Thank you, SMWW!
SMWW is the best place in sports one can graduate from and be connected all over the world. Thank you, SMWW!
SMWW has exposed and opened up my knowledge of the sport Industry. I have been doing sport business casually, lacking the knowledge of what I am required to do and how to act during negotiations, approaching clubs and players. I encourage people who want a successful career to study with SMWW. I thought I knew it all but I was shocked to discover how little I know during the 8 weeks course. Thanks SMWW
SMWW has exposed and opened up my knowledge of the sport Industry. I have been doing sport business casually, lacking the knowledge of what I am required to do and how to act during negotiations, approaching clubs and players. I encourage people who want a successful career to study with SMWW. I thought I knew it all but I was shocked to discover how little I know during the 8 weeks course. Thanks SMWW
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