{"id":28107,"date":"2024-10-24T13:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=article&p=28107"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:01:31","slug":"your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n\t
\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n 24 Oct 2024 <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
Category<\/div>\n Data & Innovation<\/a>, Leadership & Culture<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n
Share<\/div>\n Facebook<\/a>\n Twitter<\/a>\n Email<\/a>\n Copy Link<\/a>\n
https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

As Vignesh Jayanth of AS Monaco explains, when data is integral to your performance conversations, the analyst can better place themselves at the service of the team.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

\n

By John Portch<\/h6>\n
When the Leaders Performance Institute asks Vignesh Jayanth what tool would enable him to do his job better, his answer is both light-hearted and instructive.<\/h6>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like a robot that could do my job and I just tell it what to do,\u201d says the Head of Sporting Insights at AS Monaco with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Time, resource and support are precious commodities for data analysts. They can only be earned through trust and belief in the value of the insights they provide.<\/p>\n

\u201cData can help to make decisions, set directions and add value to people\u2019s opinions,\u201d Jayanth continues, \u201cand it\u2019s also there to ask the right questions. The important thing is to create a holistic picture to help a player or coach understand what they\u2019re doing and why they should be doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cNumbers sometimes speak louder than simply saying things.\u201d<\/p>\n

But what makes those numbers the right numbers? With Jayanth\u2019s help, we explore how your analysis team can turn insights into a critical performance edge.<\/p>\n

For better integration consider: is your insight \u2018great-to-know\u2019 or \u2018good-to-know\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How integrated is data analysis within your multidisciplinary work? If you struggle you\u2019re not alone; it is arguably the analyst\u2019s most enduring challenge. Where it exists, integrated analysis can provide insights that will inform decision-making, both for the match at the weekend and looking further ahead.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s often tricky to reach that point. \u201cMaybe overtime you gain that sort of trust, but in football, it\u2019s quite hard because there can be lot of turnover,\u201d says Jayanth of European football in general.<\/p>\n

How can the analyst better help themselves in a volatile world? A clear data strategy with the right support structure helps but, too often, data analysts struggle when making the distinction between what Jayanth terms \u201cgreat-to-know\u201d (\u201csomething that could influence the next few games or the next two to three months\u201d) and \u201cgood-to-know\u201d (\u201csomething that could influence future practice\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalysts get pulled into the tendency of everyone putting their heads down and working towards the weekend ahead,\u201d he continues. \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to take a step back and look at things from a global perspective.\u201d Indeed, you should reiterate those good-to-knows occasionally. The frequency may depend on whether or not you are running data analysis from your academy through to your senior team or whether you are part of a wider team quietly running models in the background.<\/p>\n

Take athletes and coaches through a \u2018process of realisation\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data must be relevant and consumable at the right times. The data, in Jayanth\u2019s case, needs to be football-relevant and, ideally, will be \u201cencapsulated in one or two points.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is what he calls a \u201cprocess of realisation\u201d for coaches and performance staff. He says: \u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned over time is it\u2019s better to ask questions with information that you have and then the coach can try to understand what\u2019s needed by themselves. It has to be a process of realisation because no-one wants to be told what to do\u201d.<\/p>\n

As a coach begins to make their decision, they might also bring other members of staff into the conversation. \u201cEventually, it\u2019s like a circle where you say \u2018I found something interesting, what do you think?\u2019 and then the coach gives you their perspective, which could be completely different from what you\u2019ve been thinking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such a difference in opinion is not necessarily a bad thing, even when pursuing coach or athlete buy-in. \u201cIt helps you, once you build that relationship, to go back and analyse elements for the future; and you can always bring back this conversation and say \u2018this is what you mentioned, this is what I took away, and this is what we analysed\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here, Jayanth\u2019s advice for analysts is simple. \u201cKnow your audience,\u201d he says. \u201cKnow exactly what their role is and what they are doing and eventually see how you could give them an impactful suggestion or an impactful way of making yourself more useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018No-one cares how, they just want it done \u2013 so prioritise\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a data analyst, what is the key to working under pressure? \u201cPrioritising helps,\u201d says Jayanth, referring back to the great-to-know versus good-to-know balance. \u201cIt also depends on how you\u2019re structured as an organisation\u201d, he adds, alluding to the fact that no two clubs are the same.<\/p>\n

Moreover, if the performance team comes to you with a request that sidelines your current projects, it is an opportunity to strengthen the standing of your work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to be able to communicate clearly and find a solution at that point, so if there\u2019s something that breaks down in the process, you can just tell them \u2018OK, let\u2019s find another way\u2019 and continue to include them in that process; but ultimately no-one cares how it\u2019s done, they just want it done, so prioritising really helps.\u201d<\/p>\n

To wrap up, the Leaders Performance Institute asks Jayanth for one mistake he\u2019s made that other analysts should avoid. \u201cI would say finding the right place to speak to someone at the right time and then picking your battles.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/div>\n

\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":28108,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[23,20],"pathway":[375],"topic":[326,315,316],"sport":[303],"class_list":["post-28107","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-innovation","category-leadership-culture-performance","pathway-planning-and-delivery","topic-programming","topic-project-planning","topic-strategic-planning","sport-football"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYour Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Performance Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-15T11:01:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/\",\"name\":\"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-24T13:57:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-15T11:01:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Monaco's Ivorian defender #17 Wilfried Singo (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League, League phase - Matchday 3, football match between AS Monaco and FK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE \/ AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE\/AFP via Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/\",\"name\":\"Performance Institute\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute","og_url":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/","og_site_name":"Performance Institute","article_modified_time":"2025-12-15T11:01:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/","url":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/","name":"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing - Performance Institute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-24T13:57:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-15T11:01:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179482599-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Monaco's Ivorian defender #17 Wilfried Singo (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League, League phase - Matchday 3, football match between AS Monaco and FK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE \/ AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE\/AFP via Getty Images)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/your-coach-and-analyst-disagree-thats-no-bad-thing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Your Coach and Analyst Disagree? That\u2019s No Bad Thing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/","name":"Performance Institute","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/28107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/28107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28109,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/28107\/revisions\/28109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28107"},{"taxonomy":"pathway","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pathway?post=28107"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=28107"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=28107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}