What does a performance analyst actually do? (w. Carlon Carpenter, Head Video Analyst at Houston Dynamo)

Tifo Football Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Jon Mackenzie is joined by Carlon Carpenter to discuss what a performance analyst does. How did he get his foot in the door at University of Virginia? What are the biggest differences between the analysis processes at the different levels? Are preconceived biases a thing in video/performance analysis? How much of the analysis is of what the coaching staff want to see vs. highlighting things they should be seeing? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	Hello and welcome to the Tefo Football Podcast. I am John Mackenzie and I am joined by a very festive Mike Zimmerman, Mike Hady. Happy Holidays John and I'm excited to to hear another American voice today.
1:08.6	Yes, because we have a very exciting guest in the studio this week with us of Carl on Carpenter who is one of the
1:14.6	performance analysts at Houston Dynamo in MLS. He came to talk to us all about
1:19.8	performance analysis, what a performance analyst does.
1:22.8	Mike, you just listened to that conversation, what did you make of it?
1:25.3	Well, actually, John, I would like to take this time and flip this back on to you.
1:29.1	What were your thoughts on Carlin explaining the performance analyst path he took in the US because I know things in America are quite different from the UK and Europe.
1:37.8	Yeah, I'd always love talking to people who are working behind the scenes at clubs because so much of what happens
1:43.4	none of us actually get to see.
1:44.8	So really fascinating to have access to someone
1:47.6	who is at the top of their game like Carlon is talking about what it is that they do
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