Sports Courses

Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

1094 reviews

Learn about Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and understand how nutrition can support exercise and sports performance.

• edX
• 4-8 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Game Developers and Esports Organizations

169 ratings at Coursera

Before you can have an Esport, you must have a video game to play and a game developer to design it. This course is dedicated to discussing game developers and their relationship with their respective Esport. The content will help you recognize the quali…

• Coursera
• 4-5 hours worth of material, 2 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Foundations of Sports Analytics: Data, Representation, and Models in Sports

126 ratings at Coursera

This course provides an introduction to using Python to analyze team performance in sports. Learners will discover a variety of techniques that can be used to represent sports data and how to extract narratives based on these analytical techniques. The m…

• Coursera
• 49 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Moneyball and Beyond

37 ratings at Coursera

The book Moneyball triggered a revolution in the analysis of performance statistics in professional sports, by showing that data analytics could be used to increase team winning percentage. This course shows how to program data using Python to test the c…

• Coursera
• 29 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Prediction Models with Sports Data

23 ratings at Coursera

In this course the learner will be shown how to generate forecasts of game results in professional sports using Python. The main emphasis of the course is on teaching the method of logistic regression as a way of modeling game results, using data on team…

• Coursera
• 33 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Wearable Technologies and Sports Analytics

19 ratings at Coursera

Sports analytics now include massive datasets from athletes and teams that quantify both training and competition efforts. Wearable technology devices are being worn by athletes everyday and provide considerable opportunities for an in-depth look at the…

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Esports Teams and Professional Players

73 ratings at Coursera

This course will be focusing on the competitive Esport team and individual professional players. Whether you are playing on a team or competing as an individual, you will find that being a professional Esports player is more complex and nuanced than most…

• Coursera
• 6-7 hours worth of material, 2 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Collegiate Esports and Career Planning

46 ratings at Coursera

This course will be covering hot topics in the Esports industry. With Esports exploding in popularity over the last ten years, there are a lot of issues to discuss. We will also be talking about collegiate Esports and career planning in order to underst…

• Coursera
• 4-5 hours worth of material, 2 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Esports Management Capstone Project

41 ratings at Coursera

We will analyze the pros and cons of creating a single or multiple Esport organization and recommend an effective branding strategy for a hypothetical Esport organization based on current Esport branding considerations. You will develop a plan for recrui…

• Coursera
• 3 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

How to Win at Texas Hold'em Poker (January IAP 2016)

This short course covers the poker concepts, math concepts, and general concepts needed to play the game of Texas Hold'em on a professional level.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Football: More than a Game

2 reviews

Explore the world of football (soccer), the money, the rivalries, the trends, the past, the present, the men’s game, the woman’s game and the real issues. Whether you love it, hate it or try to ignore it – join us as we go behind the scenes to examine wh…

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data Analytics in Sports Law and Team Management

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental ideas in applying data analytics to issues surrounding key regulatory and management functions within the sports industry. Sports as an industry is increasingly relying on data analytics for more ef…

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Player Evaluation, Team Performance and Roster Management

This course will provide students with an introduction to using specific data techniques to address key sports administrative functions in team and roster management. The primary focus is on the use of data analysis in player acquisition and retention,…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Entertainment and Sports Marketing

424 ratings at Coursera

This course will provide learners with a fundamental understanding of the characteristics and marketing strategies related to two key global industries, sports and entertainment. The growth in both industries have been fueled by their ability to innovate…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Florida

The Science of Training Young Athletes

770 ratings at Coursera

This course is packed full of practical sports science information that provide youth coaches and parents with the practical pediatric sports science insights to successfully retain young athletes and develop their sport potential while avoiding injury a…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)