Dr. Mike Hughes

Dr. Mike Hughes

Executive Committee member

Professor Mike Hughes has been interested in Notational Analysis for over 30 years. „ Father”of Performance Analysis”…He has workedas an analyst with NGB teams in squash, hockey, soccer,rugby union, tennis and badminton. He has published over 160 research articles; he is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences both for academics and coaches. Mike has also written and contributed to over 28 books and organized 30 international conferences. His areas of expertise include modeling, perturbations, tactical and technical analyses, and movement analysis. Recent research covers work in performance indicators in soccer, racket sports, performance indicators in basketball, cricket, sports acrobatics, perturbations in soccer, women’s squash, reliability techniques in performance analysis and scoring goals in soccer He was the Founder and now President, of the International Society of Analysis of Sport (ISPAS), and also founded the International Journal of Performance Analysis of Sport. He is Chair, Performance Analysis Sub Group, INSHS. Mike is a Visiting Professor to 9 universities worldwide, accredited Level 7 by ISPAS, BASES Accredited ‘Sport and Exercise Scientist’, and as a Level IV squash coach, he coached English and Welsh national squads and the GB University squash squad. He is Professor Emeritus and works as a retired guest professor in different universties all around the world.