Course catalog

Anti-Doping Education

How clean sport is protected — the World Anti-Doping system, the Prohibited List, testing procedures, athlete rights and supplement contamination.

Athlete Branding and NIL

How athletes build and protect commercial value — personal brand strategy, name image and likeness, content, endorsements and reputation.

Careers in the Sports Industry

What the jobs in sport actually are, what they pay, which need a specific qualification, and how people get hired. Free, with a certificate.

Community and Grassroots Sport Development

How sport is used to change things at community level — sport for development, assessing need, inclusion, volunteers, and measuring social impact.

Esports Management

How competitive gaming works as an industry — the ecosystem, franchised leagues, sponsorship, broadcast operations, welfare and integrity.

Football Analytics with Python

Go from no code at all to analysing real matches — Python in Colab, pandas, StatsBomb open data, FBref, pitch maps, and how expected goals is computed.

Golf Course Maintenance Management

The management side of running a golf course — best-practice programmes, the maintenance facility, water efficiency, budgets, safety and climate action.

Golf Operations and Events

The customer-facing side of a golf facility — running the operation, training staff, service, pace of play, and delivering tournaments.

Introduction to AI in Sport

What artificial intelligence really does in sport — computer vision, automated officiating, injury models, AI scouting — and how to judge the claims.

Introduction to Event and Venue Management

How a sporting event actually happens — bidding, planning, logistics, safety and crowd management, ticketing, volunteers and evaluation.

Introduction to Golf Course Agronomy

How a golf course's playing surfaces are produced — turfgrass biology, soil and drainage, mowing, aeration, topdressing, disease and pests.

Introduction to Performance Analysis

What a performance analyst does — notation, video analysis, key performance indicators, opposition scouting, and feedback a coach will use.

Introduction to Physical Literacy

What physical literacy is — motivation, confidence, competence and understanding — and how to build it from early childhood to old age.

Introduction to Sports Analytics

How data is actually used in professional sport — Moneyball, expected goals, tracking data — and the jobs it leads to. Free, with a certificate.

Introduction to Sports Facility Management

How stadiums, grounds and community sports centres are actually run — operations, maintenance, playing surfaces, accessibility and paying for the building.

Introduction to Sports Finance and Economics

Where the money in sport comes from, how a club's accounts actually work, and why competitive balance is an economic problem.

Introduction to Sports Management

How clubs, leagues and governing bodies are organised, funded and run — revenue, governance, contracts and the commercial structure of sport.

Introduction to Sports Marketing

How sports properties find, grow and keep an audience — segmentation, brand equity, fan engagement and digital strategy. Free, with a certificate.

Introduction to Sports Media and Broadcasting

How live sport reaches an audience — media rights, the production truck, the shift to streaming, and the ethics of sports journalism.

Introduction to Sports Psychology

The mental side of performance — motivation, confidence, attention, anxiety, cohesion, burnout and career transition. Free, with a certificate.

Introduction to Sports Science and Physiology

How the body responds to training — energy systems, adaptation, biomechanics, programme design, load monitoring and recovery. Free, with a certificate.

Introduction to Sports Sponsorship

The commercial craft of sport — building inventory, valuing it, writing the proposal, activating the deal and proving it worked. Free, with a certificate.

Olympic Studies

The Olympic Games as history, institution and political object — Olympism, governance, host selection, legacy, and the questions the Games cannot avoid.

Safeguarding in Sport

How sport keeps participants safe — safeguarding principles, recognising abuse and grooming, reporting concerns, safer recruitment and online safety.

Sport Management: Full Lecture Course

A complete university lecture course in sport management — history, management, marketing, finance, law, ethics, facilities, events, sponsorship and IP.

Sports Coaching

How coaching actually works — building a philosophy, session design, the constraints-led approach, feedback, and long-term athlete development.

Sports Entrepreneurship

Building a business in sport — finding a real problem, choosing a model, validating it with actual customers, raising money, and sports technology.

Sports Governance and Policy

Who runs sport and who they answer to — governance models, boards and accountability, national policy, integrity and conflicts of interest.

Sports Law

How law shapes sport — the legal structure of the sports world, contracts, arbitration and the CAS, image rights, and competition integrity.

Sports Nutrition

What the evidence says about fuelling athletes — energy and macronutrients, hydration, timing, supplements, and the risks of under-fuelling.

Sports Tourism

Why people travel for sport and what it is worth — destination and event strategy, the travelling fan, economic impact, and destination marketing.

Sustainability in Sport

Sport's environmental footprint and what is being done about it — venues, carbon, water, waste, transport, climate risk and reporting.

Tableau for Sport

Build the dashboards sports analysts get paid for — pitch maps, pass networks, zones, radars, season and scouting dashboards. Free, in Tableau Public.

Talent Identification and Scouting

How players are found, judged and developed — talent identification principles, observation and reporting, pathways, data recruitment and bias.

Test and Measurement in Sport

The tools, equipment and protocols used to collect sports performance data — anthropometry, strength, speed, agility, jump testing, GPS and wearables.

UGC NET Physical Education — Paper 2 (Full Syllabus)

Complete, free preparation for UGC NET Physical Education Paper 2, covering all ten units of the June 2019 revised syllabus, with a test after every unit.

Bachelor of Sports Management (B.S.M.)

The Bachelor of Sports Management is a four-year undergraduate degree for students who want to run the business of sport rather than play it. It is awarded by Mind Power University, Bhimtal, Nainital — a UGC-recognised State Private University in Uttarakhand — and taught on the university's own Bhimtal campus, which Sportal operates as the IMPACT campus.

Credits

132

Duration

4 yrs

Awarding university

Mind Power University

PG Diploma in Sports Analytics

A one-year postgraduate route into the data side of sport, awarded by Mind Power University, Bhimtal, Nainital and taught at the Sportal IMPACT campus. It is open to graduates of any discipline.

Credits

45

Duration

1 yr

Awarding university

Mind Power University