Choosing the Right Sport Horizon Power BI Course For You

By Ciaran Deely PhD

With several Power BI courses available at Sport Horizon, we’re often asked: Which course should I take first? or What’s the difference between them all?

We’ve designed our suite of courses to suit practitioners at various stages of their development — whether you're completely new to Power BI, already building your own dashboards, or looking to understand the deeper theoretical principles behind athlete monitoring.

This guide is intended to help you navigate that choice.

From hands-on Power BI fundamentals to advanced sport science dashboards, and from gym-based planning tools to full-scale load monitoring frameworks, each course is crafted to serve a clear purpose in your journey as a coach, analyst, or sport scientist.

Here’s how they compare:

Below is a quick-reference guide to help you choose the best Sport Horizon course based on your needs, experience, and goals.

Each of our four courses offers something unique.

The Power BI for Sport Scientists – Level 1 course gives you a structured introduction to Power BI through the lens of GPS training load data. You learn how to build clean, insightful session and weekly reports to track and benchmark athlete performance.

Power BI for Sport Scientists – Level 2 builds on those fundamentals and takes your skills into more advanced reporting — using DAX, data modelling, and dashboards for deeper athlete insights. It’s ideal for those ready to handle more complex data and calculations.

Power BI for S&C Coaches – Level 1 is our most tailored course for strength & conditioning practitioners, focusing on gym-based data, GPS planning, and attendance monitoring. The course is comprehensive, hands-on, and practical, helping coaches organise and present their work clearly.

Finally, Fundamentals of Load Monitoring is a course that stands apart. It combines the best of all worlds: sport science theory, applied frameworks, and hands-on Power BI training. It’s not about building dashboards for the sake of it — it’s about using your data to build intelligent systems and better performance conversations.

In Summary:
• If you want to learn how to use Power BI, start with the Level 1 courses.
• If you want to go deeper with Power BI, take Level 2.
• If you're focused on load monitoring, theory, and communication, then Fundamentals of Load Monitoring is the course for you.

Explore all courses at: https://www.sporthorizon.co.uk/store