FEATURE / RYAN DEFREITAS Introduction

The use of unpaid internships in elite sport has typically been used to boost departmental provision. At Leicester City, the club recognised the need to move away from what has often been associated with questionable and unethical working models to ensuring our ‘interns’ have the best possible experience at the Club. In this article, the clubs lead academy analyst, Ryan DeFreitas, now into his 9th season with the category one club, provides insight into the desire to extract real value from student involvement in performance analysis workflows.