Analyst Helm knows football from every angle

The 34-year-old replaced Kai-Norman Schulz, who joined Borussia Dortmund in December 2017. Stephan Helm is obsessed with football, in a positive way. He loves the sport since his earliest childhood, knows it from all perspectives: as a player, trainer and analyst.

Helm financed his following degree for sport and history in Vienna with playing football in Burgenland (i.a. for UFC Purbach, SV Mattersburg amateurs, SC / ESV Parndorf and SC Neusiedl) and in Lower Austria (SC Sollenau).

"I turned my hobby into my profession"

"Even back then, football was my biggest hobby, then I turned it into my profession. It could have not gotten any better," the former defensive midfielder, who worked as a teacher at the AHS Neusiedl/See for four and a half years says.

Helm knows theory and practice from personal experience. During his active time, he played a total of 176 competitive games (7 goals and 1 assist), 142 in the ‘Regionalliga Ost’, 25 in the league in Burgenland, five in the ÖFB Cup and four in the relegation to the First League.

Magister Helm, who holds the UEFA B license and was coach in Pamhagen before, remained in Burgenland. He lives there with his wife and their six-month-old son Florian. In the "deepest Seewinkel", as he says, happy in the natural area.

Working for television broadcaster Sky after his studies

Football was always Helm’s companion. After graduation, he worked for the pay-tv channel Sky Sport Austria and now belongs to the violet family. "Thus, I got a job that has always fascinated me," Stephan says.

Now the video and game analyst often commutes between Pamhagen and the provincial sports center VIVA in Steinbrunn, Burgenland. Starting this summer, he will be working in the new Generali-Arena, further away from his adopted home.

No problem if you enjoy the task you do, like he does. For football, he would do almost everything. What does Stephan's workday look like? "Analyze the game afterwards and when that's done continue with preparations for the next opponent," Helm explains.

Why Helm sometimes films training as well

During the week he looks at many videos and prepares a lot for the coach accordingly. Helm is also involved in the training sessions, in order to gain impressions, to filter game scenes and to customise his analyses for the coach. "It's important to find the crucial information," he explains.

For this purpose, special tactical content is being filmed during training and analysed afterwards, so that the player receives feedback immediately. "It's also about giving the coach the opportunity to see more details from the training sessions in the video," Helm says.

Preparation for the final meeting

Everything has to be prepared for the countdown on day of the game. Via a Power Point presentation everything is prepared for the final meeting with the team in the hotel. "This allows the head coach to address all the details, such as the game plan, standards, tactics and line-up," Schulz’s successor says.

Of course, our new man has a speciality in video analysis. As much as he was confronted with the defensive game as a player, he now cares a lot about ball possession, the opening of the game and control over the game. "I particularly concentrate on these areas," Helm reveals.

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