Marius Pokolm

Marius Pokolm is a Sports Science researcher at German Sport University Cologne, affiliated with the Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics and Sport Informatics and Sports Games Research group. He recently completed his doctoral studies with a 2024 dissertation on performance parameters in football.

His research focuses on visual scanning mechanisms in football, examining how players gather visual information through head movements during matches. This work bridges sports science, cognitive psychology, and data analytics to understand the relationship between visual perception and on-field decision-making.

Analysis of his publication trends shows consistent focus on visual perception in football across competitive levels, with increasing methodological sophistication from observational studies (2021) to modeling approaches (2022-2023). His work demonstrates particular expertise in analyzing youth development pathways and elite performance indicators.

Pokolm was a key contributor to the third-party funded research project 'Spielanalyse in Sportspielen' (2019-2020), which examined behavioral dynamics, group interactions, and analytical tools in sports games. The project received significant academic attention with 119 X posts and 54 Mendeley readers for its primary output.