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Introduction
Strength & Conditioning Coach and Lecturer, with a keen interest in the identification and development of gifted and talented athletes.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
April 2022 - December 2024
January 2019 - June 2022
May 2018 - August 2018
South Thames College
Position
- Lecturer
Education
January 2019 - June 2022
September 2016 - August 2018
September 2013 - July 2014
Publications
Publications (17)
PurposeUnderstanding the desired attributes for talented soccer players may give insight into the process of (de)selection and player development. This study aimed to explore soccer academy personnel’s perceptions of attributes associated with talent and development.Methods
Thirty English and Scottish academy personnel (managers, coaches, recruitme...
Within a group of adolescent Australian Rules Football (ARF) players, individuals of the same chronological age can differ greatly in biological maturation, with some players maturing vastly earlier or later than their peers. Such large differences in maturity can cause a disparity between physical performance, influence the perceptions of talent,...
The present study engaged in an ethnographical observation of the processes used to determine player (de)selections within a professional academy. English category-2 youth academy players (n = 96) from U10-U16 age groups undertook anthropometric profiling (height, mass and somatic maturation) and fitness assessments (10m, 20m & 30m linear sprints,...
Talent selection and development in academy soccer is highly dependent on coach intuition. Given such reliance upon subjective inputs, a greater understanding towards the utility of coach intuition may prove invaluable. The present study investigated coach agreement, the associations between subjective and objective outcomes and prominent traits hi...
Coach intuition plays a critical role in the selection of academy players. A coach's beliefs about a player's current abilities and perceived potential are critical in deciding a player's future. Therefore, this study attempted to gain insight towards each coach's experience and beliefs in selecting players, before undertaking a hypothetical select...
As an athlete develops through their respective talent pathway, those who are continually retained will eventually reach a critical transition point, whereby successful selection will commonly result in a part-time to full-time performance programme transition. Though such offerings remain sport-dependent, these transitions are typically accompanie...
This research investigated athletes transitioning from part-time to full-time performance programmes, seeking to understand commonalities in successful transitions alongside potential barriers and pinch points. Understanding the common themes related to successful athlete transitions, alongside potential barriers and pinch points, provides practiti...
Soccer academies are challenged with uncovering and developing talented players for the future. Player identification, selection, and the ongoing reselection (typically concluding the season for the Under 10 (U10), Under 12 (U12), Under 14 (U14) & Under 16 (U16) age groups) traditionally entail the utilisation of objective (technical/tactical, phys...
Talent detection (TDE) seeks to identify talented athletes via the
assessment of non-sport-specific physical characteristics that underpin
athletic performance. TDE protocols are traditionally administered
within set chronological age boundaries, thus disregarding within-group
variation in biological maturation. To address this limitation, we sough...
Talent Detection (TDE) is a method for the identification of potentially talented athletes without the need for sport-specific skill 1. TDE measures various physical characteristics with the goal of identifying individuals with latent superior ability level. Interpretation of TDE data traditionally occurs in line with chronological age with a disre...
Talent Detection (TDE) is a method for the identification of potentially talented athletes establishing the physical ability of an athlete without the presence of sport specific skill. TDE typically uses assessments that identify physical characteristics inherent with the given sport, with ambitions to find those with superior physical ability. The...
