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Practitioners Perceived Effectiveness and Application of Maturity Status Bio-Banding for Talent Identification and Development (2023)
Thesis
Watson, D.-J. Practitioners Perceived Effectiveness and Application of Maturity Status Bio-Banding for Talent Identification and Development. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4415720

Bio-banding is an approach used to group athletes based on their characteristics in relation to growth and maturity, rather than their chronological age. Although recent research has explored the effect of bio-banding on various markers (e.g., techni... Read More about Practitioners Perceived Effectiveness and Application of Maturity Status Bio-Banding for Talent Identification and Development.

Practitioners perceived effectiveness and application of maturity status bio-banding for talent identification and development (2023)
Thesis
Watson, D.-J. Practitioners perceived effectiveness and application of maturity status bio-banding for talent identification and development. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4448211

Bio-banding is an approach used to group athletes based on their characteristics in relation to growth and maturity, rather than their chronological age. Although recent research has explored the effect of bio-banding on various markers (e.g., techni... Read More about Practitioners perceived effectiveness and application of maturity status bio-banding for talent identification and development.

Soccer academy practitioners' perceptions and application of bio-banding (2023)
Journal Article
Towlson, C., Watson, D. J., Cumming, S., Salter, J., & Toner, J. (2023). Soccer academy practitioners' perceptions and application of bio-banding. PLoS ONE, 18(1), Article e0274079. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274079

The primary aims of this study were to examine the application of maturity status bio-banding within professional soccer academy programmes and understand the methods employed, the intended objectives, and the potential barriers to bio-banding. Using... Read More about Soccer academy practitioners' perceptions and application of bio-banding.

‘I like to run to feel’: embodiment and wearable mobile tracking devices in distance running (2023)
Journal Article
Toner, J., Allen-Collinson, J., Jackman, P. C., Jones, L., & Addrison, J. (2023). ‘I like to run to feel’: embodiment and wearable mobile tracking devices in distance running. Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2023.2225516

Many experienced runners consider the use of wearable devices an important element of the training process. A key techno-utopic promise of wearables lies in the use of proprietary algorithms to identify training load errors in real-time and alert use... Read More about ‘I like to run to feel’: embodiment and wearable mobile tracking devices in distance running.