Maturity-status ‘bio-banding’ as a tool for ongoing talent (de)selection of academy soccer players using a multi-disciplinary approach

Dr Christopher McLaren-Towlson C.Towlson@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Growth, maturation and talent identification of atheletes

Dr John Toner John.Toner@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Performance

Professor Grant Abt

The dose response relationships between measures of training load and changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2018

Understanding and promoting WhIslteblowing oN DOPing irregularities in the EU Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
The White Paper on Sport (2007) revealed that performance enhancing drugs in sport represents a threat to European sport. Little is known about the true prevalence of doping in sport. Although the World Anti-Doping Agency typically report that 1-2% o... Read More about Understanding and promoting WhIslteblowing oN DOPing irregularities in the EU.

TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital. Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
People with cancer have to travel to specialist cancer hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. A number of studies have identified an association between patients living further away from a cancer centre and being less likely to be treat... Read More about TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital..

Digital delivery of lifestyle behaviour change in patients requiring cardiac surgery? A scoping exercise focusing on patients and healthcare professionals Sep 12, 2022 - Jan 24, 2024
Patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) benefit from cardiac rehabilitation (Class 1, Level A evidence). CR is recommended by the WHO, NICE and the NHS. Pre and post operative lifestyle was a high priority, as independently ju... Read More about Digital delivery of lifestyle behaviour change in patients requiring cardiac surgery? A scoping exercise focusing on patients and healthcare professionals.

The validity, reliability and practical application of Sports Board within academy soccer programmes Jan 3, 2023 - Jan 2, 2026
The aim of the research thesis will be to establish the validity, reliability and practicle application of a new piece of technology (i.e. Sports Board) specifically designed to monitor and enhance the technical development of football players. In pa... Read More about The validity, reliability and practical application of Sports Board within academy soccer programmes.