Professor of Sport and Exercise | Director of #RAYSDLab | Course Leader for Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) | SFHEA MCASES CSci PSCC UEFA A
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18 Aug 2023
🚨NEW BOOK ALERT!🚨
Talent Identification and Development in Youth Soccer: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners ⚽️📕
Huge thanks to all the authors who contributed towards the 22 chapters! 😃🙌🏽
Check it out here… 📚⬇️
routledge.com/Talent-Identif…
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The Relative Age Effect in Women’s Soccer
Really pleased to share another article co‑authored with @AdamKelly07 Professor Adam L. Kelly in the latest issue of @SoccerCoaching
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What are the perceptions of youth academy football coaches in the UK of ‘playing‑up’?
Grateful to play a small part in this great study published in the @JSportsSci by @AdamKelly07, Achuthan Shanmugaratnam, Liam Davies, @matthewReeves, @JamesDugdale, and @AlexMcAuley2.
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We're proud to work with @SACAUK as one of our official delivery partners.
To create more opportunities for British South Asian players, the ECB has committed to invest in SACA through to 2028, supporting the men’s programme and now also piloting the new women’s programme to support female talent pathways.
Really excited to announce that our womens programme is expanding before it's even begun!!
Been blown away by the talent that applied - read the full story here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
saca-uk.com/female-programme
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Registration and abstract submission for the inaugural Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport (TIDES) Society Conference are now open!
Register here: lnkd.in/ePqu6UWk
Submit an abstract here: bit.ly/49Puqzl
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This going to be a really fantastic event for those researching and working in talent identification and talent development environments - looking forward to it! 🙌
Jan 30
The TIDES Society Inaugural Conference -Reimagining Talent: People, Places, and Possibilities in Sport
Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine how talent is identified, developed, governed, and experienced.
Registration now open:
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The launch of SACAs Women’s Programme… 👏🏏⬇️
🚨 SACA is launching its first-ever Women’s Programme 🏏
Built on a proven model that’s helped 18 men turn pro.
We’re recruiting 6–10 British South Asian women (18 ) for a fully funded, high-performance cricket programme, delivered with elite coaches & supported by @TakeHerLead
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Jan 13
Thank you @DrChrisBishop @AdamJHerbert91 for examining my PhD viva today, and to my supervisors @AdamKelly07 @rich_blagrove @MrThain for their guidance throughout. Grateful to everyone who has been involved.
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New Research: Editorial: 40 years of relative age effects in sport: lessons from the past and directions for the future frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #SportsActiveLiving
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13 Nov 2025
Following the Golden Thread 🌟🧵
Recently appointed Education Officer Calin started his coaching journey with us as part of the Sports Coaching and Development Foundation Degree, delivered by the Foundation and @MyBCU 🧑🏫
We caught up with him and course lead Anthony Weldon on how the course has supported his transition into employment within the Foundation 🎥
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8 Nov 2025
For colleagues and researchers working in #YouthSoccer, #TalentDevelopment, and #RelativeAgeEffect:
Our recently published article is now freely available with limited e-prints 🎓⚽️
@AdamKelly07
@AlexMcAuley2
@kocmuhammedemin
🔗 tandfonline.com/eprint/YHHW9…
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28 Oct 2025
‘I feel more comfortable in contact with similar-sized players’: male youth rugby union players’ perceptions of bio-banded training’
Delighted to see this published and massive thanks to all co-authors!
Available open-access here ⬇️
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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17 Oct 2025
If you’re looking for some CPD or considering studying a doctoral award, take a look at our Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) course for September 2026 ⤵️
bcu.ac.uk/courses/profession…
Feel free to reach out if you’d like to learn more… 📩Adam.Kelly@bcu.ac.uk
26 Sep 2025
Huge welcome to our inaugural @MyBCU Professional Doctorate in Sport colleagues 🙌
A really great first week - excited to be part of their doctoral studies, enjoying the experience and learning together along the way… 👏
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26 Sep 2025
Huge welcome to our inaugural @MyBCU Professional Doctorate in Sport colleagues 🙌
A really great first week - excited to be part of their doctoral studies, enjoying the experience and learning together along the way… 👏
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26 Sep 2025
Massive thanks to @lewisgough, @SimonIanCook, @AdamJHerbert91, @AndrewSayerBCU, and Faheemah Yilmaz for taking the time to join us as well… 🗣️
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19 Sep 2025
Excited to launch this project with @AdamKelly07, @JamesDugdale, and @mjreevesphd. Looking forward to collaborating with world-leading authors to advance knowledge in talent identification and development!
19 Sep 2025
🚨NEW BOOK SERIES LAUNCH!🚨
Very pleased to share our new @tides_society book series - Routledge Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport 📕
Find out more about the book series here ⤵️
routledge.com/tides
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Professor Adam L. Kelly retweeted
19 Sep 2025
Really excited to announce this launch alongside Adam, @MatthewAndrew23 and @mjreevesphd.
Looking forward to contributing and working with world-leading authors to grow knowledge on talent ID and development!
19 Sep 2025
🚨NEW BOOK SERIES LAUNCH!🚨
Very pleased to share our new @tides_society book series - Routledge Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport 📕
Find out more about the book series here ⤵️
routledge.com/tides
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19 Sep 2025
🚨NEW BOOK SERIES LAUNCH!🚨
Very pleased to share our new @tides_society book series - Routledge Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport 📕
Find out more about the book series here ⤵️
routledge.com/tides
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19 Sep 2025
If you are interested in editing or authoring a book in this area, please feel free to reach out to me or the other series editors for more information
📩 Adam.Kelly@bcu.ac.uk
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19 Sep 2025
Had a fantastic time at the Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network (@ESAN_Network) conference in Brighton last week. Massive thanks to the committee for organising it. 🙌
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19 Sep 2025
We also showcased some of our #RAYSDLab work, with Achuthan Shanmugaratnam, @RambaudElie, @MorgantiGab, @HinaxShafi, Johann Lux, and Omar Green all presenting their initial PhD studies. 👏
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19 Sep 2025
I also had the opportunity to present our study on coaches perceptions of birthday-banding in youth squash. You can also access the recently published article here… ⤵️
frontiersin.org/journals/spo…
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