Dr Adam L. Kelly
@AdamKelly07
Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise | Director of #RAYSDLab | Course Leader for Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) | SFHEA BASES CSci PSCC UEFA A
🚨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…

“Perceptual-Cognitive Skills and Talent Development Environments in Soccer: A Scoping Review” Delighted to have this published in PLOSONE Congratulations to Andrew Triggs on the first publication from your PhD. Big thanks to Joe Causer and @allistair1980.
🚨 ⚽️ Delighted our research is published @JSportsSci 📝 bit.ly/SSSeo 🔗 🔑 ⭐ Combined data - 🏃🏻♂️ profiling, performance analysis 💻 , and coach ratings 🔢 - provided the best model to predict (de)selection in youth male ⚽️ @ktconditioning @S_Emmonds @AdzKerr
⚽️ Must-read for anyone working in youth football development! 📚 This is practical, expert-informed, and much needed research that tackles one of the biggest biases in youth sport. #RAE #TalentDevelopment
The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) relative age solutions project 🇳🇱⚽️📆 Part 1️⃣ - A call to action frontiersin.org/journals/sport… Part 2️⃣ - An adapted e-Delphi study frontiersin.org/journals/sport… Part of our @FrontSportsAL special issue on RAEs ⤵️ frontiersin.org/research-topic…
The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) relative age solutions project 🇳🇱⚽️📆 Part 1️⃣ - A call to action frontiersin.org/journals/sport… Part 2️⃣ - An adapted e-Delphi study frontiersin.org/journals/sport… Part of our @FrontSportsAL special issue on RAEs ⤵️ frontiersin.org/research-topic…




Manca 1 settimana al #webinar "Giovani e Performance: S&C, Identificazione e Sviluppo del Talento" con Kevin Till, Adam Kelly e Stephen MacGabhann. Iscrizioni ancora aperte 👉itascs.it/prodotto/giova…
Here we go ⭐️ If you are a woman coach in football, qualified to UEFA C licence level, we want to learn from your experiences. What learning did you receive and require, to aid your coaching progression? Please 🙏 complete the short survey ⬇️ and play your part to impact ⚽️
Here we go ⭐️ If you’re a female football coach, qualified to UEFA C licence level, we want to learn from your experiences. What learning did you receive and require, to aid your coaching progression. Please 🙏 complete this short survey ⬇️ and play your part to impact ⚽️
🚨⚽️#newresearch Relative age effect at @Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status Open access: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
NEW Paper: Relative Age Effects in Women’s and Girls’ Cricket 🏴♀️🏏🧵 Significant RAEs within the national pathway RAEs increase with competition level RAE Reversal at senior level across all formats Effects sig for batters & bowlers but higher in batters
Not long left to apply ⚠️
Deadline to apply for our Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) is the 31st May 📆 Come and join our vibrant research community and maximise your potential at our world class facilities 🏟️ Feel free to reach out or find out more info and apply here 👇 bcu.ac.uk/dsport
Appreciate if any contacts working in football have the time to complete, retweet, and share with colleagues @IMukandi survey 👊
I am conducting a survey about the assessment of post- match fatigue and readiness to train in elite football players. If you work in football I would be very grateful if you could complete this 10 min survey eu.surveymonkey.com/r/NFFTKZ6
Deadline to apply for our Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) is the 31st May 📆 Come and join our vibrant research community and maximise your potential at our world class facilities 🏟️ Feel free to reach out or find out more info and apply here 👇 bcu.ac.uk/dsport
Join our Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) @MyBCU in Sept 2025 🤩 Expand your knowledge and skills, get involved with our research groups, and study at world class facilities 🔝 Please reach out if you are interested or find out more info here ⤵️ bcu.ac.uk/dsport
Fantastic day yesterday at the @NottmTrentUni research symposium on Talent Identification and Development: Opportunities and Challenges 🙌 Massive thanks to @FiekeRongen for organising the event and the invitation to discuss our recent @tides_network and @MyBCU #RAYSDLab work 👏




Competitive Match Running Speed Demands and Impact of Changing the Head Coach in Non-League Professional Football 📊Positional running demands vary 📉Coach changes ↓ physical outputs 🏟️High-intensity running lower than other cohorts mdpi.com/3294872 via @Sensors_MDPI
Happy to share our latest study investigating @premrugby player development: "No solutions, only trade-offs: An exploration of contextual factors influencing rugby union talent development environments" @DCU @DcuPerformance @insight_centre Full text👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Join our Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) @MyBCU in Sept 2025 🤩 Expand your knowledge and skills, get involved with our research groups, and study at world class facilities 🔝 Please reach out if you are interested or find out more info here ⤵️ bcu.ac.uk/dsport

Happy to share new paper co-authored with @Guilher89318211, @AlbertoGualda & @israelteoldo‼️ ⚽️ The effect of 14 training sessions on the development of decision-making skills in U-13 soccer players. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport doi.org/10.1080/247486…
Fantastic times and exciting research activities ahead at @MyBCU 😁
A massive welcome to @MorgantiGab, who is studying at the @MyBCU #RAYSDLab for six months as part of his PhD 🙌 We will be further exploring the talent development ecosystem in Italian sport and engaging in knowledge exchange activities with partners - looking forward to it! 🇮🇹