Sean Cumming PhD
@phd_sean
Researcher on growth and maturation in sport and exercise, bio-banding, talent development, Orcadian, Scottish, University of Bath
Great to see @IrishFA follow in the footsteps of Belgium, Denmark and Sweden in pioneering futures programmes for late developers
🎥 Irish FA Lead Physical Performance Coach Simon Coleman explains the benefits of the new NI Futures Programme Grouping young players by biological maturity, not just age, as part of our ever evolving player pathway ⚽️
A summary of two recent studies related to the 📆Relative Age Effect and talent identification and selection in youth soccer (but applicable across many youth sports). joeeisenmann.substack.com/p/tryouts-the-…
We're looking for a new Academy Physical Performance Coach to come and join us at Arsenal Academy. This person will play a key role in the athletic development of all our Academy players (U9-U16). For more information - Link below. careers.arsenal.com/jobs/6222708-a…
Besides learning growth & maturation applied to youth sport from Prof Malina, the other thing @phd_sean and I picked up was this homemade salsa recipe from his wife - we simply call it ‘the Eva Malina salsa’🍅🌶️
I'm happy to share a new web application I have created - The GMtracker! The Growth and Maturation Tracker is a tool designed to monitor the growth and maturation of young athletes. gmtracker.app
Somewhere across America, college baseball coaches are at a showcase tourney ... here's why they need to understand growth and maturation. joeeisenmann.substack.com/p/why-college-…
🚨 Interested in Physical Literacy Research? Why not explore the opportunity to study a Masters by Research, Professional Doctorate, or PhD with @LizDurdenMyers at Bath Spa University! 📚 Dive into groundbreaking research 👩🏫 Learn from leading academics in the field 📍 Be…
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Great work @SteveCurnyn.First publication for research within Growth and Maturation in Scotland. As one of the biggest studies in the world in this area, it is having a real impact on our academies. More work to do and some exciting research to follow 1/2
From Research to Practice: Harnessing Growth and Maturation 📽️ with Prof. Sean Cumming & PhD(c) Rob Mulcahy @phd_sean @robmulcahy3 👍 youtu.be/PYmhySEAkhU?si…
Delighted to share my first study of my PhD assessing the impact of relative age and biological maturity selection biases in Scottish professional academies. Huge thanks to @phd_sean, Sean Williams, @DebbiePalmerOLY and @markleslie88 @UKCCIIS tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Three fantastic opportunities to join the @CHi2PSBath and @UKCCIIS teams at the @UniofBath ! 2x SEM specialists and 1x Exercise Psychology. Links to positions: bath.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies… @JobsinSportSci
Just back from an amazing week at the World Congress of Soccer Science. Terrific event held at Celtic Park and Ibrox hosting some of the best practitioners and academics in the field of football science 🏴
“Survivorship bias” is a BIG problem in the leadership of change. It’s what happens when leaders & decision-makers focus only on the visible successes of a change process and ignore the many others who attempted similar strategies but failed. They put the “successes” on a…