It’s a real privilege to work with this group of players and support them for the UEFA Develolment u16 tournament in Cyprus. Even more delighted to come back winning out right beating Cyprus 🇨🇾, Romania 🇷🇴 and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧. #sportscience #football #scotland

📊How do we track changes in players fitness in the absence of max testing? Submax fitness testing provides a solution. But which protocol and by how much do they need to change? 🤔 Some suggestions here from the Performance team at Hibernian ⚽️ researchgate.net/publication/38…

Research Associate (Injury and Illness Surveillance, and Growth and Maturation in Premier League Academy Football) - closing date March 18th: bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a… CHi2PS UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence

Delighted to have my presentation accepted for the WCSS2025 in Glasgow. Will be great to highlight the key findings of our research regarding Relative Age and Biological Maturity in Scottish Football 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Just had an amazing few days on the UEFA B fitness license with the Scottish FA. Really interesting to see UEFA.com bring out this qualification bespoke to fitness practitioners, keeping in-line with their coaching licenses. #sportscience #football

Getting the quarterly growth and maturation assessments done tonight. Pizza with heights and weights is a winning combo

Looking forward to presenting this at the OSTRC 2025 conference in Norway this week. To date, this research showcases why it is important for accurate and consistent growth and maturation monitoring and what type of risk is involved on a young developing footballer ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

I was delighted to present the findings, to date, on our injury surveillance project across the professional academies ⚽️ in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 at the #OSTRC25 conference, held in the stunning town of Svolvær this week #football #injuries #youth

Just back from the #OSTRC25 conference with the incredible joint IOC research team from University of Bath CHi2PS and The University of Edinburgh. It’s inspiring to see work that directly impacts real-world challenges and helps shape the future of our field.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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 Sean Cumming PhD, Sean Williams, Dr Debbie Palmer OLY and Mark Leslie UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Brilliant work Simon Coleman, great to see this is getting up and running

Article and video on how Steven Curnyn 's research on growth and maturation in Scottish Academy football is changing policy and practice 'North of the Border' 👏⚽️🔬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland National Team UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence CHi2PS Dr Debbie Palmer OLY tinyurl.com/6kx6ucu8

It was great to work on this project identifying the impact of relative age and maturation on Club Academy Scotland. Huge shout out to Sean Cumming PhD Mark Leslie Sean Williams and Dr Debbie Palmer OLY UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

It’s great to see the impact our research has had on the talent identification and development pathways in CAS. Hopefully this paves the way for more informed decision making on these processes to strengthen our game long term 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️

Always great to chat with Ben and Jordan Football Fitness Federation. Good discussion on our research with the Scottish FA on all things growth and maturation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️

Excellent interview from Steven Curnyn on his work with the Scottish FA around player growth, maturation and injury risk in academy soccer. The evidence continues to build 👏⚽️🔬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sean Williams Dr Debbie Palmer OLY UKCCIIS - IOC Research Centre of Excellence CHi2PS

Looking forward to presenting our work on the impact of growth and maturation on injuries next week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️

Super day at the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Biological Maturation Symposium – sharing experiences with world-class coaches & researchers on best practice across sports & cultures. Huge credit to Des Ryan for bringing everyone together! #Growth #Maturation #longtermathletedevelopment #GAA

Terrific growth and maturation sharing event held at West Ham United by David Johnson. Their work in the field is very inspiring. Combined with other top presentations by Sean Cumming PhD on skeletal age assessments and Xabi Monasterio on his work at Athletic Club #maturation #football