Research interests
Chris`s research interests generally span the themes of athletic performance monitoring, long-term athletic development, talent identification and performance analysis of athletes’, with a specific focus on team-sports. His research values the translation of laboratory- and field-based research into industry-practice. Accordingly, he is currently involved in research projects with a number of professional sports teams and athletes:
Maturity-status ‘bio-banding’ as a tool for ongoing talent (de)selection of academy soccer players using a multi
The influence of maturity status on the efficacy of differential RPE (dRPE) within a professional youth football training and match programme.
The influence of maturity status on the technical and tactical demands of a professional youth football training and match programme.
Understanding the transfer between training and match play in professional football: Does the way we train translate to the match?
Examining player recovery kinetics in professional football.
The efficacy of virtual reality training in professional football.
The effect of training-ring size on the physical, technical, tactical, and movement profiles of Olympic-style boxers.
Postgraduate supervision
The influence of growth, maturity status and birth date distribution on the physical characteristics of elite youth football players.
The efficacy of virtual reality training in professional football.
Examining player recovery kinetics in professional football
PhD supervisions:
Tom Bennett - PT PhD, Hull FC RFU ("Evaluation of individualized speed running thresholds")
Ben Greenhough - PT PhD, Hull City AFC ("Efficacy of virtual reality training in elite soccer players")
Aimee Evans - PT PhD, ("Examining player recovery kinetics in professional)
Tia Kate Davidson - PT PhD, Manchester City FC ("Examing the the technical and tactical responses of acdemy soccer players")
MSc supervisions:
James Robinson - MRes, ("The validation of a new psycho-social behavioural scoring system for use within acdemy soccer")
Emily Escreet - MRes, Norwich City FC ("Technical and tactical demands of academy soccer players")
Demi Jo Watson - MRes, ("Coaches perceptions of bio-banding")
James Mallett - MRes, Hull City AFC ("Technical and Tactical demands of professional soccer players")
Amy Stringer - MRes, Hull City AFC ("Technical characteristics of academy soccer players during bio-banded match-play")
Kieran Short - MRes, Hull City AFC ("The use of differential RPE within academy soccer")
Danny Snow - MRes, ("Physiological responses of boxers according to ring size")
Alex Lowthorpe - MRes, Hull City AFC ("Influence of relative pitch size during bio-banded play") Completed 2021
Calum MacMaster - MRes, Hull City AFC ("The effect of bio-banding on talent identification in soccer") Completed 2019