STATSports | Publications

Springham, M., Williams, S., Waldron, M., Strudwick, A. J., Mclellan, C., & Newton, R. U. (2020). Prior workload has moderate effects on high-intensity match performance in elite-level professional football players when controlling for situational and contextual variables. Journal of Sports Sciences.

Young, D., Kilty, J., Hennessy, L., & Coratella, G. (2020). The running performance decrement in elite hurling. Applied Sciences.

Johnston, R. D., Thornton, H. R., Wade, J. A., Devlin, P., & Duthie, G. M. (2020). The Distribution of Match Activities Relative to the Maximal Mean Intensities in Professional Rugby League and Australian Football. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

Clemente, F., Silva, R., Arslan, E., Aquino, R., Castillo, D., & Mendes, B. (2020). The effects of congested fixture periods on distance-based workload indices: A full-season study in professional soccer players. Biology of Sport.

Young, D., O’Grady, M., & Coratella, G. (2020). The match-play running performance of elite Camogie players across halves of play. Sport Sciences for Health.

Taberner, M, van Dyk, N, Allen, T, Richter, C, D., & B, Cohen, D. (2020). Physical Preparation and the Return to Performance of an Elite Female Soccer Player following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy.

Maughan, P. C., & Swinton, P. A. (2020). Physiological and perceptual responses of youth soccer players to an intensified period of competition. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.

Martín-García, A., Castellano, J., Méndez Villanueva, A., Gómez-Díaz, A., Cos, F., & Casamichana, D. (2020). Demands of Ball Possession Games in Relation to the Most Demanding Passages of a Competitive Match. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine.

Lutz, J., Memmert, D., Raabe, D., Dornberger, R., & Donath, L. (2020). Wearables for integrative performance and tactic analyses: Opportunities, challenges, and future directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Grainger, A., Comfort, P., & Heffernan, S. (2020). No effect of partial-body cryotherapy on restoration of countermovement jump or well-being performance in elite rugby union players during the competitive phase of the season. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance.

Gimenez, J. V., Garcia-Unanue, J., Navandar, A., Viejo-Romero, D., Sanchez-Sanchez, J., Gallardo, L., Felipe, J. L. (2020). Comparison between two different device models 18 Hz GPS used for time–motion analyses in ecological testing of football. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Clemente, F. M., Silva, R., Castillo, D., Los Arcos, A., Mendes, B., & Afonso, J. (2020). Weekly Load Variations of Distance-Based Variables in Professional Soccer Players: A Full-Season Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Beato, M., & Drust, B. (2020). Acceleration intensity is an important contributor to the external and internal training load demands of repeated sprint exercises in soccer players. Research in Sports Medicine.

Gualtieri, A., Rampinini, E., Sassi, R. & Beato, M. (2020) Workload Monitoring in Top-level Soccer Players During Congested Fixture Periods, International Journal of Sports Medicine.

Moreno-Perez, V., Malone, S., Sala-Perez, L., Lapuente-Sagarra, M., Campos-Vazquez, M.A. and Del Coso, J. (2019). Activity Monitoring in Professional Soccer Goalkeepers During Training and Match Play. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 20, (1), 19 – 30.

Owen, Adam; Newton, Matt; Malone, S. (2019). The use of small-sided games as an aerobic fitness assessment supplement within elite level professional soccer. Journal of Human Kinetics, 71(January), 243–253. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0086

Williams, J. H., Rizzuto, S., Jaskowak, D., & Eaton, R. (2019). Trunk Accelerations and Rotations During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: An Illustrative Case Study. Sportsperfsci, (Figure 1), 2–5.

Young, D., Coratella, G., Malone, S., Kieran, C., Laurent, M., & Marco, B. (2019). The match-play sprint performance of elite senior hurlers during competitive games. PLoS ONE, 14(4), 1–14.

Felipe, J. L., Garcia-Unanue, J., Viejo-Romero, D., Navandar, A., & Sánchez-Sánchez, J. (2019). Validation of a video-based performance analysis system (Mediacoach®) to analyze the physical demands during matches in LaLiga. Sensors (Switzerland), 19(19), 4–13.

Young, D., Malone, S., Collins, K., Mourot, L., Beato, M., & Coratella, G. (2019). Metabolic power in hurling with respect to position and halves of match-play. Plos One, 14, 1–12.

Beato, M., and de Keijzer, K. (2019). The inter-unit and inter-model reliability of GNSS STATSports Apex and Viper units in measuring peak speed over 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 meters. Biology of Sport, 36(4), pp.317-321. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2019.88754

Tierney, P., Reardon, C., & Delahunt, E. (2019). Momentum: a practical solution to calculate the optimal load for resisted sled sprint training. Sports Performance and Scientific Reports, 1(68), 1–5.

Sant’Anna, Ricardo & Roberts, Simon & Moore, Lee & Stokes, Keith. (2019). Physical Demands of Refereeing Rugby Sevens Matches at Different Competitive Levels. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 1. 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003246.

Taberner, M., Dyk, N. Van, Allen, T., Richter, C., Howarth, C., Scott, S., & Cohen, D. D. (2019). Physical preparation and return to sport of the football player with with a tibia-fibula fracture: applying the ‘control- chaos continuum’. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000639

Johnston, R. D., Devlin, P., Wade, J. A., & Duthie, G. M. (2019). There Is Little Difference in the Peak Movement Demands of Professional and Semi-Professional Rugby League Competition, 10(October), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01285

Josh Wass, Dylan Mernagh, Ben Pollard, Perry Stewart, Wesley Fox, N., & Parmar, Ben Jones, L. K. & A. N. T. (2019). A comparison of match demands using ball-in-play vs. whole match data in elite male youth soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football, 0(0), 1.

Beato, M. K. L. D. K. B. C. and M. C. (2019) ‘Monitoring Fatigue During Intermittent Exercise With Accelerometer-Derived Metrics’, Frontiers in Physiology, 10(June). doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00780.

Taberner, M. et al. (2019) ‘Interchangeability of position tracking technologies ; can we merge the data ?’, Science and Medicine in Football. Routledge, 00(00), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2019.1634279.

Bowen, L. et al. (2019) ‘Spikes in acute : chronic workload ratio ( ACWR ) associated with a 5 – 7 times greater injury rate in English Premier League football players : a comprehensive 3-year study’, British Journal of Sports Medicine, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099422

Thornton, H. R. et al. (2019) ‘Interunit Reliability and Effect of Data-Processing Methods of Global Positioning Systems’, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 14(4), pp. 432–438. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2018-0273.

Johnston, R. D., Hewitt, A. and Duthie, G. (2019) ‘Validity of Real-Time Ultra-wideband Global Navigation Satellite System Data Generated by a Wearable Microtechnology Unit’, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, (February), p. 1. doi: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000003059.

Martin-garcia, A. et al. (2019) ‘Positional demands for various-sided games with goalkeepers according to the most demanding passages of match play in football’, Biol. Sport, 36(2), pp. 171–180. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2019.83507.

Young, D. et al. (2019) ‘Match-Play Demands of Elite U17 Hurlers During Competitive Matches’, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, p. 1. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002945.

Young, D. et al. (2019) ‘Match-Play Temporal and Position-Specific Physical and Physiological Demands of Senior Hurlers’, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, p. 1. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002844.

Casamichana, David; Castellano, Julen; Gomez Diaz, Antonio; Martin-Garcia, A. (2019) ‘Looking for Complementary Intensity Variables in Different Training Games in Football’, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 00(00), pp. 1–8.

Taberner, M., & Cohen, D. D. (2018). Physical preparation of the football player with an intramuscular hamstring tendon tear: Clinical perspective with video demonstrations. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(19), 1275–1278. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098817

Terziotti, P., Sim, M. and Polglaze, T. (2018) ‘A comparison of displacement and energetic variables between three team sport GPS devices’, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport. Routledge, 18(5), pp. 823–834

Smpokos, E., Mourikis, C. and Linardakis, M. (2018) ‘Seasonal physical performance of a professional team’s football players in a national league and European matches’, Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 13(4), pp. 720–730.

Beato, M; Deveruex, G; Stiff, A. (2018). Validity and Reliability of Global Positioning System Units (STATSports Viper) for Measuring Distance and Peak Speed in Sports. 32(10), 2831–2837.

Smpokos, E., Mourikis, C. and Linardakis, M. (2018) ‘Differences in motor activities of Greek professional football players who play most of the season (2016/17)’, Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 18(1), pp. 490–496.

Pollard, B. T., Turner, A. N., Eager, R., Cunningham, D. J., Cook, C. J., Hogben, P., & Kilduff, L. P. (2018). The ball in play demands of international rugby union. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, (March).

McLaren, S. J., Macpherson, T. W., Coutts, A. J., Hurst, C., Spears, I. R., & Weston, M. (2018). The Relationships Between Internal and External Measures of Training Load and Intensity in Team Sports: A Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine (Vol. 48).

Martín-García, Andrés; Gómez Díaz, Antonio; Bradley, Paul S; Morera, Francesc; Casamichana, D. (2018). Quantification of a Professional Football Team’s External Load Using a Microcycle Structure. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 00(00), 1–8.

Martín-García, A. et al. (2018) ‘Positional differences in the most demanding passages of play in football competition’, Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 17(4), pp. 563–570.

Malone, S., Owen, A., Mendes, B., Hughes, B., Collins, K., & Gabbett, T. J. (2018). High-speed running and sprinting as an injury risk factor in soccer: Can well-developed physical qualities reduce the risk? Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21(3), 257–262

MALONE, S. et al. (2018) ‘Match-Play Running Performance and Exercise Intensity in Elite International Women’s Rugby Sevens.’, 00(00), pp. 1–9.

MacLeod, S. J., Hagan, C., Egaña, M., Davis, J., & Drake, D. (2018). The Use of Microtechnology to Monitor Collision Performance in Professional Rugby Union. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 1–26

Grainger, A., McMahon, J. J., & Comfort, P. (2018). Assessing the frequency and magnitude of match impacts accrued during an elite rugby union playing season. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 00(00), 1–16.

Cunningham, D. J., Shearer, D. A., Carter, N., Drawer, S., Pollard, B., Bennett, M., … Kilduff, L. P. (2018). Assessing worst case scenarios in movement demands derived from global positioning systems during international rugby union matches: Rolling averages versus fixed length epochs. PLoS ONE, 13(4), 1–14.

Bataller-Cervero, A. V., Héctor Gutierrez Jacobo DeRentería, E. and Piedrafita Noel Marcén Carlos Valero-Campo Manuel Lapuente, C. B. (2018) ‘Validity and reliability of 10 Hz GPS for assessing variable and mean running speed’. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2018-0084.

Beato, M., Coratella, G., Stiff, A., & Dello Iacono, A. (2018). The validity and between-unit variability of GNSS units (STATSports Apex 10 and 18 Hz) for measuring distance and peak speed in team sports. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, 1288. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPHYS.2018.01288

Beato, M., Jamil, M. and Devereux, G. (2018) ‘Reliability of internal and external load parameters in recreational football (soccer) for health’, Research in Sports Medicine. Routledge, 26(2), pp. 244–250. doi: 10.1080/15438627.2018.1431532.

Beato, M., Coratella, G., Schena, F., & Hulton, A. T. (2017). Evaluation of the external & internal workload in female futsal players. Biology of Sport, 34(3), 227–231.

Bowen, L., Gross, A. S., Gimpel, M., & Li, F. X. (2017). Accumulated workloads and the acute: Chronic workload ratio relate to injury risk in elite youth football players. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(5), 452–459.

Universit, A. R., Data, S., & View, S. (2017). Predictive models in sport science : multi- dimensional analysis of football training and injury prediction PREDICTIVE MODELS IN SPORT SCIENCE : MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF FOOTBALL TRAINING AND INJURY

Carling, C. J., Lacome, M., Flanagan, E., O’Doherty, P., & Piscione, J. (2017). Exposure time, running and skill-related performance in international u20 rugby union players during an intensified tournament. PLoS ONE, 12(11), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186874

Shearer, D. A., Sparkes, W., Northeast, J., Cunningham, D. J., Cook, C. J., & Kilduff, L. P. (2017). Measuring recovery: An adapted Brief Assessment of Mood (BAM+) compared to biochemical and power output alterations. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20(5), 512–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2016.09.012

Rossi, A. et al. (2017) ‘Who is going to get hurt? Predicting injuries in professional soccer Tendinopathy epidemiology in a multidisciplinar professional sports club View project Who is going to get hurt? Predicting injuries in professional soccer’, (September).

Owen, A. L., Djaoui, L., Newton, M., Malone, S., & Mendes, B. (2017). A contemporary multi-modal mechanical approach to training monitoring in elite professional soccer. Science and Medicine in Football, (September), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2017.1334958

Marrier, B., Meur, Y. Le, Robineau, J., Lacome, M., Couderc, A., Hausswirth, C., … Morin, J. B. (2017). Quantifying neuromuscular fatigue induced by an intense training session in rugby sevens. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12(2), 218–223. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0030

Lee, J. et al. (2017) ‘A study on composition of context-based soccer analysis system’, International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT, pp. 886–889. doi: 10.23919/ICACT.2017.7890222.

Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Harper, L. D., Hunter, R., Parker, P., Stevenson, E., … Howatson, G. (2017). The assessment of neuromuscular fatigue during 120 min of simulated soccer exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 117(4), 687–697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-017-3561-9

Enright, K., Morton, J., Iga, J., & Drust, B. (2017). Implementing concurrent-training and nutritional strategies in professional football: a complex challenge for coaches and practitioners. Science and Medicine in Football, 1(1), 65–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2016.1263394

Christopher James Black, Kevin Till, John Paul O’Hara, Jason Davidson, B. J. (2017). Top secret training data? External training loads of a cup winning English Super League rugby league team. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 13(2), 236–242.

Beato, M., Bartolini, D., Ghia, G., & Zamparo, P. (2016). Accuracy of a 10 Hz GPS unit in measuring shuttle velocity performed at different speeds and distances (5 – 20 M). Journal of Human Kinetics, 54(1), 15–22.

Fernández, J. (2016). From Training to Match Performance: An Exploratory and Predictive Analysis on F.C. Barcelona GPS Data. Master’s Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, (October). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW.2016.18

Liam Anderson, Patrick Orme, Rocco Di Michele, Graeme L Close, Jordan Milsom, Ryland Morgans, B., & Drust, J. P. M. (2016). Quantification of seasonal long physical load in soccer players with different starting status from the English Premier League: implications for maintaining squad physical fitness. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 11(8), 1038–1046.

Demopoulos, P. (2016). Optimising the use of gps technology to quantify biomechanical load in elite level soccer, 10590579(September).

Bacon, C., Petersen, C. J., November, A., & Matheson, G. (2016). GPS derived metrics strongly associate to overuse-related injury risk in soccer . Selected Abstracts from the 2016 Sports Medicine NZ Conference, (November).

Anderson, L., Orme, P., Di Michele, R., Close, G. L., Morgans, R., Drust, B., & Morton, J. P. (2016). Quantification of training load during one-, two- and three-game week schedules in professional soccer players from the English Premier League: implications for carbohydrate periodisation. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34(13), 1250–1259.

Paper, C., Universit, L. P., & Universit, P. C. (2016). The Importance of GPS Features To Describe Elite Football Training, (October).

Rossi, A., Savino, M., Perri, E., & Iaia, M. F. (2016). Characterization of in-season elite football trainings by GPS features. Icdm, (December). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW.2016.106

Russell, M., Sparkes, W., Northeast, J., Cook, C. J., Bracken, R. M., & Kilduff, L. P. (2016). Relationships between match activities and peak power output and Creatine Kinase responses to professional reserve team soccer match-play. Human Movement Science, 45(February 2016), 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2015.11.011

Fernández, J., Medina, D., Gómez, A., Arias, M., Gavaldà, R. Does training affect match performance? A study using data mining and tracking devices. A: Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics Workshop. “Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics: ECML/PKDD 2016 workshop: 19 September 2016, Riva del Garda, Italy”. Garda: 2016, p. 1-10.

Russell, M., Sparkes, W., Northeast, J., Cook, C. J., Love, T. D., Bracken, R. M., & Kilduff, L. P. (2016). Changes in acceleration and deceleration capacity throughout professional soccer match-play. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(10), 2839–2844. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000805

Swaby, R., Jones, P. A., & Comfort, P. (2016). Relationship between maximum aerobic speed performance and distance covered in rugby union games. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(10), 2788–2793. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001375

Tierney, P. J., Young, A., Clarke, N. D., & Duncan, M. J. (2016). Match play demands of 11 versus 11 professional football using Global Positioning System tracking: Variations across common playing formations. Human Movement Science, 49(August), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.05.007

Gaudino, P., Iaia, F. M., Strudwick, A. J., Hawkins, R. D., Alberti, G., Atkinson, G., & Gregson, W. (2015). Factors Influencing Perception of Effort (Session-RPE) During Elite Soccer Training. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 10(7), 860–864.

Johnston, M., Cook, C. J., Crewther, B. T., Drake, D., & Kilduff, L. P. (2015). Neuromuscular, physiological and endocrine responses to a maximal speed training session in elite games players. European Journal of Sport Science, 15(6), 550–556.

Malone, J. J., Murtagh, C. F., Morgans, R., Burgess, D. J., Morton, J. P., & Drust, B. (2015). Countermovement jump performance is not affected during an in-season training microcycle in elite youth soccer players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29(3), 752–757.

Russell, M. et al. (2015) ‘Responses to a 120 min reserve team soccer match: a case study focusing on the demands of extra time’, Journal of Sports Sciences, 33(20), pp. 2133–2139. doi:

Martin Sarah; Starbuck Chelsea; Coyle Melissa. (2014). The relationship between heart rate and positioning in professional speedway riders. Journal of Sports Sciences, 32(sup2), s44–s50.

Taggart, J. et al. (2014) ‘Player Responses to Match and Training Demands During an Intensified Fixture Schedule in Professional Rugby League: A Case Study’, Journal of sport rehabilitation

Dunbar, J., Rosen, B., Gimpel, M., & Jehanli, A. (2013). Salivary Cortisol Is Highly Correlated With Training Intensity in English, 10(2011), 2013.

Waldron, M., Twist, C., Worsford, P., & Gabbett, T. J. (2013). Monitoring team sport athletes using global positioning system technology.