Sam Barraclough

Tutor in Sport Science @ManMetUni PhD in All things Talent ID, Profiling and Data 🥇⚽️🔮💻📊

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

Next week I will be attending @WCSS2025 presenting on our latest study (Scan QR) and the wider topic of Talent ID, Development, and (De)Selection.

Looking forward to a great event and connecting with everyone in the world of Science and Soccer! #WCSS2025 #Soccer #TalentID

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

@AwayDaysClub_ @Bluesiff 🤣🤣🤣

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

@phd_sean @NoThirdMan @MatthewAndrew23 @tides_society @SteveBarrett5 @naomisportssci @ManMetUni @McrInstSport Hi Sean / Rob - apologies only just getting back to this.

Miscommunication in my initial reply (“from memory”) - having now checked the data and models in the paper it’s actually 2/3 post, 1/3 pre or circa - so your suspicions were correct!

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

Key Findings:
���Practice overloads technical actions (2–5× more touches, ~2× time on ball)
🏃‍♀️Locomotor demands are lower in practice (less HSR & sprinting)
📈Maturity shapes both technical + locomotor outputs

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

🚨Excited to share our new study published in International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport 🎉

Thanks to co-authors 🙌
@MatthewAndrew23 @SteveBarrett5 @naomisportssci @JFahey22

Available at:
🔗https://t.co/dk9bfhqeMz

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

@NoThirdMan @phd_sean Interesting obsvetsyion but conscious of the arbitrary cut offs for we used (e.g., 88-96% classed as CIRCA) I.e.,- we didn’t measure growth velocities directly so a change in the cut off by a percent could change some of the 14/15 cohort as you suggest to be post vs circa.

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

@NoThirdMan @MatthewAndrew23 @tides_society @SteveBarrett5 @naomisportssci @ManMetUni @McrInstSport Hi Rob

Thanks for your interest.

Ye maturity only included as exploratory - don’t have data to hand but from memory it was about 2/3 circa and 1/3 pre or post

[Matthew Andrew @MatthewAndrew23]

“Do youth female soccer players really train like they play?”

Delighted to share the publication of our latest research in the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport.

The full article is now available online and is open access:
https://t.co/p9MmyFavHH

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

Pirate Stew 💙 go on lads 🙌🏻 #WorldBookDay2026

[TIDES Society @tides_society]

The TIDES Society Inaugural Conference -Reimagining Talent: People, Places, and Possibilities in Sport

Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine how talent is identified, developed, governed, and experienced.

Registration now open:

[Footy Humour @FootyHumour]

This is my first time seeing this guy I don’t even know his name and he’s already one of my favourite players.

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

🚨Challenges ⚠️and Solutions✅ to talent (de)selection⚖️ and development📈 in academy soccer environments ⚽️ + insight💡 club case study> implementation of a multidisciplinary profiling tool 🛠️

Thanks to co-authors @ktconditioning @S_Emmonds @AdzKerr 👏🏻

https://t.co/Bi9pO1CmZH

[TIDES Society @tides_society]

We're delighted to announce that the Society's inaugural conference will be held at Leeds Beckett University, Carnegie School Of Sport on 10-12th June 2026. More information to follow...

[Professor Adam L. Kelly @AdamKelly07]

🚨NEW BOOK SERIES LAUNCH!🚨

Very pleased to share our new @tides_society book series - Routledge Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport 📕

Find out more about the book series here ⤵️
https://t.co/anQnFeOo91

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

#NewProfilePic

[Matthew Andrew @MatthewAndrew23]

Free access the full article: https://t.co/G8Z1KRTkoS

[Matthew Andrew @MatthewAndrew23]

🚨 What do college coaches REALLY look for when recruiting players? 🚨

Our new scientific research is perfect timing as the college soccer season kicks off and verbal commitments roll in.

We surveyed 178 NCAA Division I & II coaches to uncover what matters most in talent ID.

[Manchester Met Institute of Sport @McrInstSport]

Explore #combatsport science with @DaleRead4,
@stebbina, @SamBarra8 and @AdamKirkwood99 at 'Beyond the Fight: The Science of Combat Sport’. They'll be presenting on ‘Translating science into strikes: evidence-based training in taekwondo.’🥋 20 September: https://t.co/D65F07aOsY

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

INEVITABLE. 🐐

Talk about impact. No one can rise as high as Cook who once again heads beyond Auton to surely win the game. 👏

🐔 2-1 🐟

#BCAFC | #BRAvGRI

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

@Rich_Kite @tides_society @JamesDugdale @HenryTitleyWall 😉 glad someone knows what day it is 😂👍🏼 amended!

[Sam Barraclough @SamBarra8]

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