Craig Barden

Editor-in-Chief @jiips_journal│Senior Lecturer, Course Leader MSc Sports Therapy @UniofGlos│Head of SSM @Sport_SGS

[Craig Barden @cigney]

🚨 Extremely proud to be Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport.

📖 Anyone who has published academically knows a new model is needed. #JiiPS is here to provide it for the sport science & medicine community.

🔗 https://t.co/jvK0nlzCkw

👇🏼 🧵

[Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport @jiips_journal]

We're excited to announce the official launch of the Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport (#JiiPS).

Our mission is to accelerate evidence into practice, support authors and reviewers with a fairer publishing model, and disseminate research fast so it can have impact.

[Craig Barden @cigney]

@TightFive_Rugby Not sure the evidence is that clear cut. A study by @CharliRobertson who might have some more insight.

https://t.co/BtuZOse0nM

[Craig Barden @cigney]

🚨 Injury risk & prevention in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 basketball: Knowledge, perceptions & behaviours of players and coaches

Some alarming statistics including 18% of players had had surgery from 🏀 injury

🔗 https://t.co/GUiTbThSDE

#Basketball #InjuryPrevention #SportsScience #SportsMedicine

[UOGSportScience @UoGSportScience]

BIG CONGRATS to all our grads walking across the stage at Cheltenham Racecourse yesterday! The culmination of years of hard work with just a little bit of guidance from the team here. We hope you had a great day! #TeamGlos @uniofglos 💙🩵👨‍🎓👩‍🎓

[Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport @jiips_journal]

🚨New Publication

"FROM METRICS TO MEANING: REFRAMING THE USE OF PERFORMANCE DATA IN HIGH-STAKES ENVIRONMENTS"

📊If you’re into turning numbers into real-world insight, this one’s for you.

🔗https://t.co/5BU9nKulIs

#JiiPS #Data #SportScience #Monitoring #AI #Technology

[Craig Barden @cigney]

@SiobhanOConnor3 @DCU @adeburca11 @EndaWhyte @DCU_Research @dcu_shhp @ARTIIreland 👏🏻 great idea.

[Stephen West @westy1609]

🚨Lowering the legal height (shoulder➡️armpit) of the tackle in boys schoolboy rugby🚨

🎯No diff in tackles to head/neck (U15/U18); 38% (U15) and 23% (U18)⬇️@ shoulder

🤕No significant diff in all injury, concussion, or tackle-related concussion rates

🔗https://t.co/q6Vj7VnbrT

[UOGSportScience @UoGSportScience]

🚨 We are recruiting a Lecturer in Sports Therapy to join us at @uniofglos.

Come a join a wonderful team, teaching over 120 across our UG and PG Sports Therapy programmes.

12 months maternity cover, 0.8 FTE, starting in January 2026

🔗 https://t.co/OEgbDnmeM3

@TheSSTofficial

[Craig Barden @cigney]

🏋🏼‍♀️ S&C coach?

We’re hiring an S&C coach at @Sport_SGS.

🏀You’ll be part of a (great) team delivering to over 400 students across 10 academies.

💰 18.5 hour per week, £16.22 per hour.
Mon, Wed, Fri.

🔗 https://t.co/tbQ3xTiriQ

🙏 RT

@SGSCollegeRugby

[Craig Barden @cigney]

👋🏼 Clocking out after 11 season.

🙏 I’ll always be extremely proud to have worked for the @BristolFlyers and all we achieved in this time. Crazy to think how much the club has developed on and off the court.

🏀 Will be cheering you on @CoachKapoulas. Good luck @DomWil10 🤕

[Bristol Flyers @BristolFlyers]

Always a part of the Flyers Family. ❤️

Flyers announce the departure of Head of Medical Craig Barden and S&C Coach Rich Clarke.

Read more. ⤵️

[Journal of Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport @jiips_journal]

We have published an editorial to explain the need for better publishing models, the aims of the journal and a call for the scientific community to support us on this journey.

🔗 Editorial: https://t.co/93thmXm38H

📌 https://t.co/Vp3pAbSDzm

[UOGSportScience @UoGSportScience]

📢 MSc Sports Therapy: New Course Map

We have updated our course map to include 3 brand new modules for 2025/26.

Students can study full or part-time with all sessions on a Wednesday and Thursday.

Accredited by @TheSSTofficial

🔗 https://t.co/NnbNxphccl

#sportstherapy

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza

[Craig Barden @cigney]

@bozz_ard We going?

[Mark De Ste Croix @destecroixmark]

Am amazing ending to ECSS 2025 closing ceremony - some great novel presentations and a chance to catch up with friends and coworkers from around the world- looking fwd to Lausanne 2026 - 6 excellent presentations from @uniofglos @UoGSportScience staff

[Kirsten Wing @kirst_wing]

@E_C_S_S 2025 in Rimini presentation ✔️ big thanks to lead @cigney and co authors @destecroixmark @KSBouncingBack Charlotte and Matt for letting me share the work thus far. Craig has also launched @jiips_journal today, give it a look!
#ecss2025 #research @uniofglos

[Craig Barden @cigney]

@ChelseaOxendale @E_C_S_S ��🏻

I thought I saw you yesterday!

[UOGSportScience @UoGSportScience]

Two new fully funded masters by research places with @CTFCYofficial 🤝@uniofglos ⚽👩‍💻

https://t.co/Tvxpuc4c9k

https://t.co/xGyMkJpZT9

[Longlevens Rugby @LonglevensRugby]

🏆 SENIOR CUP WINNERS!! 🏆

Matson RFC 7 - 31 Longlevens Rugby

📌 Kingsholm
🏆 NGC Senior Cup Final

[Craig Barden @cigney]

@CharliRobertson @thecsp @csplgbtqia @physiosinsport @UKCCIIS @CHi2PSBath @UniofBath @TeamBath @drkeithstokes Congrats Dr Robertson. 👏🏻