@SamBarra8

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

Joined March 2012
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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
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🆕"This study aimed to examine the potential predictors of selection within elite youth academy players by analysing a combination of objective & subjective data sources consisting of signs, samples & SEOs ⚽️" 👉S. Barraclough et al. 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📂Open Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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TIDES Society@tides_society
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Excited to be heading to @ManMetUni for our 2nd conference in June 2027! Further information on the call for abstracts, keynote speakers, and registration will be communicated in the coming weeks and months, but for now - SAVE THE DATE!
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TIDES Society@tides_society
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⭐️ Our TIDES Position Statement- Principles of Talent Identification in Sport ⭐️ Thank you all for your contributions Available open access at: doi.org/10.1080/02640414.202…
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Hagrin Soccer@hagrinSOCCER
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"It's in the middle of the goal."
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Ciaran Donnelly@Coachciaran
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Last few days to apply for the Casual Girls Academy/ETC Physiotherapist (Foundation and YDP Phase) candidatemanager.net/cm/p/pJ…
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🚨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: 🔗bit.ly/techloco
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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
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Matthew Andrew@MatthewAndrew23
Apr 27
“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: doi.org/10.1080/24748668.202…
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Pirate Stew 💙 go on lads 🙌🏻 #WorldBookDay2026
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TIDES Society@tides_society
Jan 30
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:
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Footy Humour
@FootyHumour
1 Dec 2025
This is my first time seeing this guy I don’t even know his name and he’s already one of my favourite players.
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🚨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 👏🏻 bit.ly/4nGPiMG
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TIDES Society@tides_society
31 Oct 2025
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...
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🚨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 ⤵️ routledge.com/tides
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Free access the full article: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

How do college coaches in the United States identify youth female and male soccer players?

Talent identification (TI) in soccer is a complex and multifactorial process within the context of collegiate sport in the United States, where coaches must assess performance-ready athletes often...

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🚨 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.
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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: t.ly/4NRH7
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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
Bradford City AFC
@officialbantams
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90+5' HE IS BACK!!!!!! 🐔 2-1 🐟 #BCAFC | #BRAvGRI
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