Sam Jones

@SJBiomech

Currently PhD in Sports Data Analytics - @SwanseaUni & @UKSportsInst | Biomechanics

Swansea / Bath Joined March 2020

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Sam Jones @SJBiomech Jun 27, 2024

Pleased to share our latest Open Access research on the importance of place-kicking in women's international Rugby Union! 🏉

Find the article in @JSportsSci here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

See below for more details...

www.tandfonline.com The importance of place-kicking in Women's International Rugby Union Despite the growing popularity of women’s rugby, there is a lack of research understanding the contribution of place-kicking to match outcomes. This study aims to establish the characteristics and ...

Sam Jones @SJBiomech Jul 16, 2024

It was great to have the opportunity to share some of this work!

Neil Bezodis @neilbezodis Jul 16, 2024

Excellent presentation from @SJBiomech at @isbs_conference this morning discussing his development of an alternative on water performance outcome metric in rowing

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Sam Jones @SJBiomech Jan 19, 2023

Chuffed to have recently had my first full publication (open access)! It is essentially a condensed version of my MSc thesis and looks at the effects of ball orientation in Rugby Union place kicking.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Below is a summarising thread of the paper...🧵

www.tandfonline.com Understanding the effects of ball orientation in Rugby Union place kicking: the preferences of... Rugby Union place kicking is influential to match outcome. Previous research has analysed kicker motion prior to ball contact in detail, but ball orientation and the impact phase are typically igno...

Sam Jones @SJBiomech Mar 9, 2021

Big thanks to @SamLStandsUp for allowing me to put this together and nice to be able to share some of the work I've done over the past year and a bit!
thevideoanalyst.com/my-best-work-s…

Sam Jones @SJBiomech Feb 10, 2021

Glad to be able to say the viva is over and done with!

Thanks to both Marks for a challenging but great exam, and a huge thanks to Neil for supervising my work throughout!!

Neil Bezodis @neilbezodis Feb 9, 2021

Huge congrats to @SJBiomech for passing his MSc viva with flying colours today, an excellent job in a challenging year! And thanks to @mrobbo18 and @MarkWaldron13 for examining...shame the celebratory 🍻 aren’t all together!
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