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Dr Stacey Emmonds

Reader

Stacey completed her PhD in 2016 at Leeds Beckett University, before becoming a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching. Her main areas of teaching and research are in the areas of youth athletic development and sports performance.

Stacey is currently leads paediatric physiology and strength and conditioning modules. Her main areas of interest are paediatric physiology, strength and conditioning, talent development as well as the match and training demands of youth athletes. Stacey's current research focus in on the performance characteristics of youth female soccer players.

Stacey also has extensive experience of working within elite sport. She spent 6 years at Leeds United where she was Head of Sport Science for Leeds United academy. She is currently the Head of Sport Science for Doncaster Rovers Belles and is the lead strength and conditioning coach for England Women's rugby league squad.

Current Teaching

BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching
BSc (Hons) Physical Education
MSc Strength and Conditioning

Research Interests

Stacey's current research focuses on talent development as well as the match and training demands of youth athletes. Stacey is currently working with a number of youth female soccer academies to explore the performance characteristics of youth female soccer players.

0113 81 23274
S.Emmonds@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Cavendish Hall, 107a, Headingley Campus

Carnegie School of Sport

Selected Outputs

Emmonds S; Morris R; Murrary E; Robinson C; Turner L; Jones B (2017) The influence of age and maturity status on the maximum and explosive strength characteristics of elite youth female soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football, 1 (3), pp. 209-215.

https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2017.1363908
Beggs CB; Jones B; Emmonds S; Shepherd SJ (2017) A novel application of PageRank and user preference algorithms for assessing the relative performance of track athletes in competition. PLoS ONE, 12 (6),

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178458
Brightmore A; O'Hara J; Till K; Cobley S; Hubka T; Emmonds S; Cooke CB (2016) Movement and Physiological Demands of Australasian National Rugby League Referees. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 11 (8), pp. 1080-1087.

https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2015-0415
Emmonds S; Till KA; Jones B; Mellis M; Pears M (2016) Anthropometric, speed and endurance characteristics of English academy soccer players: Do they influence obtaining a professional contract at 18 years of age. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 11 (2), pp. 2212-218.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954116637154
Jones B; Till K; Emmonds S; King RFGJ; Gray MP; Beggs CB; O'Hara J (2016) Hydration strategies of professional elite rugby league referees during super league matches. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 11 (1), pp. 116-121.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954115624811
Jones B; Emmonds S; Hind K; Nicholson G; Rutherford Z; Till K (2015) Physical Qualities of International Female Rugby League Players by Playing Position. Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 30 (5), pp. 1333-1340.

https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001225
Till KA; Jones B; Darrall-Jones J; Emmonds S; Cooke CB (2015) Longitudinal development of anthropometric and physical characteristics within academy rugby league players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29 (6), pp. 1713-1722.

https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000792
Till K; Jones B; Emmonds S; Tester E; Fahey J; Cooke CB (2014) Seasonal changes in anthropometric and physical characteristics within English academy rugby league players. Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 28 (9), pp. 2689-2696.

https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000457
Till K; Tester E; Jones B; Emmonds S; Fahey J; Cooke CB (2014) Anthropometric and physical characteristics of english academy rugby league players. Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 28 (2), pp. 319-327.

https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182a73c0e

Till K; Abraham A; Emmonds S; Mitchell TO; North J (2017) Participant and Performer Development in Youth Football. In: Global Coach Conference, 31 July 2017 - 2 August 2017, Liverpool.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/global-coach-conference
Emmonds S; O'Hara J; Jones BL; Till K; Brightmore A; Cooke C (2015) Influence of 5, 10 and 20 second movement demands on rugby league referee penalty accuracy. In: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) conference,, 1 December 2015 - 2 December 2015, St George’s Park, Burton upon Trent, UK.
Emmonds S; O'Hara J; Till K; Jones B; Brightmore A; Cooke. C (2014) The effect of distance covered, number of high intensity efforts and heart rate on the decision-making accuracy of professional Rugby League referees. In: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) conference, 25 November 2014 - 26 November 2014, St George’s Park, Burton upon Trent, UK.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.968386
Emmonds S; Till KA; Tester E; Jones B; Fahey J; Cooke C (2013) The Longitudinal Development of Anthropometric and Fitness Characteristics within Academy Rugby League Players. In: British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Annual Conference, 3 September 2013 - 5 September 2013, University of Central Lancashire, Carlisle, UK.
Fahey J; Till KA; Jones B; Tester E; Emmonds S; Cooke C (2013) Speed, Momentum and Peak Power Characteristics of Academy Rugby League Backs and Forwards by Annual-Age Category. In: British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Annual Conference, 3 September 2013 - 5 September 2013, University of Central Lancashire, Carlisle, UK.
Till KA; Emmonds S; Jones B; Tester E; Fahey J; Cooke C (2013) The Longitudinal Development of Strength Characteristics within Academy Rugby League Players. In: British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Annual Conference, 3 September 2013 - 5 September 2013, University of Central Lancashire, Carlisle, UK.
Jones B; Till KA; Tester E; Emmonds S; Fahey J; Cooke C (2013) Seasonal Changes in Anthropometric, Fitness and Strength Characteristics within Academy Rugby League Players. In: British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Annual Conference, 3 September 2013 - 5 September 2013, University of Central Lancashire, Carlisle, UK.