Sean P Cummings

Biographic Data

ID236763
NAMESean P Cummings
GIVEN NAMESSean P
FAMILY NAMECummings
SIGNATURECUMMINGS S P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bath
ORCID0000-0003-1705-9642
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR29
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Exploring the existence, strength, and independence of relative age and maturation selection biases

    Open AccessF Scott Fitzgerald, F Fitzgerald et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2024

    Substantial maturity selection biases and, to a lesser degree, relative age biases are evident in youth Gaelic football. Critically, these biases are independent constructs. Coaches and policy makers should be educated on the distinct influences of relative age and maturation, and on strategies to address these biases

  • The effect of maturation on children's experience of physical education

    Open AccessChris Towlson, Christopher Towlson et al.ARTICLEEuropean Physical Education Review2024Cited by: 1References: 9

    Students’ experiences of physical education (PE) are considered important for lifelong attitudes towards physical activity. Sex-related differences and the individualised tempo in anthropometric growth because of biological maturation lead to secondary school students within chronological age-ordered classes possessing vast differences in anthropometric and physical characteristics, which may negatively impact the PE experience for late- or early…

  • Can we reduce injury risk during the adolescent growth spurt? An iterative sequence of prevention in male academy footballers

    Open AccessDavid Johnson, David M Johnson et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2023

    Background: The adolescent growth spurt is associated with an increased risk of injury in young athletes. Aim: This study aimed to use an interdisciplinary collaboration between technical coaches, sports scientists, and medical staff to mitigate this risk. Subjects and methods: 77 male academy footballers were followed across two seasons. At-risk players were identified using somatic maturity status and growth rate in stature and the lower limbs,…

  • Bio-banding in soccer

    Open AccessChris Towlson, Sean P CummingsARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2022

    Maturity-related selection biases are engrained within professional academy soccer programmes. The process of grouping of children by biological maturity (“bio-banding”), rather than age is not new. However, practice of bio-banding is becoming increasingly popular with youth soccer development programmes where maturity-related differences in size and athleticism have been cited as key mechanisms behind the over-selection of early over late maturi…

  • Does adjusting for biological maturity when calculating child weight status improve the accuracy of predicting future health risk

    Open AccessFiona Gillison, Elisabeth Grey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The traditional method of categorising adolescents into a BMI category may over-predict overweight and obesity, particularly in girls. Adjusting for biological maturity when estimating weight status through calculating adolescents' BMI classification was equivalent to standard approaches in predicting other cardiovascular risk at age 17

  • Construct validity of percentage of predicted adult height and Baus skeletal age to assess biological maturity in academy soccer

    Open AccessLudwig Ruf, Sean P Cummings et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2021

    Results confirm the construct-validity of both methods to assess biological maturity status although further validation relative to established indicators of biological maturity is needed. Furthermore, caution is also warranted when interpreting maturity status classification methods interchangeably given the poor concordance between classification methods

  • On-Time Maturation in Female Adolescent Ballet Dancers

    Open AccessSiobhan Mitchell, Anne M Haase et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2021References: 4

    This study employed semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore experiences of on-time maturation in nine adolescent ballet dancers from across three vocational ballet schools in the United Kingdom. Two themes were identified as central to their experiences: ‘A right and a wrong way to grow’, and fitting in and moving forward. Instead of perceiving themselves as ‘average’ and experiencing a relatively easy p…

  • Experiences of delayed maturation in female vocational ballet students

    Open AccessSiobhan Mitchell, Siobhan B Mitchell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2020

    INTRODUCTION: There is a well-established bias toward late maturing females in the context of ballet, with up to 70% of professionals delayed in maturation. The timing of maturation has implications for physical and psychological outcomes which are likely to be amplified in dance. The aim of this research was to explore the role of maturity timing in adolescent dance students' experiences of vocational ballet training. METHODS: Semi-structured in…

  • Exploring the relationship between adolescent biological maturation, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour

    Open AccessSarah A Moore, 暢彦 千葉 et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    While this review demonstrates some evidence for early maturational timing as a risk factor for disengagement from physical activity and increase in sedentary behaviours, the reviewed literature also demonstrates that this relationship is complex. Future research that tracks maturity-related variations in physical activity and sedentary behaviours over adolescence is warranted

  • The psychology of bio-banding

    Open AccessMegan Hill, Amy Spencer et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    CONTEXT: Bio-banding is the process of grouping players by their maturational status rather than chronological age. It is designed to limit the impact of maturational timing on talent identification and development and expose early and late maturing players to new learning experiences and challenges. A common criticism of bio-banding is that it does not consider age related differences in psychosocial and behaviour development. OBJECTIVE: The pur…

  • Predicting the timing of the peak of the pubertal growth spurt in elite male youth soccer players

    Open AccessJames Parr, Keith Winwood et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    A final sample of 23 (from 28) adolescent male participants were selected from the academy of an English Premier League club. Anthropometric measures were collected across five playing seasons; age at PHV was estimated with Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR). The three protocols were compared based on measures at 13.0 years. Results and Conclusions: An age window based on predicted maturity offset did not improve estimation of P…

  • Human biology of physical activity in the growing child

    Open AccessLauren B Sherar, Sean P CummingsARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    It is now established, without a doubt, that physical activity is essential for the physical (Poitras et al. 2016) and mental (Biddle and Asare 2011) health of the growing child. Globally, however

  • Accuracy of maturity prediction equations in individual elite male football players

    Open AccessJan Willem Teunissen, Nikki Rommers et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    None of the evaluated prediction equations is accurate for estimating APHV in individual players nor are predictions stable over time, which limits their utility for adjusting training programmes

  • The role of growth and maturation during adolescence on team-selection and short-term sports participation

    Open AccessAdam Dominic George Baxter‐jone, Erin Barbour‐tuck et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    It was found that youth who attended sports team's try-outs were more likely to be born early in the selection year, be tall for their age, and in some sports early maturers. The majority of both the selected and deselected participants continued to participate in sport 36 months after try-outs, with the majority continuing to participate in their try-out sport

  • Developmental fitness curves

    Open AccessGillian K Myburgh, Sean P Cummings et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    Evaluating performance relative to developmental curves and maturity status may be a practical means of monitoring long-term athlete development in tennis

  • Maturational timing, physical self-perceptions and physical activity in UK adolescent females

    Open AccessSean P Cummings, Deirdre M Harrington et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    Greater biological maturity (i.e. early maturity) in adolescent girls is associated with less involvement in MVPA and appears to be partly explained by lower perceptions of body attractiveness and physical self-worth. Physical activity interventions should consider girls' perceptions of their pubertal related physiological changes during adolescence, particularly among early maturing girls

  • Bio-banding in academy football

    Open AccessBen Bradley, David Johnson et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2019

    Background: Individual differences in biological maturation impact player selection and development in youth football. Aim: To evaluate players perceptions of competing in a football tournament where they were matched by maturity rather than chronological age. Subjects: Participants included male junior footballers from three professional academies ( n = 115). Methods: The study employed multiple methods of analysis, including one sample mean t -…

  • The home electronic media environment and parental safety concerns

    Open AccessHannah J Wilkie, Martyn Standage et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Our results suggest that specific groups of children are less likely to spend their free time outside, and it would seem that only prolonged recreational computer use has a negative association with children's outdoor time after school. Further research is needed to explore potential underlying mechanisms, and parental safety concerns in more detail

  • A game plan for growth

    Open AccessSean P CummingsARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2018

    In the wake of the 2018 World Cup, football’s governing bodies turn an eye to the future and, for many, the task of rebuilding. An important step in this process is the identification and developme

  • Bio-banding in Sport

    Sean P Cummings, Sean P Cumming et al.ARTICLEStrength & Conditioning Journal2017

    BIO-BANDING IS THE PROCESS OF GROUPING ATHLETES ON THE BASIS OF ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AND MATURATION RATHER THAN CHRONOLOGICAL AGE. CHILDREN OF THE SAME AGE VARY CONSIDERABLY IN BIOLOGICAL MATURATION WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS MATURING IN ADVANCE OR DELAY OF THEIR PEERS. THE TIMING OF MATURATION HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITION, TALENT IDENTIFICATION, AND TRAINING. INCREASED AWARENESS AND INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT OF MATURATION HAS…

  • Biological maturation of youth athletes

    Robert M Malina, Alan D Rogol et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sports Medicine2015

    The search for talent is pervasive in youth sports. Selection/exclusion in many sports follows a maturity-related gradient largely during the interval of puberty and growth spurt. As such, there is emphasis on methods for assessing maturation. Commonly used methods for assessing status (skeletal age, secondary sex characteristics) and estimating timing (ages at peak height velocity (PHV) and menarche) in youth athletes and two relatively recent a…

  • Urban-rural contrasts in fitness, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour in adolescents

    Open AccessAristides M Machado‐rodrigue, A M Machado-Rodrigues et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2014

    Research considering physical activity (PA), physical inactivity and health outcomes among urban and rural youth has produced equivocal findings. This study examined PA, physical inactivity, sedentary behaviours and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in adolescents from urban and rural communities in the Portuguese Midlands. The sample included 362 adolescents (165 males, 197 females) of 13-16 years of age. CRF was assessed by the PACER test. A GT1M…

  • A cluster randomized controlled trial of the be the best you can be intervention

    Open AccessMartyn Standage, Sean P Cummings et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The trial is registered as Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN99443695

  • Physical Activity and Physical Self‐Concept in Adolescence

    Open AccessSean P Cummings, Lauren B Sherar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2012Cited by: 1References: 1

    This study examined differences in physical activity and physical self‐concept between the least and most biologically mature female adolescents within chronological age and academic year groups. A total of 252 B ritish female adolescents ( M age = 12.9 years; SD = .7) in Years 7–9 completed self‐report measures to assess physical activity and physical self‐concept. Percentage of predicted adult (mature) stature served as the index of biological …

  • Correlates of physical activity and inactivity in urban Mexican youth

    Open AccessShannon R Siegel, Robert M Malina et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2011

    OBJECTIVES: To evaluate correlates of physical activity in Mexico City school youth. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1,004 school youth (490 males and 514 females), 9-18 years of age resident in Mexico City. Age, height, body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status (SES), time viewing television and playing video games (physical inactivity), and perceived sport/physical activity status of mother and father were evaluated as po…