Sean Williams

Reader in Applied Statistics and Research Methods

University Of Bath

Biography

Sean Williams is a Reader in Applied Statistics and Research Methods at the University of Bath. His research interests include sports injury prevention, training load monitoring, heart rate variability, and growth and maturation. His current research projects are in collaboration with the Premier League, Rugby Football Union, England and Wales Cricket Board, and Podium Analytics. Sean is a statistics consultant for the Journal of Physiology.

Interests

Sports Injury Prevention
Epidemiology
Training Load Monitoring
Growth and Maturation

Education

PhD in Sport Epidemiology, 2015

University of Bath
BSc in Sports & Exercise Science, 2012

University of Bath

Resources

Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals for Injury Burden: A Shiny App

Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals for Injury Burden: A Shiny App.

Sean Williams

Dec 4, 2023

Injury Burden Kinetic Model: A Shiny App

Injury Burden Kinetic Model: A Shiny App.

Sean Williams

Sep 1, 2023

Critical Power: A Useful Concept for Functional Fitness Athletes?

On the potential role of critical power testing for functional fitness athletes

Sean Williams

Jun 1, 2020

Latest on Load Monitoring

Latest on Load Monitoring [Video & FREE Templates]

Sean Williams

Feb 5, 2019

Automated EWMA calculations

An Excel tool for calculating EWMA loads from training load data.

Sean Williams

Last updated on Apr 17, 2019

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Featured Publications

A. Williams, Sean Williams, B. Langley, S. Griffin, N. Peirce, C. McKay, K. Stokes, S. Williams

July 2021 BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10:e001815, doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001815

A similar injury profile observed in franchise men’s and women’s cricket in England and Wales: Injury surveillance analysis from the first three ‘The Hundred’ competitions.

For men, ‘The Hundred’ presents a greater risk of injury than T20, but similar to one-day cricket, whereas for women, ‘The Hundred’ has a similar risk of injury to T20 and one-day men’s cricket in England and Wales.

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