About

Welcome to my site, insidethenumbeRs. If you’re interested in sports science/analytics and working with data in R, you’ve come to the right place. This is my platform to share lots of exciting content about these topics and more. Be sure to check out my welcome blog post below for more information.

Interests
  • Sports science
  • Wearable technology
  • Sports analytics
  • R
  • Football (the American kind)
Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, 2019 - current

    Australian Catholic University

  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours), 2017

    Victoria University

  • Bachelor of Exercise Science (Sport Practice), 2016

    Victoria University

Posts

An Ordination Visualisation to Profile Training
Learn an ordination approach that may be useful as an alternate method for presenting GPS and/or accelerometer data from training.
Last updated on May, 2022
An Ordination Visualisation to Profile Training
Visualising Athlete Change Scores
This post covers concepts of reliability and how to use this data to visualise changes in performance tests.
Last updated on Apr, 2022
Visualising Athlete Change Scores
Scaling and Plotting Athlete Test Battery Data
Learn how to scale your athlete test battery data in R and visualise it using different plotting techniques.
Last updated on Apr, 2022
Scaling and Plotting Athlete Test Battery Data
Visualising Athlete GPS Data in R
The first installment of a series showing how R can be used to visualise athlete data.
Last updated on Mar, 2022
Visualising Athlete GPS Data in R
Using R for Meta-analysis
Learn how R can be used to efficiently perform meta-analyses for your research.
Last updated on Feb, 2022
Using R for Meta-analysis
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Publications

Does site matter? Impact of inertial measurement unit placement on the validity and reliability of stride variables during running
A systematic review and meta-analysis that showed placement of inertial measurement units does not appear to be the limiting factor to stride variable validity and reliability.
Benjamin J. Horsley, Paul J. Tofari, Shona L. Halson, Justin G. Kemp, Jessica Dickson, Nirav Maniar, Stuart J. Cormack
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Does site matter? Impact of inertial measurement unit placement on the validity and reliability of stride variables during running

Current
Projects

Research Opportunity
Currently seeking Melbourne-based male and female research participants.
Research Opportunity

Talks

Chat With The AthElite Podcast
I sat down with The AthElite Podcast to discuss wearable technology in sports science.
Aug, 2020
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Chat With The AthElite Podcast