Adam Field

Dr Adam Field

Lecturer in Sport Science and Elite Performance

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Biography

Adam joined the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences as Lecturer in Sport Science and Elite Performance in August 2022 following his time as Performance Lead at the Manchester Institute of Health and Performance working for Nuffield Health. Prior to his role with Nuffield Health, Adam completed a PhD at the university of Huddersfield on the biomechanical, physiological and recovery responses to the extra-time period of football.

Adam is an active researcher and has published in and reviewed for multiple moderate-to-high impact sports science journals. Adam’s research interests are positioned in the extra-time period of football, fixture congestion, training load, fatigue monitoring and recovery in team sport athletes. Adam also has an interest in the use of walking football as a means to improving health-related outcomes in older adults. Adam has worked in industry with elite multi-disciplinary teams to assess performance, prepare athletes for competition and enhance various aspects of athletic development. Adam’s research and expertise can benefit individual athletes and sport clubs of all levels from amateur to professional in relation to managing fatigue, optimising recovery, and performance enhancement.

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Teaching

Teaching

Adam currently leads on the Sport and Exercise Science Foundation Year programme. He is also currently the lead on the following units:

L3 Foundations of Performance Sport

L4: Fundamentals of Sports Coaching

L7: Working in Sport and Exercise Science

Adam has previously undertaken part-time visiting lecturer work at Leeds Trinity University on the Sport and Exercise Science Programme. Adam has also taught at the University of Huddersfield, alongside his doctoral studies, within the Division of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.

Postgraduate Research Supervision

Industry PhD - Industry Supervisor: Enhancing recovery from an ACL injury – embedding of a functional assessment early in the paradigm - Full-time, enrolled January 2022. Nuffield Health and The University of Salford collaboration.

Match funded PhD - Co-Supervisor: The influence of the eumenorrheic menstrual cycle on performance in elite female athlete - Full-time, enrolled April 2023. Manchester Metropolitan University and The English Institute of Sport collaboration.

Match funded PhD - Co-Supervisor: The feasibility and health benefits of a walking football programme in older adults - Full-time, enrolled January 2024. Manchester Metropolitan University and philanthropy funding.

Research outputs

Scientific Publications

Martinho DV, Field A, Rebelo A, Pereira F, Bizarro B, Ribeiro J, Len S, Sarmento H. The quantification of physical performance and internal training load in youth male soccer player during preseason. Int J Sports Physiol Perform 2024.

Sousa H, Clemente F, Gouveia E, Field A, Sarmento H. Effects of changing the head coach on soccer team’s performance: A systematic review. Biol Sport 2023. 

Martinho DV, Field A, Rebelo A, Gouveia ER, Sarmento H. A systematic review of the physical, physiological, nutritional, and anthropometric profiles of soccer referees. Sports Med Open 2023.

Martinho DV, Field A, Naughton RJ, Leão C, Lemos J, Faria A, Rebelo A, Gouveia ÉR, Sarmento. Dietary intake and daytime pattern of macronutrients in youth soccer players. Frontiers in Nutrition 2023.

Barrera J, Figueiredo AJ, Field A, Ferreira B, Querido SM, Silva JR, & Sarmento HB. Contemporary practices of physical trainers in professional soccer – A qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychology 2023.

Page RM, Field A, Langley B, Harper LD, & Julian R. The Effects of Fixture Congestion on Injury During Professional Male Soccer Matches: A Systematic Review. Sport Med 2023.

Barrera J, Figueiredo AJ, Duarte J, Field A, & Sarmento H. Predictors of linear sprint performance in professional football players. Biol Sport 2023.

Field A, Harper LD, Jeff A, & Page RM. A commentary on soccer match-play simulations for applied research and practice. Sci & Med in Football 2022.

Field A, Corr LD, Thompson CJ, Lucena JCG, Sarmento H, Naughton RJ, Brownlee TE, Haines M, Page RM, Harper LD. Recovery following the extra-time period of soccer: practitioner perspectives and applied practices. Biol Sport 2022.

Montoro-Bumbu R, Field A, Amândio S, & Rama L. Validity and reliability of the Output sport device for assessing drop jump performance. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol 2022.

Martinho H, Nobari H, Faria A, Field A, Duarte D, & Sarmento H. Oral branched-chain amino acid supplementation in trained participants: a systematic review. Nutrients 2022.

Gouveia V., Duarte JP., Sarmento H., Freitas J., Amaro N., Matos R., Antunes R., Field A., Monteiro D. Systematic Observation of Corner Kick Strategies in Portuguese Football Players. Sustainability 2022.

Barrera J, Figueiredo AJ, Clemente F, Alfonso J, Field A, Valenzuela L & Sarmento H. Injury Prevention Programmes in Male Soccer Players: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews. J Mens Health 2022.

Fleming JA, Field A, Lui S, Naughton RJ & Harper LD. The demands of training and match play on elite and highly trained youth tennis players: A systematic review. Int J Sport Sci & Coaching 2022.

Sousa T, Sarmento H, Marques A, Field A, & Vaz V. Anthropometric characteristics of male rink hockey goalkeepers’ according to their competitive level. Rev. Andal. Med. Deporte 2022.

Field A, LD Harper, Fowler T, Chrismas BC, Paul DJ, McCall A, Charim K, Taylor L. Recovery strategy use in professional soccer: a worldwide survey. Int J Sports Physiol Perform 2021.

Field A, Corr L, Naughton R, Haines M, Page R, Harper LD, Hudson S. Lower-limb muscle activation, peak torque and external load responses to 120 minutes of treadmill-based soccer-specific exercise. Res Q Exerc Sport 2021.

Field A, Corr L, Sarmento H, Naughton R, Clifford T, Haines M, Page R, Harper LD. The impact of 120 minutes of treadmill-based soccer-specific exercise on recovery. Res Q Exerc Sport 2021.

Corr LD, Field A, Pufal D, Killey J, Harper LD, Naughton R. The effects of cocoa flavanols on indices of muscle recovery and exercise performance: a narrative review. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabilitation 2021

Barrera J, Sarmento H, Clemente F, Field A, & Figueiredo AJ. The Effect of Contextual Variables on Match Performance across Different Playing Positions in Professional Portuguese Soccer Players. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021.

Sousa T, Sarmento H, Field A, & Vaz V. The perceptions of elite rink hockey head coaches: preparation/observation and intervention. Int J Perf Anal Sport 2021.

Giudicelli BB, Luz LGO, Santos DHB, Sarmento H, Massart AGM, Júnior ATC, Field A, & Figueiredo AJB. Age and Maturity Effects on Morphological and Physical Performance Measures of Adolescent Judo Athletes. J Human Kinetics 2021.

Field A, Naughton R, Haines, M, Lui S, Corr L, Russell M, Page R, Harper LD. The demands of the extra-time period of soccer: a systematic review. J Sport Health Sci 2020.

Field A, Corr L, Haines M, Lui S, Naughton R, Page R, Harper LD. Biomechanical and physiological responses to 120 minutes of soccer-specific exercise. Res Q Exerc Sport 2020.

Sarmento H, Marques A, Field A, Martins J, Gouveia É, Mondagrón L, Saavedra NO, Rodríguez D, Clemente F. Genetic influence on football performance - a systematic review. Human Movement 2020.

Sousa T, Sarmento H, Marques A, Field A, & Vaz V. The influence of opponents’ offensive play on the performance of professional rink hockey goalkeepers. Int J Perf Anal Sport 2020.

Giudicelli BB, Luz LGO, Sogut M, Sarmento H, Massart AG, Júnior AC, Field A, & Figueiredo AJ. Chronological age, somatic maturation, and anthropometric measures: association with physical performance of young male judo athletes. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020.

Corr LD, Field A, Pufal D, Killey J, Clifford T, Harper LD, Naughton R. Acute consumption of varied doses of cocoa flavanols does not improve muscle recovery following exercise-induced muscle damage in active males and females. Int J Sports Nutr Exerc Metab 2020.

Harper LD, Field A, Corr L, Naughton R. The physiological, physical and biomechanical demands of walking football: implications for exercise prescription and future research in older adults. J Aging Phys Acti 2019.

Harper LD, Field A, Fowler PM, Chrismas BC, Paul DJ, McCall A, Taylor L. Recovery monitoring tool use and perceived usefulness in professional soccer. Sport Perf & Sci Reports 2019.