Professor Ben Jones

Professor Leeds Beckett University

  • Leeds West Yorkshire

Ben is an accredited strength and conditioning coach and works in a consultancy capacity with sports teams and national governing bodies.

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Biography

Ben completed his BSc (Hons), MSc and PhD at Leeds Beckett University, before becoming a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology in 2013. Ben received his Professorship in 2017, at the age of 31.

Ben is also an accredited strength and conditioning coach and works in a consultancy capacity with sports teams and national governing bodies. In 2015, he was joint-awarded the Researcher of the Year at Leeds Beckett University with Dr Kevin Till, and in 2017 was awarded the UKSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Research and Education.

Industry Expertise

Research
Sport - Amateur
Education/Learning
Sport - Professional

Areas of Expertise

Fatigue and Recovery
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Sport
Sport Science
Physical Education
Youth Athletes

Accomplishments

Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Research and Education, UKSCA

2017

Researcher of the Year, Leeds Beckett University

2015

Education

Leeds Metropolitan University

Ph.D.

Fluid Balance and Sodium Homeostasis in Rugby Players

2013

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Leeds Metropolitan University

M.S.

Sport and Exercise Science

2008

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Leeds Metropolitan University

B.S.

Health-Related Exercise and Fitness

2007

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Affiliations

  • Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club : Pathway Performance Director
  • The Rugby Football League : Head of Performance

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

RFL approves concussion-detecting mouthguards across rugby league

The Guardian  online

2021-11-18

“The guards measure head acceleration profile and track impact to the head and rotational force,” Prof Ben Jones, who works for the Rhinos and has helped lead the study, told the Guardian. Other governing bodies such as union’s World Rugby have introduced the mouthguards but Jones insists rugby league is breaking barriers by rolling the concept out across an entire sport, including the professional and amateur games at the same time.

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England Wheelchair rugby league squad begin World Cup preparations with Leedsground-breaking tests at Leeds Beckett University

Yorkshire Evening Post  online

2021-10-14

Professor Ben Jones, from Carnegie School of Sport said: “It’s the first time we’ve been able to put this group of athletes through testing like this. “We’ve pulled a big research team together with different areas of expertise to lead each of the sections.

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Concussion in rugby league: Professor Ben Jones on how the sport is tackling the dangers posed by head injuries

Sky Sports  online

2021-07-01

Professor Ben Jones, who works with the Rhinos and the England performance unit at the RFL, believes rugby league is taking the right steps in researching and understanding both the risks posed by head injuries and how to reduce them. "I think everyone is open, everyone is aware, and everyone takes concussion seriously," Professor Jones told Sky Sports News.

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Event Appearances

Countermovement jump qualities of elite academy rugby union players

2019 NSCA National Conference  Washington D.C., USA

2019-07-10

Descriptions and definitions for the rugby league tackle

8th International Workshop and Conference of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS)  Budapest

2019-09-11

Strength and Speed Characteristics of Women's Super League Players

2019 NSCA National Conference  Washington D.C., USA

2019-07-10

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Articles

Team Sport Risk Exposure Framework-2 (TS-REF-2) to identify sports activities and contacts at increased SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk during the COVID-19 pandemic FREE

British Journal of Sports Medicine

2021

The Team Sports Risk Exposure Framework (TS-REF) was developed in July 2020 by experts in sports medicine, virology, sports science and public health to facilitate the safe return of sport during the COVID-19 pandemic. The TS-REF was developed at the time when the outdoor transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 during sport was unknown. The TS-REF has been adopted by Public Health England and the UK Government (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), for use within both elite and community sports, to both determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission during specific sporting activities (eg, rugby tackle), and to identify and isolate increased risk contacts during sport. The TS-REF classified increased risk contacts as player-to-player interactions ‘within 1 m, directly face to face, for 3 or more seconds’.

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The Frequency and Intensity of Representative and Nonrepresentative Late Adolescent Team-Sport Athletes' Training Schedules

The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research

2021

This study aimed to identify and compare the training frequency and intensity (via session rating of perceived exertion load [sRPE load]) of representative and nonrepresentative late adolescent athletes. Thirty-six team sport athletes completed a web-based questionnaire daily over an 8-month period, reporting their training/match activities from the previous day. Athletes were categorized as representative (academy/county/international) or nonrepresentative (club/school) depending on the highest level of their sport they participated. Mean weekly frequencies and sRPE load of different training/match activities were quantified for each athlete across 5 school terms.

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Longitudinal changes in Super League match locomotor and event characteristics: A league-wide investigation over three seasons in rugby league

PLoS ONE

2021

Longitudinal changes in Super League match locomotor and event characteristics: A league-wide investigation over three seasons in rugby league — the University of Bath's research portal Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content the University of Bath's research portal Home the University of Bath's research portal Logo Help & FAQ Home Profiles Research Units Research output Projects Datasets Student theses Equipment Search by expertise, name or affiliation Longitudinal changes in Super League match locomotor and event characteristics: A league-wide investigation over three seasons in rugby league.

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