Dr. John Kelley MMath. PhD.
Research Fellow
Summary
Dr John Kelley is a research fellow at the Centre for Sports Engineering Research. John's research focuses on developing software and hardware solutions for elite sport performance analysis. He has worked with a wide range of Olympic sports, including Athletics, Canoeing, Curling, Sailing, Skeleton Bob, Speed Skating and Weight Lifting. He also works on projects for the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre including a research project with parkrun. In addition to research John leads MSc Numerical Programming in Sports Engineering module and applied computing research theme group, alongside supervising several PhD students.
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About
Dr John Kelley is a research fellow at the Centre for Sports Engineering Research. John's research focuses on developing software and hardware solutions for elite sport performance analysis. John is originally from a mathematics background. After studying a Masters Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, John joined the department for his PhD in 2008. His PhD was sponsored by the International Tennis Federation and the aim was to develop a method to measure ball spin rates in match play tennis. He has developed several video analysis software tools based on the ideas and skills from his PhD.
John managed a HEIF funded project to install technology at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium to create a Technology Demonstrator Hub. This allows coaches, athletes and the general public have access to some of the performance analysis technology developed for elite sport. In addition John won the UK Sport Ideas4Innovation Garage Award in 2011, which provided a £25,000 research grant to work with British Swimming. John currently works with the English Institute of Sport (EIS) through their Innovation Partnership with CSER and with the SportScotland Institute of Sport (SIS) through their Special Projects partnership with CSER. This involves developing software and hardware solutions for elite sport performance analysis.
John has worked with a wide range of sports, including Athletics, Canoeing, Curling, Bowls, Sailing, Skeleton Bob, Speed Skating and Weight Lifting. In addition to research John leads MSc Numerical Programming in Sports Engineering module and applied computing research theme group, alongside supervising several PhD students.
Areas of interest:
- Sports engineering
- Image and video processing
- Programming (.NET / Matlab)
- Computer vision
- Video capture
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Teaching
MSc Sports Engineering:
- Numerical Programming in Sports Engineering (module leader)
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Research
Research theme group:
- Applied Computing (lead)
Current research projects:
- Persuasive technologies in elite sport coaching
- Quantifying and modelling of tennis ball and racket impacts and control
- SpinProf – A match analysis software tool for the ITF
- Spin Rig – A software tool incorporated into the ITF ball testing laboratory
Collaborators and sponsors:
- English Institute of Sport Innovation and Technology Partnership
- SportScotland Institute of Sport
- International Tennis Federation
- The Football Association
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Publications
GOFF, John, KELLEY, John, HOBSON, Chad, SEO, Kazuya, ASAI, Takeshi and CHOPPIN, Simon (2017). Creating drag and lift curves from soccer trajectories. European Journal of Physics, 38 (4).
HEXT, Andrew, HELLER, Ben, KELLEY, John and GOODWILL, Simon (2017). Relay exchanges in elite short track speed skating. European Journal of Sport Science, 17 (5), 503-510.
MCINERNEY, Ciaran and KELLEY, John (2016). Simone Biles: defying the laws of physics? +Plus magazine.
HIGHAM, D, KELLEY, John, HUDSON, Christopher and GOODWILL, Simon (2016). Finding the optimal background subtraction algorithm for EuroHockey 2015 video. Procedia Engineering, 147, 637-642.
HEXT, Andrew, HELLER, Ben, KELLEY, John and GOODWILL, Simon (2016). Measuring straight time in elite short track speed skating relays. Procedia Engineering, 147, 622-626.
KELLEY, John, HIGHAM, David and WHEAT, Jonathan (2016). Technology for studying interpersonal coordination in social collectives. In: PASSOS, Pedro, DAVIDS, Keith and CHOW, Jia Yi, (eds.) Interpersonal Coordination and Performance in Social Systems. Routledge, 305-322.
REED, Heath, STANTON, Andrew, WHEAT, Jonathan, KELLEY, John, DAVIS, L., RAO, W, SMITH, A, OWEN, D and FRANCESE, Simona (2015). The Reed-Stanton press rig for the generation of reproducible fingermarks : towards a standardised methodology for fingermark research. Science & justice, 56 (1), 9-17.
DRISCOLL, Heather, KELLEY, John, KIRK, Bob, KOERGER, Harald and HAAKE, Steve (2015). Measurement of studded shoe–surface interaction metrics during in situ performance analysis. Sports Engineering, 18 (2), 105-113.
DUNN, Marcus and KELLEY, John (2015). Non-invasive, spatio-temporal gait analysis for sprint running using a single camera. Procedia Engineering, 112, 528-533.
SPURR, James, GOODWILL, Simon, KELLEY, John and HAAKE, Steve (2014). Measuring the inertial properties of a tennis racket. Procedia Engineering, 72, 569-574.
KELLEY, John (2014). A camera calibration method for a hammer throw analysis tool. In: JAMES, David, CHOPPIN, Simon, ALLEN, Tom and FLEMMING, Paul, (eds.) The Engineering of Sport 10. Procedia Engineering, 10 (72). Elsevier, 74-79.
NICOLAIDES, Alexander, ELLIOTT, Nathan, KELLEY, John, PINAFFO, Mauro and ALLEN, Tom (2013). Effect of string bed pattern on ball spin generation from a tennis racket. Sports Engineering, 16 (3), 181-188.
WIART, N., KELLEY, John, JAMES, David and ALLEN, Tom (2011). Effect of temperature on the dynamic properties of soccer balls. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 225 (4), 189-198.
WIART, N., KELLEY, John, JAMES, David and ALLEN, Tom (2011). Effect of temperature on the dynamic properties of soccer balls. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 225 (4), 189-198.
CHOPPIN, S B. and KELLEY, John (2010). Generating football Cd profiles without a wind tunnel. Procedia engineering, 2 (2), 2449-2454.
KELLEY, John, CHOPPIN, S. B., GOODWILL, S. R. and HAAKE, Steve (2010). Validation of a live, automatic ball velocity and spin rate finder in tennis. Procedia engineering, 2 (2), 2967-2972.
KELLEY, John, GOODWILL, Simon, CAPEL-DAVIES, J. and HAAKE, Steve (2008). Ball spin generation at the 2007 Wimbledon qualifying tournament. In: ESTIVALET, M. and BRISSON, P., (eds.) The engineering of sport 7. Springer, 571-578.
Post graduate supervision
Current supervised PhD students:
- Hext, A., The use of persuasive technologies in elite sport coaching
- Higham, D., Can patterns of play predict key events in tournament field hockey?
- Karditsas, H., Modelling of tennis ball impacts on tennis rackets
- Sotheran, A. Real-time objective feedback in springboard diving training
- Spurr, J., Quantifying tennis racket control
Completed supervised PhD students:
- Hudson, C., Automated tracking of swimmers in the clean swimming phase of a race, August 2015
Completed postgraduate examinations:
- MPhil Internal - 2
- MPhil External - 0
- PhD Internal - 2
- PhD External - 0
Media
Dr John Kelley is a research fellow at the Centre for Sports Engineering Research. John's research focuses on developing software and hardware solutions for elite sport performance analysis. He has worked with a wide range of Olympic sports, including Athletics, Canoeing, Curling, Sailing, Skeleton Bob, Speed Skating and Weight Lifting. He also works on projects for the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre including a research project with parkrun. In addition to research John leads MSc Numerical Programming in Sports Engineering module and applied computing research theme group, alongside supervising several PhD students.
The Centre for Sports Engineering Research (CSER) is led by Dr David James. It is the world's largest academic group in sports engineering and an internationally renowned centre of excellence for research and knowledge transfer. The centre's work is based on four research disciplines; applied computing, biomechanics, design engineering, and skill acquisition. In each area, researchers develop fundamental knowledge and deliver applied solutions to enhance athletic performance, reduce injury and promote physical activity.
CSER works in partnership with many sport, health and commercial organisations. We are immensely proud of our work with Team GB Olympic, and Paralympic athletes, and we enjoy research partnerships with global organisations such as the International Tennis Federation, FIFA, and Adidas.
Areas of expertise:
- Sports engineering
- Image and video processing
- Programming (.NET / Matlab)
- Computer vision
- Video capture
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