Dr Darryl Hands

Lecturer - Health Sciences
PhD, AES

Email: darryl.hands@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Darryl is a lecturer in the discipline of Exercise and Sport Science. Building on his experience as a sports scientist in A-League football, he completed his PhD at the University of Newcastle in 2024, focusing on contextualising physical performance in association football.

    He is also a qualified cricket coach, with expertise in batting and fast bowling technique, which has driven a research interest in bowling technique associated with lumbar bone stress injuries and performance.

    He aims to produce pragmatic research with an emphasis on practical application.

  • Teaching areas

    • Human growth and  development
    • Functional anatomy for human movement

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Cricket:

    • Fast bowling technique (injury, injury prevention, and performance outcomes)
    • Batting technique

    Football:

    • Physical performance
    • Performance analysis

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Hands, D. E., & Janse de Jonge, X. (2020). Current time-motion analyses of professional football matches in top-level domestic leagues: a systematic review. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 20(5), 747-765. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2020.1780872
    • Hands, D. E., Janse de Jonge, X. A. K., Livingston Jr, G. C., & Borges, N. (2025). High-intensity action profiles between phases of play for an Australian A-League association football team. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 25(4), 740-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2024.2444792
    • Hands, D. E., Janse de Jonge, X. A. K., Livingston Jr, G. C., & Borges, N. R. (2023). The effect of match location and travel modality on physical performance in A-League association football matches. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41(6), 565-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2227831
    • Hands, D. E., O’Brien-Smith, J., Janse de Jonge, X. A. K., Livingston Jr, G. C., & Borges, N. R. (2026). Tactical performance of an Australian A-League association football team: comparing spatiotemporal data between different phases of play in matches. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 26(2), 433-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2025.2510011

  • Conference papers

      • Hands, D. E., & Coventry-Searle, T. (2024). A systematic review of cricket fast bowling literature: kinematic and kinetic measures of bowling technique associated with performance outcomes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27(Supplement 1), S1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.134
      • Hands, D. E., & Janse de Jonge, X. A. K. (2023). Assessing the merit of shoulder counter-rotation as a risk factor for lumbar bone stress injuries: a systematic review. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(Supplement 2), S114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.08.145
      • Hands, D. E., Janse de Jonge, X. A. K., Livingston Jr, G. C., & Borges, N. R. (2023a). The effect of match location and travel modality on physical performance in A-League association football matches. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(Supplement 2), S117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.08.151
      • Hands, D. E., Janse de Jonge, X. A. K., Livingston Jr, G. C., & Borges, N. R. (2023b). Inter- and intra-observer reliability of identifying phases of play of association football matches from video recordings. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(Supplement 2), S178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.08.092
      • Hands, D. E., Thompson, B., & Janse de Jonge, X. (2019). A systematic review of current time-motion analyses of professional association football matches in top level domestic leagues. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(Supplement 2), S110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.151

  • Professional affiliations

    • Exercise and Sport Science Australia (Accredited Exercise Scientist)
    • Cricket Australia (Level 2 Coach)