Pumped to announce that @DylanPoulus and I have two new esports PhD scholarships available at @SCUonline. They will explore 'healthy esports behaviours'. 🎓1. The psychology of healthy esports 🎓2. Youth development and healthy esports scu.edu.au/graduate-school/s…

The conference schedule for the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network Conference is now available. Do not miss out on this fantastic event. @ASAN_Online @SCU_Australia scu.edu.au/health/research/p…

Are you a researcher or practitioner working in talent identification and development? 🏆 We invite you to participate in a Delphi survey on the most effective TI&D practices in sports. If you are interested, please see below for more info. @JobFran3 @DylanPoulus @KyleJMBennett

Abstracts close for the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network Conference in 13 days. We have a talented lineup of keynote speakers. Do not miss out.

🚨 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 🚨 We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to explore the psychology of esports participation in the context of mental health and/or performance psychology. This project could examine the potential adverse effects of esports participation and how to identify or prevent them. Projects could also investigate the psychology of esports performance and how to improve player performance. Applicants should have experience studying psychology, mental health, or high performance and a deep understanding of esports. For full eligibility criteria and how to apply, follow this link: scu.edu.au/graduate-school/s…

🚨New Esports Research: Defining Elite Esports Athletes🚨 How should we define elite esports athletes? We are excited to announce the publication of our latest open-access research in the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. We set out to provide clarity on how "elite" esports athletes were defined across various research studies and provide three key outcomes: 1⃣A Definition: “…we conceptualise elite e’athletes as individuals who compete at the highest level for their esport.” 2⃣An Initial Elite Clarification System: We introduce a 2-step classification system that considers both the highest level of competition and success within that level to better define elite status in esports (pictured below). 3⃣Guidelines for Future Research: We recommend new reporting guidelines to help researchers provide more detailed and consistent definitions of elite esports sample characteristics, facilitating more meaningful comparisons and insights (pictured below) We hope this research provides a critical step towards standardising the field and improving the quality of research in esports. A big thank you to my co-authors @benjamintsharpe, Patricia C. Jackman, @cswannpsych & @KyleJMBennett for their incredible contributions to this work! 📖 Read the full article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Great to see this published! Defining elite esports athletes: a scoping review Very timely & builds on “Defining elite athletes” paper w/ Dave Piggott and Aidan Moran in PSE in 2015 Thanks to @DylanPoulus @benjamintsharpe @KyleJMBennett & Trish Jackman tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Happy to see this work accepted. We hope that our guidelines will help to standardise the demographic and contextual information that authors report, providing more transparency around samples and allowing for meaningful cross-study conclusions. Great work team!

🚨Excited to announce that our paper ‘Defining Elite Esports Athletes’ has just been accepted for publication with the International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology (@tandfpsychology). We offer: 1⃣A definition of an elite e'athlete 2⃣A working classification system for defining elite esports samples 3⃣A set of academic guidelines for reporting elite esports samples I will fully unpack the findings when the paper goes live! RG link below👇 @benjamintsharpe @Trish_Jackman @cswannpsych @KyleJMBennett

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Exciting news: Our book Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity is now PUBLISHED! And - we have a few FREE COPIES to give away! RT to share and we will choose a few lucky winners. @Audrey_Giles @SmithyRobyn1 @QRSEsoc @tandfsport @betterberunning

Last few days to apply for these esports scholarships!! Reach out to me for more information.

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Do you currently coach elite team sport athletes? Or know of someone coaching elite team sport athletes? We are interested in hearing your perspectives and practices when providing feedback to your team. Express your interest to Emma.Petancevski@uts.edu.au or via the QR code.

If you are coaching elite team sports, we would love to understand how you use feedback with your athletes. See 👇🏿 to participate.

We are excited to announce that our two esports PhD scholarships @SCUonline are now open to international applicants too!! This is a fantastic opportunity for high-quality candidates to come to beautiful Australia and research esports. Applications close 31/05. DM me for more information. @KyleJMBennett