Stuck at home and craving some footy stats for the #AFLFinals ? Check out the VU Data Lab, where Sam McIntosh provides an excellent summary of the Western Bulldogs season so far, and some insight into tomorrow's Semi Final against the Lions. Go Dogs! 🔴⚪️🔵vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-…

A great story about a really great person - who is very humble, knowledgeable, kind & goes about his business without any real fuss (he also probably won’t like me giving him the public shoutout 🙃) Mathew Inness

We all have them - but how does bias affect our decisions working in sport? And are they always 'bad'? Part 2 of our 4-part series on decision making is out now, with host Sam Robertson once again joined by David Joyce podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bia…

Inside our war room. Where the magic happens!

Arthur Jones is HYPED. How good is this?! 😁

Currently work in sport? Interested in gaining #RStats data analytics skills? Enrolments for our Grad Cert in Data Analytics for Sport Performance Victoria University are now open! 🗓️ Start in Feb or August 🇦🇺 Heavily subsided 2022 fees for domestic students 🌎 Study anywhere online

Nice to see some of the fruits of our @TrackVU collaboration with FIFA published. DOI: 10.1007/s12283-021-00365-y

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Here we present multiple analytical methods to evaluate goal kicking performance while considering constraint interaction The visualisation of results may affect how data is used in applied setting📈🎨 Thanks Sam Robertson & Alice Sweeting link.springer.com/article/10.118…

🚨Industry PHD🚨 At the end of this years NAB League season La Trobe, AFL and the Bendigo Pioneers will looking to fill my position as HPM and extend my match demands research into league-wide training demands. Please RT and get in touch if this may interest you.

We have a new PhD opportunity for a suitably eligible candidate, embedded with a major US professional franchise. Open to US residents only. Please contact me at [email protected] to discuss further

The Western Bulldogs & Victoria University have 2 x new PhD scholarships commencing in Sport Science & Physical Performance in 2023. One each with the AFL and AFLW programmes, working with Mathew Inness and his team. Apply at vu.edu.au/courses/doctor… before October 2nd

We are looking for a new addition to our team as Data Team Lead. If interested, take a look at the link below. linkedin.com/jobs/view/3248…

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Interested in using data analytics to inform training design in high performance sport? Here we explore constraint interaction, across all three classes, in Aus Football! Thanks to Sam Robertson Carl Woods Mathew Inness Alice Sweeting doi.org/10.1080/026404…

The influence of individual, task and environmental constraint interaction on skilled behaviour in Australian Football training #OpenAccess thanks to Ben Teune Sam Robertson Carl Woods Mathew Inness Alice Sweeting tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great opportunity to join the Western Bulldogs & Institute for Health and Sport, VU families. Get the best of both sport science worlds: ✅ Manage research projects related to applied sport science. ✅ Implement those strategies to enhance player & team performance. 🗓 applications close 29th Nov

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 with Sam Robertson We explore player performance with respect to the timing of player contract signings. 💡Players who signed mid-season saw performances before signing as above expected, and showed a drop in performance post signing. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Scott Watters goes to me 'mate, I'm going to play you every single week no matter what, even if you're playing rubbish, I'll keep playing you week in week out.' I was like 'you beauty, sold me the farm. Done, sign me up.' Anyway, I'm driving from Sydney to Melbourne, literally

We're looking for an Honours student to join our team Western Bulldogs & Institute for Health and Sport, VU. The research project will seek to identify & investigate periods of high intensity physical output within Australian Football match-play. See below for details & contact me for more info!

🎓A bit over a week left to express interest in these Victoria University Institute for Health and Sport, VU PhD opportunities. These are applied industry-embedded roles with Western Bulldogs designed to bridge academic research with high-performance practice. Details below. Contact me for info!