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Optionality in Australian Football League draftee contracts Latest paper from Jemuel Chandrakumaran with Sam McIntosh Paul Larkin and myself Institute for Health and Sport, VU journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Interview based on research in basketball talent identification 🏀, in collaboration with Scott Talpey PhD Matthew J. Reeves Adam Gorman Marby Sports Academy Institute for Health and Sport, VU central.rookieme.com/basketball/stu…

Great to spend time Marby Sports Academy with Paul Larkin, Gyan Wijekulasuriya and the rest of the staff over the past week. Been awesome to see the programme in action, and chat future projects with the team. Superb set up there!

🚨New Article🚨 We (Aden Kittel & Ian Cunningham) discuss entry into officiating pathways - How do we identify new officiating talent? Play on! Understanding sports officials’ entry into officiating 👇tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Institute for Health and Sport, VU Edinburgh Napier University Football VU @TrackVU

How do we identify new officiating talent? Check out the latest paper by Ian Cunningham, Aden Kittel and Paul Larkin discussing entry into officiating and talent development Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨New Article 🚨 📷⚽️Discussing coaches’ perceptions of the key attributes for youth soccer player recruitment, with the development of a Talent ID Questionnaire ⚽️📷 Alliance Kubayi tandfonline.com/eprint/GQKIFMM… Institute for Health and Sport, VU Football VU @TrackVU🚨

🚨New Article🚨 How do you value a Draft Pick? The compounding endowment effects when trading draft picks in the Australian Football League Research by PhD student Jemuel Chandrakumaran Sam Robertson Sam McIntosh Institute for Health and Sport, VU Football VU AFL journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

🚨PhD Opportunity🚨 We are looking for a PhD student to join our research group at Institute for Health and Sport, VU and Marby Sports Academy The research aims to understand performance, health and well-being influence on youth athlete development. Please reach out if interested. vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fe…

🚨We're developing a new movement competency assessment for athletes at Institute for Health and Sport, VU and we want academics and practitioners to have their say! 🚨 Respond to this survey (vuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9u…) if you're interested in contributing to the future of movement assessment!

🚨Experts in movement competency from the US and UK wanted to assist developing a new assessment for athletes! 🚨 Participants complete a 30 minute survey monthly for 3 months. Click the link below to participate! vuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9u… BASES Sport and Performance Division NSCA NCAA UKSCA

🚨New Book Chapter📚 Great to work with Aden Kittel & Ian Cunningham on the chapter: Decision-making Bias in officiating. Thanks Dr Tom Webb Professor Hancock Pamm Phillips Jacob Tingle on pulling this book together: Managing and Developing Sports Officials taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

🚨 New and ahead of print 🚨 The Determinants of Maximal Speed Adaptation During Preseason in Subelite Female Australian Rules Footballers Thanks to Brendan Canham, Calvin Pane, Hannah Dower and Paul Larkin for their contributions! journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

📢PhD Opportunity🚨 Our research group are looking for new PhD students to start 2025. Projects include: 1. Performance, health and well-being of youth athletes. 2. Constraints based coaching 3. Athlete workload monitoring Information can be found: vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fe…

MORE SCHOLARHIPS AVAILABLE 2 Fully funded PhD scholarships for Australian or New Zealand students Victoria University Institute for Health and Sport, VU See Performance Failure studies in the Health, Sport & Wellness section of website vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fe… Apps due Sept 29 for a 2025 start!

The first of its kind to focus on TID regarding GKs Thando Zulu Shawn Bishop Paul Larkin Goolam Valodia 🇮🇪 Dr. Joe Stone Dr. James Dugdale Matthew J. Reeves

🚨New Article 🚨 Great to Share that Gyan Wijekulasuriya has published his first paper from his PhD, a Systematic Review and Met-Analysis of Movement Quality Assessments in Athletic Populations Team Effort Carl Woods Aden Kittel Institute for Health and Sport, VU Marby Sports Academy rdcu.be/d7lBR

133 years 2791 games 5370 goals Countless cherished memories For the final time for our Men's Senior Team...🥹 It's matchday at Goodison Park. 💙 #EndOfAnEra