Browsing by Author "Wattie, Nick"
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Community size effects in Canadian National Hockey League draftees: exploring regional variations in community size effects and the influence of population density and proximity to Canadian hockey league teams.
Farah, Lojain (2017-06-01)Researcher have identified certain population size categories to be more advantageous in developing elite athletes than others (Côté et al., 2006), giving this phenomenon the name “community size effect”. However, ... -
An exploration of the developmental sport and training histories of Canadian sport officials
Mergler, Jason (2019-06-01)Sport officials occupy essential roles in sport and are necessary for sport to function properly. However, compared to athletes and coaches there has been scant research conducted on the development of sport officials. ... -
Exploring the acute affect of de-coupled batting drills on the gaze behaviour and decision-making of elite baseball players
McCue, Matthew (2019-07-01)Expert batters utilize context-specific information and gaze behaviour to aid decision-making and performance. However, typical practice and warm-up activities often lack relevant context-specific information and visual ... -
Exploring the feasibility of a novel experimental method to study talent selection and decision making in high performance sport
Blakey, Garrett R.J. (2022-08-01)Talent selection in sport takes place from early stages of development through professional ranks. Athletes are regularly selected for youth teams, high school teams, as well as collegiate and professional teams (Jones, ... -
Exploring the participation pathways among high-performance varsity soccer players: is it as simple as specializing or sampling?
Mohammadi, Arman (2022-06-01)Research on the sport participation patterns of youth athletes often contrasts two types of participation: early sport specialization (Ford & Williams, 2017) and sampling/ diversification (Coté et al., 2009). However, the ... -
Exploring the relationships between year of eligibility, self-perceptions and training behaviour in varsity student-athletes
Ford, Kassidy (2023-06-01)Although there is much research on the experiences and academic accomplishments of student-athletes, less work has focused on factors influencing training and performance outcomes among varsity student-athletes. This study ... -
The influence of general cognitive training on sport-specific performance in wheelchair basketball
Pietroniro, Annie (2018-08-01)There has been tremendous growth of sport-science literature completed on able-bodied or mainstream athletes. However, research completed on the development of perceptual-cognitive skills on athletes with physical disabilities ... -
Informing the creation of an evidence-based app for daily physical activity in schools
Rodych, Rileigh (2019-12-01)It has been well document that physical activity has positive effects on physical health and well-being, as well as academic performance. In contrast, sedentary behaviour has been associated with negative health implications, ... -
Relative age effects: exploring possible solutions and the relationships between relative age, sport participation, education, and indicators of positive youth development
Webdale (Ottenbrite), Kelly (2018-07-01)Relative age occurs when youth are placed into age groups in sport and education. Relative Age Effects (RAE) indicate that being born closer to the cutoff date holds an advantage in sport and academic outcomes. Study 1 ...