Kyle Bennett

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-schoo…

👉 Read more here: sportrxiv.org/index.php/serv… Thanks to @DylanPoulus and @NovakSportSci. This is only a preliminary investigation and there is more to come from our team.

1️⃣Practice volume and expertise are linked 2️⃣Better stress-coping likely means more consistent practice 3️⃣Player pool & competitiveness shape practice behaviours 4️⃣Distinct practice patterns impact engagement/disengagement.

What drives expertise in esports? Our new study explored this very idea. We analysed the practice behaviours of top-ranked @LeagueOfLegends players across eight servers. We found:

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/researc…

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.

We invite researchers and practitioners to participate in a live Delphi study on the most effective TID and TDE practices in sports. If you are interested, please message or email me (Kyle.Bennett@scu.edu.au). See below for more info. @JobFran3 @DylanPoulus @WilliamMcCalman

🚨 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-schoo…

🚨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: #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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/10.10…

@GameAwareAU We are also doing some work on what learning we can take from traditional sports talent pathways and the best way forward for esport talent systems.

So many things are coming together for the #EsportsOlympicGames. Esports player development pathways need this kind of research to help achieve the best outcomes for our elite representatives.

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

Calling all fitness instructors, personal trainers, physiotherapists, well-being advisors... 🚨 Do you set physical activity goals with your clients/patients/participants? We want to hear from you! 🙌 Please consider completing our survey 👇🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lincoln/goal…

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

@SCU_Australia and I are excited to share that we are hosting the @ASAN_Online Conference on our Gold Coast Campus this year. Join us on November 28/29th for a fantastic knowledge-sharing experience. See below for more information. scu.edu.au/health/researc…

@Olliew1995 @cswannpsych @SCU_Australia @Trish_Jackman @Matthew_D_Bird @LincsSpExPsych Congratulations @Olliew1995. A massive achievement :)

@cswannpsych @SCU_Australia @KyleJMBennett @Trish_Jackman @Matthew_D_Bird @LincsSpExPsych Absolutly delighted to graduate! Thanks very much Christian, Kyle, Matt and Trish for helping me get here!!

Congratulations Dr @Olliew1995 - officially a PhD graduate of @SCU_Australia! @KyleJMBennett @Trish_Jackman @Matthew_D_Bird @LincsSpExPsych

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

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“The popularity of SMART goals is understandable – they seem simple, memorable and easy to use. But there’s a major catch – the research literature suggests that, in many contexts, they simply don’t work very well: in fact, they can even be detrimental.” psyche.co/ideas/so-calle…