Nick Wattie

Associate Prof & Sport Scientist at Ontario Tech Uni. Research talent, skill acq, expertise, PYD, & health. terrible @ swim/bike/run, golf and curling.

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

Now Available: The Routledge Handbook of Talent Identification and Development in Sport https://t.co/ezsgfm0cJ9

[Joe Baker @bakerjtoronto]

Are you a sport coach who works with adolescent athletes? Interested in self-regulation - one of the hottest concepts in the psychology of athlete development? Please consider this study we're doing with our amazing colleagues at the University of Ottawa.
https://t.co/WOWINtFhIY

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

@MikaRRT @foleyneuromech @theiamarkerless @DrMeghannLloyd @ontariotech_u Sign me up.

[Theia @theiamarkerless]

Fun stuff happening at @ontariotech_u with @foleyneuromech and crew!

One step at a time.

#Theia3D #markerless

[Till Koopmann 🇺🇦 @TillKoopmann]

What is 'talent' in 🏓?
How can 🧒 be selected for dev. programs?

We found very interesting answers interviewing 1⃣5⃣ experts in the field - e.g., that both the individual & the environment are crucial criteria.
Results are relevant not just for 🏓!

📄👇https://t.co/GUvn85QeYH

[Denver Brown @TheDenverBrown]

Years in the making but finally published.

Towards the development of a quality youth sport experience measure: Understanding participant and stakeholder perspectives @JohnCairney68 @MattKwan_PhD @KA_Tamminen @Mark_Bruner @SinAzimi @INCHLab @hcaputsa

https://t.co/ZapslWS27w

[Felien Laureys @FelienLaureys]

❓ Do athletes, coaches and parents share perceptions on psycho-behavioral skills?
📣 Well, maybe not as much as we think they do!

🤓 Read all about it, and why this is important for the talent development pathway, in this article 👉https://t.co/xoq4f16JcZ

[Chad Gordon @chadgordon09]

Moneyball for Volleyball

What is Expected Value?

and why even bother?
https://t.co/eC37rqCMos

@kirkgoldsberry

[Joe Baker @bakerjtoronto]

Wow...

https://t.co/7KMvzcHjH2

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

Canada’s surf prodigy Erin Brooks pushes the sport to new heights ahead of the Olympics https://t.co/G9RepYufI5

[John Cairney @JohnCairney68]

Latest article | Holding open spaces to explore beyond: Toward a different conceptualization of specialization in high-performance sport - re-thinking high performance environments ⁦@VeroRichard03⁩ @CarlWoods25⁩ ⁦@UQ_News⁩ ⁦@UQHealth⁩ https://t.co/PB2aR0ctkb

[Motor Skills Lab @kin_msl_ubc]

Help us learn more about girls' soccer in Canada! We are recruiting U14-U18 female soccer players to do an online survey on sport experiences ⚽️🏃🏽‍♀️

Can you help us spread the word? @WsoccerCa
@WFCElite
@CanadaSoccerEN
@League1Bc
@WhitecapsYouth
@1BCSoccer
https://t.co/8dwqN9SF0d

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

@EricaGavel Congrats Erica!

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

@foleyneuromech Old man yells as cloud.

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

Pretty good depiction of prioritizing short-term performance over long term athlete development…

[Yohan J. John @DrYohanJohn]

https://t.co/rJW5JsfoGo

[Rob Gray ⚾️👁 @ShakeyWaits]

Surprise, it's here!!
My NEW book, the follow-up to "How We Learn to Move" is available NOW.
"Learning to Optimize Movement:
Harnessing the Power of the Athlete-Environment Relationship" https://t.co/hI4pMj2QT9

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

Super fascinating! Great stuff as always from ⁦@sweatscience⁩ -
What Happens When One Twin Exercises and the Other Doesn’t - Outside Online https://t.co/qKXMy0lcpO

[Thomas Romeas - PhD @ThomasRomeas]

🙏Please RT 🔁
My colleague Maxime Trempe & I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to work with @baseballquebec , @INSQuebec, @UBishops on a very exciting and applied project in ⚾️. Includes skill acquisition, visual/perceptual-motor skills, VR, expertise.

To apply, see 👇

[Joe Baker @bakerjtoronto]

Youth sport coaches, please consider participating in this very short survey!

[Nick Wattie @wattien]

What Is Athletic Talent? - Outside Online https://t.co/94a562ICti