Nick Wattie
@wattien
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Associate Prof & Sport Scientist at Ontario Tech Uni. Research talent, skill acq, expertise, PYD, & health. terrible @ swim/bike/run, golf and curling.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined February 2013
Now Available: The Routledge Handbook of Talent Identification and Development in Sport https://t.co/ezsgfm0cJ9
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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
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Fun stuff happening at @ontariotech_u with @foleyneuromech and crew! One step at a time. #Theia3D #markerless
This feels pretty special to watch already, can't wait to see his journey to walking take shape. Thanks @theiamarkerless for the guidance on making this happen. Some pediatric gait progression data for @DrMeghannLloyd 's motor development class at @ontariotech_u
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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
journals.sagepub.com
Player development programmes in sports are considered crucial pillars for the development of young players and countries’ international sporting success. As re...
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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
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❓ 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
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Moneyball for Volleyball What is Expected Value? and why even bother? https://t.co/eC37rqCMos
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Canada’s surf prodigy Erin Brooks pushes the sport to new heights ahead of the Olympics
theglobeandmail.com
As she breaks surfing’s gender and age barriers, 15-year-old Erin Brooks gets ready to take on the world at the Paris Olympics
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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
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This conceptual analysis aims to challenge the state of high-performance sport by questioning the concept of specialisation. To start, we offer a brief, but ...
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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
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Pretty good depiction of prioritizing short-term performance over long term athlete development…
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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
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Super fascinating! Great stuff as always from @sweatscience - What Happens When One Twin Exercises and the Other Doesn’t - Outside Online
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🙏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 👇
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Youth sport coaches, please consider participating in this very short survey!
Are you a #youthsports coach, #coaching athletes’ up to 18 years of age? If yes, check out this online survey examining coaches’ definitions of coaching philosophy: https://t.co/7bcUMurU6n. The first 500 participants are eligible to receive a $5 gift card! Please RT & share!
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What Is Athletic Talent? - Outside Online
outsideonline.com
Elite running coaches weigh in on what it means to be talented and how they predict who will run fastest
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New paper alert! Does your #geography matter for sport development? Yes...sort of...depending on where you live...haha! Thanks to @matthewvierimaa and Ashley Newman for co-authoring this. @FrontiersIn
https://t.co/v0ZFEDN95w
frontiersin.org
Geography (i.e., birthplace) is one of many factors that influence talent development. When one’s birthplace leads to advantages in sport participation or pe...
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As an athlete, coach and judge I devoted my life to protecting athletes and children, and chose to make my mandate as Minister of Sport, safe sport. This is my statement on safe sport and the radical change needed. https://t.co/ssPVmZMnlG
theglobeandmail.com
Hockey Canada needs to do the hard work and take the right decisions, in a transparent, accountable manner that will lead to meaningful change
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