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Dr

David Broadbent

Lecturer, Sport Coaching

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

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  • Lecturer, Sport Coaching
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

The broad focus of my research is skill acquisition and expert performance in a variety of domains (sport, cycling, driving), with a particular interest in examining and enhancing anticipation and decision-making skills using field-based methods and innovative technologies (e.g., Virtual Reality). I am currently supervising multiple Honours and PhD students, and welcome inquiries from prospective students motivated in advancing their knowledge and skills in this area of research.

I am from the UK and joined Deakin University in 2022 as a Lecturer in Sport Coaching within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. I am a member of Deakin’s Centre for Sport Research (CSR) within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN). I completed my PhD at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) in 2015. The title of my PhD was 'Conditions of Practice for Perceptual-Cognitive Simulation Training in Sport'. While completing my PhD, I worked part-time for Everton Football Club as a 1st team performance analyst and with the scouting and recruitment team. In 2015, I took up a position at Brunel University London as a Lecturer in Cognition and Neuroscience within the Division of Sport, Health, Exercise Sciences. I continue to work with colleagues in the UK and across the world to produce internationally recognised research.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer, Sport Coaching
    Deakin University, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer, Cognition and Neuroscience
    Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2015 - 1 Sep 2022

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Liverpool John Moores Univ.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
    Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Sports science and exercise
  • Sport and exercise psychology
  • Motor control
  • Vision science
  • Sensory processes, perception and performance
  • Virtual and mixed reality

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

RESEARCH STRENGTHS