
Dr Phil Birch
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology | Performance Psychology | Esports | Think Aloud | Psychometrics | @egaming_esports Ed. Board | @EsportsResNet
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It was a pleasure to study with you Rebecca Levett (nee Symes) at University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences. It sometimes feels like yesterday and sometimes feels like a lifetime ago!

Successful Open Day The week has started fast but we University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences hosted a busy Open Day on Saturday. I had the pleasure of delivering the #sport and #exercise #psychology programme talk to a packed audience and I even had a long discussion about performance psych in golf


🚨 Special Issue Complete 🚨 Massive credit to Dr Benjamin T. Sharpe for expertly leading our Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports SI. We hope our editorial is the catalyst for change which helps advance the field. Watch this space for Matt Welsh #HRV research! University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences

🚨Theory, research & practice🚨 Our MSc sport & ex. psych students had the pleasure of being taught #HRV by Matt Welsh Matt used his systematic review👇to inform the session and applied theory and methods during the practical University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/6988/

They say that you use your PhD thesis as a door stop once complete. Well, 10 years post Viva and I’m still using mine to remind myself of the nuances of hierarchical regression for MSc teaching 🤓 #R #Stats University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences


Tuning in to the IOC "On the Line with an expert” information session on Athlete Mental Health with Dr Alan Currie et al. Hugely informative and highlights the need for Sam Cains South Coast DTP #PhD on mental health of elite youth golfers ⛳️ University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences The Olympic Games


Great to welcome back Rachel Whyment to discuss her experiences and successes with our MSc Sport and Ex. Psych students. Rachel discussed all things Nottingham Trent University #PhD and @basesuk CASES Division of Psychology consultancy training. University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences #alumni


Are you a sport & exercise psych? Interested in new tools for practice? If so, check out our ‘first of its kind’ study examining the perspectives of sport & ex. psych practitioners of using the Think Aloud method. University of Chichester University of Chichester x Liverpool John Moores University x Lancaster University x Uni of Lincoln x UWS

Awesome to see our Special Issue in print. Expertly led by Dr Benjamin T. Sharpe. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences

🔈 Applied Sport Psych in #Esports 🔈 Enjoyed listening to Dr Oliver Leis discuss his and Dr Laura Swettenham Callum Abbott book chapter on Friday. Oli discussed current work and what is needed in the future to advance our understanding. Thanks to Eric Pooch for organising.


🔈 Early Career Researcher Event 🔈 Always great to support our University of Chichester Chichester University Sport and Life Sciences next generation of researchers Matt Welsh presented his recent PhD progress in #HRV #esports I shared my experiences of using press releases & social media to increase research impact 📈



📈 PARTICIPANTS NEEDED 📈 We Craig McNulty Dr Benjamin T. Sharpe Dr Dylan Poulus Mitchell Nicholson PhD Dr Oliver Leis are conducting a study examining performance in League of Legends Please complete👇link to participate: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/iX2jCBnxOiPY… The study follows on from👇 journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…


🎮Interested in skins & performance?🎮 Check out Edgar Chekera Psychology Today blog on the impact of skins and colour on #esports performance. University of Chichester University of Chichester Press Office psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-ps…


⛳ Insights about pressure from Rory ⛳ Context: 3 hole playoff. ✅ Pressure is a privilege ✅ Mastery of skills ✅ Normalising negative thoughts 🎯 Intervention: Cognitive restructuring and imagery. 17.50 👇 lnkd.in/ersuwPHR University of Chichester




Many congratulations to Jess Hayburn for passing her PhD Viva yesterday. I very much enjoyed our Annette Stride critical discussions. Great work also the supervisory team Dr Gareth Jowett Dr. Adam Gledhill FCASES Faye Didymus University of Chichester Leeds Beckett