Dr Kylie Steel

• Qualifications
• Biography
• Research
• Selected Publications
• Teaching Interests
• Professional Activities

Qualifications

PhD; MExSpSci; B.PE; DipTeach

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Biography

Dr Kylie Steel is a trained Sport and Exercise scientist and Physical Education teacher. During the past seven years Kylie has been lecturing and practicing in the area of Sport Science. Lecturing duties have included both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the sport science areas of Physical Development Health and Physical Education (PDHPE), Fitness, Dance Education and Coaching.

In 2009 Kylie graduated from the University of Sydney with a PhD in Skill Acquisition and Motor Learning.

Research

Current research relates to the factors which influence perception and decision-making in team sports.

Future research projects will include pro-prioception in team sports participants and the application of observational based methods for accelerating learning.

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Selected Publications

Steel, K.A., Adams, R.D., & Canning, C.G. (2009). Recognition of water polo players as teammates from video clips of less than 1 second captured from overwater versus underwater cameras. Proceedings of the 2009 NASPSPA conference, Austin, Texas. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, S100.

Steel, K.A., Adams, R.D., & Canning, C.G. (2008). Junior football players can classify runners as their team-mates from 400 ms video-clips. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 107, 756-761.

Steel, K.A., Adams, R.D., & Canning, C.G. (2007). Identifying swimmers as water polo or swim team mates from visual displays of less than one second. Journal of Sports Sciences, 25 (11), 1251-1258.

Steel, K.A., Adams, R.D., & Canning, C.G. (2006). Identifying runners as football team-mates from 400msec video clips. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 103, 901-911.

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Teaching Interests

• Skill acquisition and motor learning
• Motor Control
• Sports Coaching and Performance

Professional Activities

Member of The Australian Association of Exercise and Sport Science (AAESS) and The North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA).

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