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Damian Farrow is affiliated with Victoria University in Australia and specializes in research within the fields of Psychology and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Their research primarily addresses topics linked to Sport Psychology and Performance, Sports Performance and Training, Sports Injuries and Prevention, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Sports Analytics and Performance, Physical Education and Pedagogy, as well as Children's Physical and Motor Development.

Recent publications by Damian Farrow cover various aspects of sports science and psychology. Notable papers include:

  • "Examining the representativeness of a virtual reality environment for simulation of tennis performance" (2020, Journal of Sports Sciences)
  • "Sports Coaches' Knowledge and Beliefs About the Provision, Reception, and Evaluation of Verbal Feedback" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Defining cricket batting expertise from the perspective of elite coaches" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "An analysis of in-game feedback provided by coaches in an Australian Football League competition" (2020, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy)

Damian Farrow frequently collaborates with several researchers including Tim Buszard, Machar Reid, Ian Renshaw, Robert J. Mason, and John Hattie.

Their work has been published often in the following venues:

  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport

Throughout their career, Damian Farrow has contributed to advancing knowledge about sports coaching, performance evaluation, and movement variability in children's sports equipment scaling. These contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating psychological, physical, and educational perspectives relevant to sports science and practice.

Best Publications

  • An Integrated, Multifactorial Approach to Periodization for Optimal Performance in Individual and Team Sports.

    Iñigo Mujika;Shona Halson;Louise M. Burke;Gloria Balagué

  • Do expertise and the degree of perception-action coupling affect natural anticipatory performance?

    Damian Farrow;Bruce Abernethy

  • How do world-class cricket batsmen anticipate a bowler's intention?

    Sean Müller;Bruce Abernethy;Damian Farrow

  • Can anticipatory skills be learned through implicit video based perceptual training

    Damian Farrow;Bruce Abernethy

  • The development of a test of reactive agility for netball: a new methodology

    D Farrow;W Young;Lyndell Bruce

  • The effects of fatigue on decision making and shooting skill performance in water polo players.

    Kylie A. Royal;Damian Farrow;Iñigo Mujika;Shona L. Halson

  • The effect of video-based perceptual training on the tennis return of serve.

    Damian Farrow;Paula Chivers;Carl Hardingham;Shane Sachse

  • Probing expert anticipation with the temporal occlusion paradigm: experimental investigations of some methodological issues.

    Damian Farrow;Bruce Abernethy;Robin C. Jackson

  • Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks.

    David L. Mann;Bruce Abernethy;Bruce Abernethy;Damian Farrow

  • The development of anticipation: a cross-sectional examination of the practice experiences contributing to skill in cricket batting.

    Juanita Weissensteiner;Bruce Abernethy;Damian Farrow;Sean Müller

  • The effect of equipment scaling on the skill acquisition of beginning tennis players

    Damian Farrow;Machar Reid

  • Developing sport expertise: Researchers and coaches put theory into practice

    Damian Farrow;Joseph Baker;Clare MacMahon

  • Scaling the Equipment and Play Area in Children’s Sport to improve Motor Skill Acquisition: A Systematic Review

    Tim Buszard;Machar Reid;Rich Masters;Damian Farrow;Damian Farrow

  • Fundamental Movement Skills Are More than Run, Throw and Catch: The Role of Stability Skills

    James R. Rudd;Lisa M. Barnett;Michael L. Butson;Damian Farrow

  • The contribution of situational probability information to anticipatory skill

    Damian Farrow;Damian Farrow;Machar Reid

  • IMPLICIT PERCEPTUAL TRAINING :HOW, WHEN AND WHY?

    Robin C. Jackson;Damian Farrow

  • Training perceptual-cognitive skills: Can sport psychology research inform military decision training?

    Paul Ward;Damian Farrow;Kevin R. Harris;A. Mark Williams

  • Fatigue in tennis: Mechanisms of fatigue and effect on performance

    Daniel J. Hornery;Damian Farrow;Inigo Mujika;Warren B. Young

  • Constraints and issues in the development of a general theory of expert perceptual-motor performance: A critique of the deliberate practice framework

    A.B. Abernethy;D. Farrow;J. T. Berry

  • Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise

    Joseph Baker;Damian Farrow

  • Towards the Development of a Conceptual Model of Expertise in Cricket Batting: A Grounded Theory Approach

    Juanita Weissensteiner;Bruce Abernethy;Damian Farrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Abernethy
Bruce Abernethy University of Queensland
Remco Polman
Remco Polman Queensland University of Technology
Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker University of Toronto
Rich S. W. Masters
Rich S. W. Masters University of Waikato
Lisa M. Barnett
Lisa M. Barnett Deakin University
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Robin C. Jackson
Robin C. Jackson Loughborough University
John Hattie
John Hattie University of Melbourne
Markus Raab
Markus Raab German Sport University Cologne

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