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Associate Professor Sarah-Kate Millar

Contact

Department: School of Health Sciences

Email: sarah-kate.millar@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3691758

Office: Rehua 321

Languages: English, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive
About
Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Skill Acquisition
  • Sports Coaching
  • Performance Analysis
  • Youth Sport
  • Biomechanics
  • Applied Sports Science
  • Ecological Dynamics
  • Well-being
  • Movement learning

Researcher Summary

Sarah-Kate's research expertise is in the area of skill acquisition, as well as youth sport; this includes sports coaching, performance analysis as well as biomechanics. She has a strong ability to work with industry and help them answer applied sports science and movement questions.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: Pedagogy; Sport Coaching
  • Health and Health Sciences: Sport & Exercise Science; Wellbeing

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Clancy S., Borotkanics R., Millar SK. and Oldham ARH. (2023) A quantitative analysis of factors which influence supplement use and doping among adolescent athletes in New Zealand. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 5 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1069523. (Journal Articles)
  • Bercades LT., Oldham ARH., Lorimer A., Lenetsky S., Millar SK. and Sheerin K. (2022) Experiential knowledge of expert coaches on the critical performance factors of the taekwondo roundhouse kick. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17479541221144120. (Journal Articles)
  • Wilson OWA., Whatman C., Walters S., Keung S., Enari D., Chiet A., Millar SK., Ferkins L., Hinckson E. and Hapeta J. (2022) “Balance Is Better”: The Wellbeing Benefits of Participating in a Breadth of Sports across a Variety of Settings during Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(14) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148597. (Journal Articles)
  • Wilson OWA., Whatman C., Walters S., Keung S., Enari D., Rogers A., Millar SK., Ferkins L., Hinckson E. and Hapeta J. (2022) The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(14) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148579. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar S-K. (2021) Understanding how athletes learn: Integrating skill training concepts, theory and practice from an ecological perspective. Applied Coaching Research Journal 7: 22-33. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Chow JY., Gleeson M. and Cleaver M. (2021) Teachers' Perceptions of Applying Contemporary Skill Acquisition Approaches in High School Physical Education. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 3 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.775423. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Spencer K., Stewart T. and Dong M. (2021) Learning Curves in COVID-19: Student Strategies in the ‘new normal’? Frontiers in Education 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.641262. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte F., Davids K., Millar S-K. and Klatt S. (2021) Understanding how athletes learn: Integrating skill training concepts, theory and practice from an ecological perspective. Applied Coaching Research Journal 7: 22-33. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte FW., Millar SK. and Klatt S. (2021) What do you hear? The effect of stadium noise on football players’ passing performances. European Journal of Sport Science 21(7): 1035-1044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1809714. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte FW., Davids K., Millar SK. and Klatt S. (2020) Specialist role coaching and skill training periodisation: A football goalkeeping case study. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 15(4): 562-575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954120922548. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte FW., Davids K., Millar SK. and Klatt S. (2020) When and How to Provide Feedback and Instructions to Athletes?—How Sport Psychology and Pedagogy Insights Can Improve Coaching Interventions to Enhance Self-Regulation in Training. Frontiers in Psychology 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01444. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte FW., Millar SK. and Klatt S. (2020) How does the modern football goalkeeper train?–An exploration of expert goalkeeper coaches’ skill training approaches. Journal of Sports Sciences 38(11-12): 1465-1473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1643202. (Journal Articles)
  • Otte FW., Millar SK. and Klatt S. (2020) Ready to perform? A qualitative-analytic investigation into professional football goalkeepers’ match warm-ups. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 15(3): 324-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954120909956. (Journal Articles)
  • Verhoeff WJ., Millar SK., Oldham ARH. and Cronin J. (2020) Coaching the Power Clean: A Constraints-Led Approach. Strength and Conditioning Journal 42(2): 16-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000508. (Journal Articles)
  • Shultz S., Millar S-K., Fink P., Hébert-Losier K., Handsfield G., Sheerin K., Wells D. and Clarke J. (2019) Improving engagement with biomechanics: Student perspectives and a professional development initiative. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4044782. (Journal Articles)
  • Walters SR., Duncan S., McPhee J., Atkins D. and Millar SK. (2018) ‘Real Play Families’: a New Zealand case study. International Journal of Play 7(1): 97-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2018.1436674. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Oldham ARH., Renshaw I. and Hopkins WG. (2017) Athlete and coach agreement: Identifying successful performance. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 12(6): 807-813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954117738886. (Journal Articles)
  • Walters SR., Beattie R., Oldham ARH. and Millar SK. (2017) Attrition in school rowing in New Zealand: A qualitative descriptive study. Qualitative Report 22(10): 2785-2804. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Oldham ARH., Hume PA. and Renshaw I. (2015) Using rowers’ perceptions of on-water stroke success to evaluate sculling catch efficiency variables via a boat instrumentation system. Sports 3(4): 335-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports3040335. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Oldham ARH. and Renshaw I. (2013) Interpersonal, intrapersonal, extrapersonal? qualitatively investigating coordinative couplings between rowers in olympic sculling. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 17(3): 425-443. (Journal Articles)
  • Millar SK., Oldham A. and Donovan M. (2011) Coaches' self-Awareness of timing, nature and intent of verbaliInstructions to Athletes. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 6(4): 503-513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/1747-9541.6.4.503. (Journal Articles)

Key Methodologies

  • Mixed methods
  • Expert knowledge
  • Applied research
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