Dr Sam Elliott

Lecturer in Sport, Health and Physical Activity

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

Research expertise

Areas of research experience and expertise include:

enhancing parental involvement in youth sport;
understanding and enhancing the social experiences of children in sport;
increasing sport participation among children and youth;

Research expertise

Areas of research experience and expertise include:

enhancing parental involvement in youth sport;
understanding and enhancing the social experiences of children in sport;
increasing sport participation among children and youth;

+61 8 82013495

sam.elliott@flinders.edu.au

Education Building (5.19)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Sam is an early career researcher and lecturer in Sport, Health and Physical Activity in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. He has published 26 peer-reviewed outputs and received over $220K in combined grants, tenders and consultancies. Sam is an active member of the Sport, Health, Activity, Performance and Exercise (SHAPE) Research Centre and invited reviewer for 13 international journals. He has published widely on parental involvement in youth sport and presented his work internationally in China, Canada and the US. Sam has received a number of prestigious awards including the VC Award for Early Career Research, the World Congress on Science and Football Best Research Paper by Code (AFL) Award and the Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award. He is an emerging thought leader and has won international awards for science and research communications. Sam has represented Flinders at the Australian Academy of Science Falling Walls Lab Australia and in the global-award winning series, Raising the bar.

Sam coordinates undergraduate topics in sport coaching, sport psychology, and sport sociology and the award-winning High Performance Program. Sam is a consultant and advisor for Football Federation Australia, SANFL, Sport Australia and the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Qualifications

2014 PhD
2011 Bachelor of Education Honours (1A)
2010 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Education (Middle & Secondary)

Honours, awards and grants

Awards

2019 Elliott, S. Finalist, Falling Walls Lab Australia (Canberra)
2019 Elliott, S. & Williams, K. Winner of the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work Excellence in Teaching Award $3000
2019 Elliott, S. Winner of World Congress on Science and Football Best Research Paper by code (AFL) $250
2019 Elliott, S. Winner of the Universities Australia Award Pitch It Clever Competition $1000
2018 Elliott, S. Recipient of Flinders University's Vice Chancellors Award for Early Career Researchers $2500
2018 Elliott, S. Winner of the 6th International Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Conference 5 minute challenge
2018 Elliott, S. Winner of the inaugural Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award $500

Grants and Consultancies

2019 Elliott, S. & Ridley, K. College Research Grant Scheme. Enhancing physical activity time in organised youth sport: Coaches' perspectives $10,000
2018 Drummond, M.,Drummond. C., Elliott, S., Prichard, I., & Lewis, L. Netball SA/ORS Grant: The Promotion and Engagement of Contemporary Sports for Girls and Young Women: Implications for Participation $57,000 ($32,000 ORS + $25,000 Flinders)
2018 Elliott, S. Football Federation Australia's ALDI MiniRoos sport parenting project $18,775
2018 Elliott, S. Ian Potter Foundation Conference Award $1500
2018 Drummond, M., Drummond, C., Elliott, S., Lewis, L. & Prichard, I. Inclusive Sport South Australia Tender. LGBTIQ+ and South Australian sport $40,000.
2017 Drummond, M., Elliott, S., Drummond, C., Prichard, I., & Lewis, L. Office for Recreation and Sport Strategic Grant and Flinders University Innovation Grant. Pathways to Participation for Girls and Women in Sport $55,000 ($30,000 ORS + $25,000 Flinders University).
2014-2018 Elliott, S. Flinders University competitive research funding (combined) $24,500
2015 Elliott, S., Banfield, G., Fane, J., & Brown, R. Flinders University Transition Pedagogy Grant $4,000

Key responsibilities

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work Honours coordinator (2018)
Course coordinator Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity Honours (2018-present)
BSHPA Academic Programs Committee CEPSW representative (2018-present)
Program coordinator, South Adelaide Football Club Academy High Performance Program (2014-present)
Invited member of the ACHPER National Academic Reference Group (2017-present)
Invited member of the Australian Sports Commission's PGAG Advisory Group (2016-present)

Research expertise

Community sport

Human movement and sports science

Sport & fitness

Research interests

Current research projects

Parental motives and attitudes toward early sport sampling (S. Elliott and R. Eime, VU)
Enhancing the parent and coach relationship in youth sport (S. Elliott and M. Drummond with SANFL)
The Sport Parent Project (S. Elliott)
The Promotion and Engagement of Contemporary Sports for Girls and Young Women: Implications for Participation (Drummond, Drummond, Elliott, Prichard & Lewis)
Pathways to Participation for Girls and Women in Sport (Drummond, Elliott, Drummond, Prichard & Lewis)
Using Think Aloud to investigate cognitive differences in set shot goal kicking in Australian football (Elliott, Williams, Magias & Whitehead)
Doctoral students emotional wellbeing in qualitative research (Velardo and Elliott)

Completed projects

Parents, Girls and Australian football
LGBTIQ+ Inclusion in sport in South Australia
The experiences of being a talented youth footballer: Lessons for parents
Effects of altering number of players and field dimensions on possession characteristics in youth Australian football
Evaluating '9-a-side' junior Australian football
Parental influence in junior Australian Football
Flinders-Panthers Be-Your-Best Program

Topic coordinator

HLPE2300 Foundations of Sport Psychology

HLPE3534 Introduction to Sport Coaching, Management and Administration

HLPE1531 Inclusive and Adaptive Practices in Sport and Physical Education

Supervisory interests

Athlete development

Australian football

Community sport

Diversity and inclusion in sport

Girls and the rising popularity of AFLW

Parental behaviour in youth sport

Psychology of sport participation and performance

Qualitative research methods

Social issues in youth sport

Sport coaching

Sport participation and dropout

Talent development

Think Aloud methods

Youth sport

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: Physical Education (1), Sport engineering (1)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Reuben Smith

Society of Medical and Biological Engineering Award SA - OCT 2018

Publications

Professional engagement

Journal Editor

AIMS Public Health Journal (Special Issue): Sports-Based Health Interventions (2016-2017)

Grants reviewer

Marsden Fund Council, New Zealand Government (2017-ongoing)

Invited reviewer

Journals

Conference proceedings

29th International ACHPER Conference, 2015
5th International Game Sense, 2017

International conference papers

World Congress on Science and Football (Melbourne, Aus)
6th International Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2018 (Vancouver, Canada)
7th International Conference on Sport and Society, 2016 (Hawaii, USA)
29th International ACHPER Conference, 2015 (Adelaide, Aus)
World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 2014 (Beijing, China)
International Worlds of Football Conference, 2013 (Melbourne, Aus)

Professional associations

International Society for Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise
Sport Australia (Parent and Guardian Advisory Group)
International Sport Sociology Association
Football Research Collective, Aus
The football collective, UK
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc (ACHPER) (Academic Reference Group)

Community engagement

SA Government Youth Action Plan, 2019
Raising the Bar event, Norwood, 2019
South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women's Football State Talent Search, 2016
South Adelaide Football Club U16 Elite Development Academy program, 2014-19
Social issues in sport blog: socialissuesinsport.blogspot.com

Expert for media contact

Children/Youth

Parenting

Sport

Optimal athlete development

Parental behaviour in youth sport

Social issues in sport

Youth sport participation and engagement

Available for contact via

+61 8 82013495

sam.elliott@flinders.edu.au

Or contact the media team