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The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Kittel, A., Lindsay, R., Larkin, P., Spittle, M., & Cunningham, I. (2025). The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, Article 102841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102841

Purpose
Decision making is a critical skill for sports officials, often directly influencing the flow and fairness of a match. While this topic has received considerable interest in the literature, a synthesis of current evidence to understand the e... Read More about The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport (2025)
Journal Article
Rolland, C., Roche, L., Hagin, V., & Cunningham, I. (2025). Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport. STAPS, 149(1), 31-63. https://doi.org/10.3917/sta.149.0031

L’analyse SWOT que nous avons réalisée porte sur les études scientifiques de ces dix dernières années dont l’objet d’étude concerne l’usage de vidéos 360°. Ces dernières constituent un nouvel outil technologique au service d’objectifs d’optimisation... Read More about Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport.

Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, T. B., Gorczynski, P., Coady, C. J., Cunningham, I. J., Mascarenhas, D. R. D., Grant, M., Sullivan, P., Webb, T., Livingston, L. A., & Hancock, D. J. (2024). Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, Article 1436149. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1436149

Introduction: Sport officials are tasked with applying rules, maintaining fairness, and ensuring athlete safety. However, sport officials experience anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence, with the incidence of these events increasing worldwid... Read More about Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health.

An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being (2024)
Journal Article
Barrow, C. J., Westbury, T., Cunningham, I., & Mascarenhas, D. (online). An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being. Managing Sport and Leisure, https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2326704

Research aim
The purpose of this research was to explore the views and experiences of international volunteer netball officials about their well-being and its contributing factors.

Research methods
A qualitative methodology, involving semi-struc... Read More about An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being.

Play on! Towards an understanding of sports officials’ entry to officiating and talent development (2024)
Journal Article
Cunningham, I., Kittel, A., & Larkin, P. (online). Play on! Towards an understanding of sports officials’ entry to officiating and talent development. Managing Sport and Leisure, https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2305893

This commentary paper discusses key considerations for researchers and practitioners to build our understanding of effective sport officials’ recruitment practices. The identification, development and retention of sport officials is a key management... Read More about Play on! Towards an understanding of sports officials’ entry to officiating and talent development.

Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study (2023)
Journal Article
Cunningham, I., Roche, L., & Mascarenhas, D. (2023). Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2023-0002

Many new video-based technologies (e.g., eye trackers, point-of-view camera) have been integrated into sport referee performance monitoring and training. Mobile 360° video (an omnidirectional video-capture tool affixed to the referee during their per... Read More about Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study.

L’utilisation de la vidéo 360° dans la formation professionnelle des enseignants : une synthèse des connaissances [The Use of 360° Video in Teacher Education: A Synthesis of Knowledge] (2023)
Journal Article
Roche, L., Rolland, C., & Cunningham, I. (2023). L’utilisation de la vidéo 360° dans la formation professionnelle des enseignants : une synthèse des connaissances [The Use of 360° Video in Teacher Education: A Synthesis of Knowledge]. Médiations et médiatisations, 15, 33-49. https://doi.org/10.52358/mm.vi15.360

360° video is a new tool that has developed and its use in teacher training began less than 10 years ago. From a systematic analysis of the existing literature using the main databases, our objective is to report on the main current research results... Read More about L’utilisation de la vidéo 360° dans la formation professionnelle des enseignants : une synthèse des connaissances [The Use of 360° Video in Teacher Education: A Synthesis of Knowledge].

Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use? (2022)
Journal Article
Roche, L., Cunningham, I., Rolland, C., Fayaubost, R., & Maire, S. (2022). Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use?. Frontiers in Education, 7, Article 898071. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.898071

Drowning is a serious public health problem threat claiming the lives of 372,000 people each year worldwide that can be linked to an individual’s ability to swim. Learning to swim requires limited fear of water. This exploratory study investigated th... Read More about Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use?.

Training and development in sport officials: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Cunningham, I., Mergler, J., & Wattie, N. (2022). Training and development in sport officials: A systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 32(4), 654-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14128

Sport officials make significant contributions to organized sport, yet scientific evidence to inform their specialized training and education at various levels has lagged. While psychological and performance demands of expert sport officials have bee... Read More about Training and development in sport officials: A systematic review.

Enriching Internship with 360° Video (2021)
Journal Article
Roche, L., Cunningham, I., & Rolland, C. (2021). Enriching Internship with 360° Video. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 29(3), 369-388

360° video is a new tool for pre-service teacher eduation and is becoming more and more widely used. Our study, carried out using a mixed method, has shown that the use of 360° video can be a tool that enriches and amplifies the experience lived duri... Read More about Enriching Internship with 360° Video.

Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future (2021)
Journal Article
Kittel, A., Cunningham, I., Larkin, P., Hawkey, M., & Rix-Lièvre, G. (2021). Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 56, Article 102003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102003

Objective
Decision-making has commonly been cited as the most important skill for successful performance in sports officials, however insight into how this critical skill is improved through off-field training has lagged. The overall aim of this pap... Read More about Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future.