Dr Khaya Morris-Binelli

BPsych (Hons), PhD (Motor Learning)
Lecturer

Email: khaya.morris-binelli@nd.edu.au
Phone: (08) 9433 0974

  • Biography

    Khaya is a Lecturer within the School of Health Sciences. He received a Bachelor of Psychology (First Class Honours) from Murdoch University and completed a PhD in Motor Learning at the same University. His PhD research was conducted in collaboration with Hockey Australia and investigated individual differences in expert visual anticipation.

    Khaya has experience working with elite and emerging-elite athletes competing at international and national level at Hockey Australia, Rugby WA, Western Force, and South Fremantle Football Club. He is passionate about investigating innovative ways to develop perceptual-cognitive-motor skills in sport and other performance domains (e.g., Defence).

  • Teaching Areas

    • Physical Activity and Health (HLTH1001)
    • Motor Control, Development and Learning (HLTH2000)
    • Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity (HLTH2100)
    • Multidimensional Coaching Practice (HLTH6008)

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Research Expertise:

    • Visual Anticipation and Decision-Making in Sport
    • Sport Expertise
    • Motor Learning
    • Sport Psychology

    Research Supervision:

    Current

    • PhD
      • Zachariah Hoyne (2021 - current) - Contributions of Presence, Immersion, and Sensory Modality to Decision-Making in Virtual Simulations
    • MPhil
      • Christopher Haydock (2021 - current) - Exploring associations between mental health literacy, wellbeing and help seeking behaviours in emerging adult males in rural Western Australia

    Completed

    • Honours
      • Minerva Westbrook (2022) - Does Motor Expertise Contribute to Decision-Making in Highly-Skilled Rugby Players?

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    • Müller, S., Dekker, E., Morris-Binelli, K., Piggott, B., Hoyne, G., Christensen, W., Fadde, P., Zaichkowsky, L., Brenton, J., & Hambrick, D. Z. (2022). Attributes of expert anticipation should inform the design of virtual reality simulators to accelerate learning and transfer of skill. Sports Medicine.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., Müller, S., van Rens, F. E.C.A., Harbaugh, A. G., & Rosalie, S. M. (2022). Individual differences and transfer of visual anticipation in expert female field hockey goalkeepers. Optometry and Vision Science, 99(2), 150-158.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., Müller, S., van Rens, F. E.C.A., Staniforth, D., Appleby, B., & Rosalie, S. M. (2021). Implementing skill acquisition research in high-performance sport: Reflecting on the importance of autonomy-support for successful collaboration. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., Müller, S., van Rens, F. E.C.A., Harbaugh, A. G., & Rosalie, S. M. (2021). Individual differences in performance and learning of visual anticipation in expert field hockey goalkeepers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 52. Article 101829.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., van Rens, F. E.C.A., Müller, S., & Rosalie, S. M. (2020). Psycho-perceptual-motor skills are deemed critical to save the penalty corner in international field hockey. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 51. Article 101753.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., & Müller, S. (2018). Use of pitcher game footage to measure visual anticipation and its relationship to baseball batting statistics. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 6, 197-208.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., & Müller, S. (2017). Advancements to the understanding of expert visual anticipation in striking sports. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement, 49(4), 262-268.
    • van Rens, F. E.C.A., Burgin, M., & Morris-Binelli, K. (2020). Implementing a pressure inurement training program to optimize cognitive appraisal, emotion regulation, and sport self-confidence in a women's state cricket team. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
    • Müller, S., van Rens, F. E.C.A., Brenton, J., Morris-Binelli, K., Piggott, B., Rosalie, S., & Burgin, M. (2019). Embedding of psycho-perceptual-motor skills can improve athlete assessment and training programs. Journal of Expertise, 2, 14-22.

  • Conference Papers

    • Müller, S., Morris-Binelli, K., Macnamara, B., Hambrick, D. Z. (2022). Visual-perceptual training techniques to accelerate decision-making in defence personnel. Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2022.
    • Müller, S., Dekker, E., Morris-Binelli, K., Piggott, B., Hoyne, G., & Hambrick, D. Z. (2021, November 29 - December 1). Expertise and skill learning knowledge can accelerate performance of soldiers. Defence Human Sciences Symposium and Human Performance Research network Symposium. https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/event/defence-human-sciences-symposium-2021
    • Morris-Binelli, K., Müller, S., van Rens., F. E.C.A., Harbaugh, A. G., & Rosalie, S. M. (2020). Individual differences in assessment, training, and transfer of visual anticipation in elite field hockey goalkeepers [Accepted presentation; unable to present due to COVID-19]. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver Canada.
    • Morris-Binelli, K., Müller, S., van Rens., F. E.C.A., Harbaugh, A. G., & Rosalie, S. M. (2020). Individual differences of visual anticipation in elite female field hockey goalkeepers [Accepted presentation; unable to present due to COVID-19]. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver Canada.

  • Professional Affiliations

    • Member, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)

  • Awards

    • Murdoch University (2019) - Top 10% of teaching staff for student satisfaction
    • Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) PhD scholarship (2017 – 2020)