This course focuses on the design and application of research on athlete development, skill acquisition and expert performance in sport and related domains. Potential topics include long-term athlete development, motivation, practice, self-regulation, attention, athlete identification/selection, player forecasting, and performance analytics. In addition, the course will emphasize the application of these skills in applied sport settings and explore the appropriateness of interventions to improve varying elements of skill and performance across development. Importance is placed on developing a multi-disciplinary understanding of the constraints on human performance and development.