Experience
Esports 🎮
Sport
Matt has worked across a range of sports from grassroots to the elite level:
British Athletics (academy and senior; 2019 - present)
Aston Villa Football Club (academy; 2019 - 2022) Leicestershire County Cricket Club (academy; 2021 - 2022) Youth Talent Programme Hockey (academy; 2023 - present)
His roles have involved being responsible for the design and delivery of sport psychology programmes, curriculum and training session design, player, team and parental support and coach development initiatives and interventions.
Esports
Matt is the lead psychologist for Guild Esports academy and professional teams (2021 - present) where he has embedded the first sport psychology programme within an esports academy based on elite sport standards 👉
He has worked across eight game titles to help players, coaches and wider support staff develop psychological excellence as part of their pursuit towards high-performance and sustainable mental health.
Alongside this, Matt has supported several additional top-tier European esports organisations such as G2 Esports (2023) to develop their coaches and Team Solary (2022) to develop their coaches and players and have worked previously with the International Federation of Esports Coaches (2021-2023) to create several of their coach development courses (see: Our Courses — International Federation of Esports Coaches (ifoec.com)
Teaching 🧑🏫
Motivated to draw on his research and real-world experience to progress the scientific field of sport psychology and esports, Matt has lectured on the BSc's in Esports and Sport Psychology at the University of Northampton and delivered talks and presentations on the important role of sport psychology support in esports, namely at Dreamhack Summer 2023 and at the IFOEC Esports Coaching and Performance Summit.
Research 👨🔬
Matt conducts research in sport and exercise psychology to enhance the link between science and practice.
Several research papers in the areas of esports, effective sport psychology practice, pluralistic practice and supervision are in preparation for 2024.
