Advancing Sports and Exercise Via Innovation: Proceedings of the 9th Asian South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology International Congress, Aspasp 2022, Kuching, Malaysia

This book presents the proceedings of the 9th Asian South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology International Congress (ASPASP) 2022, Kuching, Malaysia, which entails the different sporting innovation themes, namely, Applied Sport and Social Psychology, Health and Exercise, Motor Control and Learning, Counselling and Clinical Psychology, Biomechanics, Data Mining and Machine Learning in Sports amongst others. It presents the state-of-the-art technological advancements towards the aforesaid themes and provides a platform to shape the future direction of sport science, specifically in the field sports and exercise psychology. 

Dr Garry Kuan is a lecturer at the Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, and a research fellow at the Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, United Kingdom. Currently, Dr Garry is the Secretary-General of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Sport Psychology Association (MASPA), executive board member of the Asian Council of Sports Science (ACESS), and the scientific committee of the World Exercise Medicine (WCEM). Since 2019, Dr Garry was appointed as the Chair of the International Network of the Young Scientist Network – Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) and the Sport Psychology Panelist for the National Coaching Academy of Malaysia.

Professor Dr. Yu-Kai Chang is a Research Chair Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, as wellas Director of the “Physical Activity and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory”. Dr. Chang is also currently president of “The Society for Sport and Exercise Psychology of Taiwan (SSPET)”, treasurer of the “International Society of Sports Psychology (ISSP)”, and vice-president of the “Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP)”, and the mental consultant for the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Dr. Chang’s research focuses on "Sports and Exercise Psychology", especially concerning issues of “Exercise and Mental Health”, "Sports/Performance Psychology", and "Mindfulness", undertaken from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. To Date, Dr. Chang has published more than 200 domestic and international journal articles as well as written +10 chapters in international textbooks and translated 4 international academic books.

Professor Dr Tony Morris is an emeritus professor of sport, exercise and healthy psychology at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. Trained in psychology, with a PhD in education, he previously worked in motor learning and sport psychology for eight years in the UK. Tony has published seven books and monographs, four as editor and three authors, and has authored more than 150 book chapters, journal articles, and refereed conference proceedings manuscripts. He has presented over 100 invited lectures around the world, including over 10 keynote presentations at International conferences.

Dr. Teo Eng Wah (Vincent) graduated from University of Malaya (UM) with a Bachelor of Sport Science (Sport Management) degree. Later, he completed his Master of Education (Physical Education) from UM. Under the SLAI scholarship, he obtained his Master's and Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Testing & Measurement) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Currently Dr Teo is a senior lecturer in Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, University of Malaya. His areas of interest are in sports testing and measurement, psychometrics, questionnaire development and validation, sport psychology, health & fitness, and wildlife conservation. Currently, he is involved in sport studies in the area of motivation, self-esteem, ego resilience, and sport commitment in Malaysian settings.

Dr. Rabiu Muazu Musa holds a PhD degree in Sports Science from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia. He obtained his MSc in Sports Science from UniSZA and his BSc in Physical and Health Education at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. His research activity focused on the development of multivariate and machine learning models for athletic performance. His research interests include sports performance analysis, health promotion, sport and exercise science, talent identification, test, and measurement as well as machine learning in sports. He is currently a senior lecturer at the Centre for Fundamental and Continuing Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.

Dr. Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed graduated with a first-class honours B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He obtained an MSc. in Nuclear Engineering from Imperial College London, United Kingdom. He then received his PhD in Rehabilitation Robotics from the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the School of Robotics, XJTLU. Prior to joining XJTLU, he was a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and the Head of Programme (Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Industrial Automation)) at the Faculty of Manufacturing and Mechatronics Engineering Technology, UMP. He is also currently serving as an adjunct lecturer at UCSI University, Malaysia. Dr Anwar is also a Visiting Research Fellow at EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Dr Anwar is a Chartered Engineer, registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, as well as a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is an active research member at the Innovative Manufacturing, Mechatronics and Sports Laboratory (iMAMS), UMP. His research interest includes rehabilitation robotics, computational mechanics, applied mechanics, sports engineering, renewable and nuclear energy, sports performance analysis as well as machine learning. He has authored over 60 papers in different journals, conference proceedings as well as books. He serves as a reviewer in a number of prolific journals, such as IEEE Access, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, SN Applied Sciences, PeerJ Computer Science, and Applied Computing and Informatics, amongst others. He has also served as a Guest Editor for SN Applied Sciences, MDPI, Frontiers, as well as an Editor for several Springer book series. He is currently serving as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, a Review Editor for Frontiers in Robotics and AI, an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences and a section editor for Mekatronika (UMP Press). Dr Anwar is also a member of the Young Scientists Network of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN - ASM). With regards to learned/civil society activities, he is an active member of the IET Malaysia Local Network as well as acting as a Liaison Officer for the Imperial College Alumni Association Malaysia.