Dr Tim Rees
Senior Lecturer

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Dr Tim Rees obtained both his BA Hons (First Class, Sport Science) and Ph.D. (Sport Psychology) degrees from the University of Wales, Bangor, before taking up his post in the School at Exeter in 2000. Tim‘s research interests focus upon the psycho-social determinants of high-level performance. Specifically, he is interested in two main topic areas: social support and attributions.

Tim has published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Journal of Sports Sciences, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and The Sport Psychologist. He has presented papers at conferences of BASES in Belfast, AAASP in Cape Cod, Nashville, and Vancouver, ISSP in Skiathos, ECSS in Cologne and Clermont-Ferrand, and FEPSAC in Copenhagen. In 2007, Tim was invited to present on social support and performance to the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, with Professor Susan Folkman as convenor. Tim is a member of the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Digest Panel, and is on the Editorial Board of the Sport and Exercise Psychology Review.

As an accredited sport psychologist with BASES, Tim has over 10 years experience working with various national/international level performers in a variety of individual and team sports, including British ice dance champions, professional football, high-board diving, motorsport, rugby (University of Exeter, British Universities Champions, 2001), and ten-pin bowling. He has made numerous appearances and provided expert input for national television and radio, national and local newspapers, as well as magazine articles in the UK and the USA. Before entering university, Tim was a full-time tennis player and coach. He also played hockey, winning junior indoor and outdoor National Championships, and captaining both his divisional (South-East) and University sides. Tim is the Programme Director for the MSc in Sport and Health Sciences.
 

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