Rate My Professor Steve Tidman

Steve Tidman serves as an Associate Lecturer in the Curtin School of Allied Health, part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. With a BSc (Hons), he specializes in research areas including sports science, motor learning and motor control, biomechanics, athletic performance, 3D motion analysis, and anterior cruciate ligament injuries. His research explores perceptual-motor skills, visual tracking behaviors, injury risk reduction, and differences in visual search strategies among coaches and athletes. Tidman teaches key units in sport and exercise science, such as REHT2001 Motor Learning and HUMB2010 Motor Control, serving as unit coordinator for Motor Learning in Semester 2, 2024. He is involved in the delivery of content on motor control principles, EMG applications in exercise science research, and practical assessments in these courses. Additionally, he contributes to the Exercise and Sport Science Honours Major by supervising projects, including collaborative work with Dr Dale Chapman and Mr Jake Shaw from Claremont Football Club on topics related to velocity-based training concepts.