Having completed a BSc Sports Science (Coaching Science) I elected to continue my studies in the same area at Masters level.  From here I progressed in to a teaching post which I completed alongside my PhD work.  My interests lie mainly in the fields of sport and exercise psychology, research methods and in evaluating community-based projects.

Programme leader: BSc Sport and Exercise Science; BSc Fitness and Health

My PhD was based on expectancy effects in tennis although lately my focus has altered slightly to investigating epistemology and research design.

BSc Sport and Exercise Science; BSc Sports Coaching; BSc Fitness and Health; BSc Sports Development

SE1103 Coaching Principles

SE2102 Research Methods and Design

SE3100 Project

• Buscombe, R. & Edwards, D. (2011).  Sport psychology and the injured athlete. TennisPro Magazine. The Official Publication of the United States Professional Tennis Registry.
• Solomon, G. S. & Buscombe, R. (in press).  Expectancy effects in competitive sport.  In the Routhledge Handbook of sports Coaching.  Edited by Potrac, Gilber and Denison.  Routledge.
• Buscombe, R. & Greenlees, I. (in review).  The role of time pressure and accountability in moderating the impact of expectancies on judgements of tennis performance.  International Journal of Sport Psychology.
• Buscombe, R. & Greenlees, I. (in review).  Expectancy effects in tennis:  The impact of body language and playing record on impressions of a tennis player and ratings of performance.  Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
• Edwards, S. & Buscombe, R. (accepted).  The one and the many:  International evaluation of workshops on healing through multicultural counseling.  Africa journal for Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance.
• Inskip, H. & Buscombe, R. (in review).  Affective change and exercise intensity in a group aerobics session. 
• Buscombe, R. (2010). Expectancy effects in tennis coaching. TennisPro Magazine. The Official Publication of the United States Professional Tennis Registry.
• Greenlees, I.A., Hall, B., Filby, W.C.D., Thelwell, R.C., Buscombe, R., & Smith, M.J. (2009). Warnings given to observers can eliminate order effects. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 10(2), 300-303.
• Rimmer, M., Greenlees, I.A., Graydon, J.K., Thelwell, R.T., & Buscombe, R. (2008). A qualitative examination of tennis players' experiences of the person perception process in tennis. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 39(4), 279.

• Buscombe, R. M., Greenlees, I., Holder, T., Thelwell, R. and Rimmer, M. (2006).  Expectancy effects in tennis: The impact of opponents’ pre-match non-verbal behaviour on male tennis players.  Journal of Sports Sciences, 24(12), 1265-1272.
• Greenlees, I., Buscombe, R., Thelwell, R., Holder, T., and Rimmer, M. (2005).  Impact of opponents’ clothing and body language on impression formation and outcome expectations.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1, 39-52.

• Professional member of BASES
• Member of European College of Sports Science
• Professional Tennis Registry

• Edwards, S. & Buscombe, R. FEPSAC Conference, 2011 (Madeira) - The one and the many: International evaluation of workshops on healing through multicultural counseling. 
• Edwards, S., Steyn, B., Beale, J. & Buscombe, R.  FEPSAC Conference, 2011 (Madeira) – The relationship between psychological skills and psychological well-being. 
• Buscombe, R. M., Edwards, S. D., & Steyn, B. ECSS Conference, 2011 (Liverpool) -  Mental skills in South African and UK University students. 
• BASES Conference 2008 (Brunel University) – Delivering sport psychology workshops in Iran (co-author). Journal of Sports Sciences, 26(1, S26)
• BASES Conference 2009 (Leeds Metropolitan University) – The impact of body language and playing record on ratings of tennis performance Journal of Sports Sciences, 27(4, S46)
• BASES Conference 2010 (Glasgow) – Exercise intensity and affective change in a group aerobics class.