Research Foci
- Applied Sport Psychology Praxis
- Mindfulness and Commitment Approaches in Elite Sport
- Self-Regulation-Diagnostics and -Interventions
- Sport Psychological Factors in Badminton
- Doping, Anti-Doping, and Doping Prevention
CV
Academic Education
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Ph.D., Education, specialization in Sport Psychology
- Saarland University: Diploma, Sport Science
Positions
- Lecturer Department of Sport Psychology, Muenster University
- Honorary Research Fellow, Kingston University London
- Career Counselor, Saabruecken Olympic Training Center
- Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Sport Science, Saarland University
- Research Associate Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Heidelberg University
- Research Associate Department of Exercise, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Tennessee
- Research Assistant Department of Movement- and Training Science, Saarland University
Prizes
- AAHPERD Research Consortium Research Writing Award – American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
- Young Investigators Award – Saarland Sport Association
Projects
- Athletes' Transition Tools for Achieving Horizons – ATTACH-U ()
EU-Project Hosted outside University of Münster: EU - Programm Lebenslanges Lernen: Erasmus+ | Project Number: 101245404 - Coaching- und Leadershipkultur des Turn-Team Deutschland – Gerätturnen männlich – auf dem Weg nach LA 2028 – CuLTT-LA28 ()
Project Carried out outside University Münster: Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft | Project Number: Aktenzeichen: 071602/26-27 - An Intervention study on Coaching and Leadership Culture for Coaches in the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) – CULTurn ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft | Project Number: ZMl4-071004/22-24 - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung des NTB-Projektes Stärkung von Image und Zuspruch der Trainertätigkeit
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Own Resources Project
Publications
- Friesen, Andrew P., Brueckner, Sebastian, and Tashman, Lauren S., eds. . Global Perspectives on Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, Vol. 3, Contextually Competent Applied Practice Across Sport, Exercise, and Performance Domains New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003781486.
- Friesen, Andrew P., Brueckner, Sebastian, and Tashman, Lauren S., eds. . Global Perspectives on Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, Vol. 2, Navigating the Globally Evolving Field of Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003781479.
- Brückner, S., and Tietjens, M. . “Führungskompetenz. Eine bislang lang vernachlässigte Ressource der nachhaltigen Leistungsentwicklung von und für Trainerinnen und Trainer.” Leistungssport. Sportwissenschaft in Theorie und Praxis 22 (6): 18–24.
- Brückner, S, and Tietjens, M. . “Erfolgreich führen im Sport: Ressourcen nutzen, Kompetenzen stärken, mit Führung gestalten – Ein CULTurn- Arbeitsbuch zur Selbstreflexion und Weiterent- wicklung für Trainer:innen im Sport.” online: Selbstverlag. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21703489.
- Brückner, S, and Halberschmidt, B. . “(Angehende) Lehrkräfte gesund erhalten.” Lehrhilfen für den Sportunterricht 73 (10): 453–458.
- Quartiroli, A, Harris, BS, Brueckner, S, Chow, GM, Connole, IJ, Cropley, B, Fogaça, J, Gonzalez, SP, Guicciardi, M, Hau, A, Kao, S, Kavanagh, EJ, Keegan, RJ, Li, HY, Martin, G, Moyle, GM, Noce, F, Peterson, K, Roy, J, Rubio, VJ, Wagstaff, CRD, Wong, R, Yousuf, S, and Zito, M. . “The International Society of Sport Psychology Registry (ISSP-R) ethical code for sport psychology practice.” International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 18. doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1789317.
- Brückner, S, Raue, C, and Querfurth, S. . “Wenn virtuelle Online-Welten reale Auswirkungen haben: Umgang mit Cyber-Mobbing im Sport.” contribution to the 50. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Köln
- Raue, C, Querfurth, S, Brückner, S, and Zito, M. in Kürze. “How to effectively intervene with cyber-bullying in youth team sports.” contribution to the AASP 33nd Annual Conference, Toronto, Kanada
- Brueckner, S, and Cote, T. . “Implementing Mindfulness Meditation Training for Sport 2.0 in a multi-national setting: Athletes’ experiences and cross-cultural perspectives.” contribution to the Annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL, USA
- Brueckner, S. . “A holistic scientist-practitioner approach to developing performance excellence: Signature interventions fostering emotional self-regulation.” contribution to the Annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL, USA
- Petróczi, A, Norman, P, and Brueckner, S. . “Can we better integrate the role of anti-doping in sports and society? A psychological approach to contemporary values-based prevention.” in Acute Topics in Anti-Doping., edited by O Rabin and Y Pitsiladis. Basel: Karger. doi: 10.1159/000460726.
- Kolb, Meike, Dreiskämper, Dennis, Petróczi, Andrea, Holzgreve, Pia, Brückner, Sebastian, and Strauss, Bernd. . “Legitimacy of anti-doping policies – athletes as researchers.” contribution to the NASPSPA 50 Anniversary, San Diego
- Wright, DL, Rhee, J, Blischke, K, Erlacher, D, and Brueckner, S. . “Offline improvement occurs for temporal stability but not accuracy following practice of integer and non-integer rhythms.” Acta Psychologica 140: 266–273. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.05.010.
- Blischke, K, Zehren, B, Utter, T, and Brueckner, S. . “Doppeltätigkeits-Übung zeitstrukturierter Fingerbewegungsfolgen.” Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie 18: 18–30. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000033.
- Blischke, K, Zehren, B, Wagner, F, Utter, T, and Brueckner, S. . “Is movement automatization by dual-task practice restricted to non-sequential tasks?” in Vol. 32 of Journal od Sport & Exercise Psychology
- Blischke, K, Wagner, F, Zehren, B, and Brueckner, S. . “Dual-task practice of temporally structured movement sequences augments integrated task processing, but not automatization.” Journal of Human Kinetics 25: 5–15. doi: 10.2478/v10078-010-0026-1.
- Fairbrother JT, Brueckner S, and Barros, JAC. . “The effects of switching between targets on a simple motor skill.” Human Movement Science 28: 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.05.001.
- Fairbrother, JT, and Brueckner, S. . “Task switching effects in anticipation timing.” Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 79: 116–121.
- Blischke, K, Erlacher, D, Kresin, H, Brueckner, S, and Malangré, A. . “Benefits of Sleep in Motor Learning – Prospects and Limitations.” Journal of Human Kinetics 20: 23–36. doi: 10.2478/v10078-008-0015-9.
- Black, CB, Wright, DL, Magnuson, CE, and Brueckner, S. . “Learning to detect error in movement timing using physical and observational practice.” Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 76: 28–41.
- Wright, DL, Black, CB, Immink, MA, Brueckner, S, and Magnuson, CE. . “Long-term motor programming improvements occur via concatenation of movement sequences during random but not during blocked practice.” Journal of Motor Behavior 36.
Talks
- Brueckner, S : “A holistic scientist-practitioner approach to developing performance excellence: Signature interventions fostering emotional self-regulation”. Annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL, USA, .
- Brueckner, S, and Cote, T : “Implementing Mindfulness Meditation Training for Sport 2.0 in a multi-national setting: Athletes’ experiences and cross-cultural perspectives”. Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL, USA, .

