The Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University is proud to announce the formal launch of the Research Centre for Sport Coaching and the 3rd Pat Duffy Coaching Excellence Conference.
To celebrate the launch, the Centre will be hosting an online event exploring: Sport coaching 2020-2030.
Invited speakers with insights into policy, practice, and research will offer their thoughts on the characteristics and conditions of sport coaching just after the turn of the decade (2020), and where the vocational/occupational area might go over the next decade (2030).
The speakers will talk to the Centre’s main research themes:
- Effective and ethical sport coaching practice
- Coach learning, development, and education
- Coaching policy and systems
- Applied sports science for coaches.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Ms Aisha Walters, Head Coach, Benchmark Gymnastics, UK
- Dr Andrew Abraham, Head of Sport Coaching Subject, Leeds Beckett University, UK
- Dr Bettina Callary, Cape Breton University, Canada; Editor of the International Sport Coaching Journal
- Mr Colin Huffen, Head of Education, The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, UK
- Dr Don Vinson, Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science, Worcester University, UK
- Mr Diccon Edwards, Head of Coach Development, UK Sport, UK
- Ms Heather Douglas, Head of Policy and Impact, UK Coaching, UK
- Professor Jean Côté, Professor of Sport Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada
- Mr John Bales, President of the International Council for Coaching Excellence
- Professor John Lyle, Professor of Sport Coaching, Leeds Beckett University, UK
- Dr Julian North, Director of the Research Centre for Sport Coaching, Leeds Beckett University, UK
- Professor Leanne Norman, Director of the Research Centre for Social Justice in Sport and Society, Leeds Beckett University, UK
- Mr Nigel Redman, Head of Team Performance, Rugby Football Union, UK
- Dr Sergio Lara-Bercial, Reader in Sport Coaching, Leeds Beckett University, UK; Strategic lead of the International Council for Coaching Excellence, Lead of ICOACHKIDS
- Dr Vinny Webb, Consultant, PeopleDrivePurpose, UK
Twitter: @CarnegieRCFSC
Other enquires: [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you and starting a diverse and inclusive conversation about sport coaching – past, present, and future.
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