The Acculturation Experiences of Elite Rugby Union Coaches
Journal Article
Hall, A., English, C., Jones, L., Westbury, T., & Martindale, R. (2022)
The Acculturation Experiences of Elite Rugby Union Coaches. International Sport Coaching Journal / ISCJ, 9(1), 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2020-0103
Currently, little is known about how elite coaches acculturate and how they manage their acculturation environment. This study
examines the acculturation experiences of elite ...
Britballin and BAFCA are joined by BAFRA
Digital Artefact
Laird, P. (2021)
Britballin and BAFCA are joined by BAFRA. [YouTube]
Adam and Pete are joined by BAFRA president Davie Parsons and James Ford- Bannister (recruiting)
BAFCA 10 Year Vision
Report
Laird, P. (2021)
BAFCA 10 Year Vision. BAFCA
To be effective, coaches need to fulfil several different roles within a team, these include technical, tactical, physical, and mental aspects of our game. It is therefore vit...
Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2021)
Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 46(2), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2021.1929619
The field of career development has been focused on one-to-one practice but recent years have seen a growth in the need for alternative approaches which are more effective at ...
The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience
Presentation / Conference
Kulpa, R., & Ludwin, K. (2021, April)
The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience. Paper presented at 70th Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association, London, UK
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic mark a crisis of neoliberal ideologies of entrepreneurial individualism underpinning global precarity globally, nationally, and at th...
Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Woodman, T., Pitkethly, A., English, C., & Nightingale, D. (2021)
Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10(3), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000264
Grandiose narcissism may be debilitative to athlete training because the opportunity for self-enhancement that motivates narcissists to strive is normally absent in training e...
Debt should not be ignored
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2021)
Debt should not be ignored. [Blog]
This short article highlights the neglect of debt in the career development literature, and its importance as a factor shaping career decisions and career pathways.
Marker location and knee joint model constraint affect the reporting of overhead squat kinematics in elite youth football players
Journal Article
Coyne, L. M., Newell, M., Hoozemans, M. J. M., Morrison, A., & Brown, S. J. (in press)
Marker location and knee joint model constraint affect the reporting of overhead squat kinematics in elite youth football players. Sports Biomechanics, https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2021.1890197
Motion capture systems are used in the analysis and interpretation of athlete movement patterns for a variety of reasons, but data integrity remains critical regardless of the...
The reality of 'cyber security awareness': findings and policy implications for Scotland
Report
Horgan, S. (2021)
The reality of 'cyber security awareness': findings and policy implications for Scotland. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, and the Scottish Government
This briefing paper represents a summary of doctoral research that explores how different groups make sense of and respond to cybercrime in their everyday lives. The research ...
Gender differences in uptake, adherence and experiences: a longitudinal, mixed methods study of a physical activity referral scheme in Scotland, UK
Journal Article
Hanson, C. L., Neubeck, L., Kyle, R. G., Brown, N., Gallagher, R., Clark, R. A., …Dawkes, S. (2021)
Gender differences in uptake, adherence and experiences: a longitudinal, mixed methods study of a physical activity referral scheme in Scotland, UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), Article 1700. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041700
Physical activity referral schemes (PARS) are implemented internationally to increase physical activity (PA) but evidence of effectiveness for population subgroups is equivoca...