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Athlete Development and Performance Network
Advancing understanding of best practice in sports education
We bring together sport researchers from across the University, government and non-government agencies, organisations and associations to enhance athlete development and performance.
About us
Our purpose is to form research collaborations that will enhance athlete development and performance by providing contemporary evidence-based approaches rather than relying on traditional outdated practices. We aim to:
- conduct multidisciplinary research into athlete development and performance. This will include developing a greater understanding of talent development environments, performance under pressure, and coach/teacher professional learning.
- provide evidence-based recommendations to key stakeholder organisations and individuals.
- publish our research in a wide range of outputs.
Our research areas
- Athlete development
- Coach development and expertise
- Gender/sexuality and sport
- Coaching/teaching pedagogy
- Sports performance
- Sport history
- Youth and high-performance sport coaching
Our resources
HMHCE is a peer-reviewed journal that is published once a year.
- Quality teaching beyond games through Game Sense pedagogy (pdf, 156.2KB)
- Game Sense Research in Coaching: Findings and Reflections (pdf, 177.4KB)
- Coach development through collaborative action research: An Australian football coach’s implementation of a Game Sense approach (pdf, 311.7KB)
- Is the best rugby practice REST? Introducing the REST pedagogical principles to Advanced-level Rugby coaches in New Zealand (pdf, 469.3KB)
- Guest editorial (pdf, 75.4KB)
- Culture, experience and the construction of views on coaching: Implications for the uptake of Game Sense (pdf, 178.9KB)
- Novice Coaches Negotiating Teaching Games for Understanding (pdf, 195.1KB)
- Changes in the Japanese games curriculum and the shift toward student-centered learning (pdf, 360.1KB)
- Supporting teachers to implement TGfU: A needs based approach to professional learning (pdf, 294.3KB)
Our people
- Professor Donna O'Connor
Events
We hosts events and activities for interested researchers, students, community groups and government representatives.
