Evaluating and enhancing coaching pedagogy in elite Australian Sports

If you are eager to launch your career in sports science and motivated to improve pathways to the coaching profession, the University of South Australia – Australia’s University of Enterprise – is offering an applied sport science project-based PhD within the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) research centre, in partnership with the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI).

Traditionally, coaches have begun their careers as physical education teachers. Now, coaches are more commonly retired athletes with limited coaching experience. While coaches from an athlete pathway tend to have a good understanding of training methodology or sport science, often they don’t have the same level of pedagogy or coaching skills.