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Christopher J. Cushion

Christopher J. Cushion

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
48
Citations
11361
World Ranking
3103
National Ranking
524

Overview

Christopher J. Cushion is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily covers areas related to sport psychology, physical education, and social sciences with a focus on developmental and educational psychology as well as physical therapy, sports therapy, and rehabilitation. Their work intersects topics such as sport psychology and performance, physical education and pedagogy, sports, gender, and society, and coaching methods and impact.

Recent publications by Christopher J. Cushion include several contributions focused on coach education and inclusivity in sports. These papers are:

  • 'It's an experiential thing': the discursive construction of learning in high-performance coach education (2021), published in Sport Education and Society
  • Reflection in a High-Performance Sport Coach Education Program: A Foucauldian Analysis of Coach Developers (2020), published in International Sport Coaching Journal
  • 'Put that in your fucking research': reflexivity, ethnography and disability sport coaching (2020), published in Qualitative Research
  • Investigating the impact of a Freirean informed coach education programme (2020), published in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Infusing disability into coach education and development: a critical review and agenda for change (2021), published in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Their frequent co-authors include Ed Cope, Robert Townsend, Mark Partington, Anna Stodter, and Stephen Harvey, reflecting collaborations across multiple studies in sport pedagogy and disability sport coaching.

Christopher J. Cushion has contributed consistently to several publication venues, notably:

  • Sport Education and Society
  • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Sports Coaching Review
  • International Sport Coaching Journal
  • Applied police briefings

Their academic output spans multiple fields with emphasis on psychology, social sciences, and health professions. Subfields covered include developmental and educational psychology, physical therapy and sports therapy, gender studies, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

Key research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Sport psychology and performance
  • Physical education and pedagogy
  • Sports, gender, and society
  • Motivation and self-concept in sports
  • Coaching methods and impact
  • Sport and mega-event impacts
  • Disability rights and representation

Best Publications

  • Coach Education and Continuing Professional Development: Experience and Learning to Coach

    Christopher J. Cushion;Kathy M. Armour;Robyn L. Jones

  • Sport Coaching Concepts: A framework for coaching practice

    John Lyle;Chris Cushion

  • Formal, Nonformal and Informal Coach Learning: A Holistic Conceptualisation

    Lee J. Nelson;Christopher J. Cushion;Paul Potrac

  • Power, Discourse, and Symbolic Violence in Professional Youth Soccer: The Case of Albion Football Club

    Christopher J. Cushion;Robyn L. Jones

  • Performance analysis in football: A critical review and implications for future research

    Rob Mackenzie;Chris Cushion

  • Locating the coaching process in practice: models ‘for’ and ‘of’ coaching

    Christopher J. Cushion;Kathleen M. Armour;Robyn L. Jones

  • Coach learning and development: A review of literature

    CJ Cushion;L Nelson;K Armour;J Lyle

  • An investigation of the practice activities and coaching behaviors of professional top-level youth soccer coaches.

    Mark Partington;C Cushion

  • A systematic observation of professional top-level youth soccer coaches.

    Christopher J. Cushion;R. L. Jones

  • Reflection in Coach Education: The Case of the National Governing Body Coaching Certificate

    Lee J. Nelson;Christopher J. Cushion

  • Understanding Power and the Coach’s Role in Professional English Soccer: A Preliminary Investigation of Coach Behaviour

    Paul Potrac;Robyn Jones;Christopher Cushion

  • Enhancing the provision of coach education: the recommendations of UK coaching practitioners

    Lee Nelson;Christopher Cushion;Paul A. Potrac

  • Coach behaviours and practice structures in youth soccer: Implications for talent development

    Chris Cushion;Paul R. Ford;A. Mark Williams

  • An investigation of the in-game behaviours of professional, top-level youth soccer coaches.

    Matt Smith;Christopher J. Cushion

  • Modelling the Complexity of the Coaching Process

    Chris Cushion

  • A Bourdieusian Analysis of Cultural Reproduction: Socialisation and the "Hidden Curriculum" in Professional Football.

    Christopher J. Cushion;Robyn L. Jones

  • Mentoring: Harnessing the power of experience

    Chris Cushion

  • Developing the Coach Analysis and Intervention System (CAIS): Establishing validity and reliability of a computerised systematic observation instrument

    Christopher J. Cushion;Stephen Harvey;Bob Muir;Lee Nelson

  • Learning a New Method: Teaching Games for Understanding in the Coaches' Eyes.

    Stephen Harvey;Christopher J. Cushion;Ada N. Massa-Gonzalez

  • The Delivery of Video-Based Performance Analysis by England Youth Soccer Coaches: Towards a Grounded Theory

    Ryan Groom;Christopher Cushion;Lee J. Nelson

  • Sports coaching : professionalisation and practice

    John Lyle;Chris Cushion;Patrick Duffy

  • Locating the coaching process in practice: models 'for' and 'of'

    Christopher J. Cushion;Kathleen M. Armour;Robyn L. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Robyn L. Jones
Robyn L. Jones Cardiff Metropolitan University
Kathleen M. Armour
Kathleen M. Armour University of Birmingham
Brett Smith
Brett Smith Durham University
Chris G. Harwood
Chris G. Harwood Loughborough University
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University
Paul R. Ford
Paul R. Ford St. Mary's University
A. Mark Williams
A. Mark Williams University of Utah

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