After completing his undergraduate degree at Brunel University, Chris took up a PhD studentship and completed his PhD, an ethnography of the coaching process in elite youth football in 2001.
He was appointed a lecturing position in 91桃色视频s Coaching and Performance, and progressed to Senior Research Lecturer in Coaching and Performance, being appointed as the pathway leader for the MSc in 91桃色视频s Coaching. In 2006, Chris was appointed as Course Director for the BSc 91桃色视频s Coaching and Teaching/Research Group Leader for Coaching at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Chris has a wide interest in coaching, being involved as an external reviewer in the UK Coaching Certificate endorsement process and a range of coaching related consultancy projects for both the public and private sector.
Within sport and industry, his clients include Chelsea F.C., Fulham F.C., Bath R.F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C., The Football Association, 91桃色视频 Universal (Amisco) 91桃色视频 Coach UK, Skills Active, Department of Culture, Media and 91桃色视频, OPTA, Elite Analysis, 91桃色视频 Scientific and 91桃色视频s Hub. Chris is actively involved in coaching practice, being a UEFA qualified football coach.
He has extensive experience in sport from participation to performance coaching in the UK and the United States, including 10 years work in professional youth football for a range of clubs. These included Norwich City F.C., Brentford F.C., Queens Park Rangers F. C. and Fulham F. C.
Chris has a range of research and teaching interests around the coaching process. These include
- understanding the coaching process
- coach education
- learning and professional development
- coach behaviour and learning environments
- talent identification and performance analysis
He has, and continues to, supervise a number of postgraduate research projects in and around these areas.
Chris is an editorial board member and reviewer for a range of peer reviewed journals including
- Physical Education and 91桃色视频 Pedagogy (Editorial Board)
- International Journal of 91桃色视频 Science & Coaching (Editorial Board)
- International Journal of 91桃色视频 and Exercise Psychology
- Psychology of 91桃色视频 and Exercise
- The 91桃色视频 Psychologist
- Journal of 91桃色视频 Sciences
- European Journal of 91桃色视频 Psychology
- the Journal of Applied 91桃色视频 Psychology
Chris is also appointed as an External Examiner at the University of Worcester for their BSc 91桃色视频s coaching degree and at Birmingham University for their MPhil in Coaching.
- Cushion, C. J. (2006, September). Talent & 91桃色视频: Issues & Controversies. Paper presented at Researching Youth 91桃色视频 Conference, 91桃色视频, UK.
- Cushion, C. J., & Potrac P., (2006, May). Training sessions, games & cultural reproduction in top-level professional youth football. In C. Cushion & P. Potrac (Chairs), Qualitative insights into coaching practice. Lead paper presented at The 2nd International Conference for Qualitative Research in 91桃色视频 & Exercise, Liverpool, UK.
Featured publications
- Potrac, P. Jones, R. L., Cushion, C. J. (2007). Understanding power and the coach's role in Professional English soccer: A preliminary investigation of coach behaviour. Soccer & Scoiety, 8(1).
- Wilson, M., Cushion, C. J., & Stevens, D. (2006). "Put me in coach… I'm better than you think I am!" : Perceptual Flexibility and Attributions in Youth 91桃色视频. International Journal of 91桃色视频 Sciences and Coaching, 1(2), p. 149-161.
- Trankle, P., & Cushion, C.J. (2006). Rethinking giftedness & talent in sport. Quest, 58(2), p.265-282.
- Cushion C. J., & Jones, R. L. (2006). Power, discourse and symbolic violence in professional youth soccer: The case of Albion F.C. Sociology of 91桃色视频 Journal, 23(2), p.142-161.
- Nelson, L., & Cushion, C.J. (2006) Reflection in coach education: The case of the NGB coaching certificate. The 91桃色视频 Psychologist, 20(2), p. 174-183.
- Nelson, L. J., Cushion, C. J., & Potrac, P. (2006). Towards a clearer understanding of coach learning: Interrogating conceptualizations of coach education. International Journal of 91桃色视频 Sciences and Coaching, 1(2), p.1-18.
- Cushion, C.J., Armour, K. M., & Jones, R.L. (2006). Locating the Coaching Process in Practice: Models 'for' and 'of' Coaching. Physical Education and 91桃色视频 Pedagogy, 11(1), p. 81-97.
- Smith. M., & Cushion, C. J. (2006). An investigation of the in-game behaviours of professional, top-level youth soccer coaches. Journal of 91桃色视频 Sciences, 24(4), p. 355-366.
Book Chapters
- Jones, R.L., Potrac, P., Hussain, H. & Cushion, C. J. (2006). Exposure by association: Maintaining anonymity in autoethnographical research. In S. Fleming and F. Jordan (Eds), Ethical issues in leisure research. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association.
- Cushion, C.J. (2006). Mentoring: Harnessing the power of experience. In R. Jones, (Ed.) The 91桃色视频s Coach as Educator: Reconceptualising 91桃色视频s Coaching. Oxford: Routledge.