Coaching Conference Speaker Confirmed: Cliff Mallett
Football NSW are delighted to announce world-renowned Professor Cliff Mallett as a guest speaker at the 2023 Football NSW Coaching Conference.
Professor Mallett has enjoyed a distinguished career in elite coaching and academia, an Olympic and World Championship medal-winning coach and won a national university teaching award in 2011. In 2017, he was awarded the prestigious August-Wilhelm Scheer Professorial Fellowship at Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany. He developed a world-renowned online program in sports coaching and consults nationally and internationally to many elite sporting organisations. Prof. Mallett is a leading international scholar in two broad and interrelated research areas – sport psychology and coaching; specifically:
Understanding the person-in-context:
- Multi-layered understanding of the person-in-context (personality profiling of coaches and athletes)
- Motivation of elite coaches and athletes (Self-Determination Theory – SDT);
- Autonomy-supportive learning environments in sport (Self-Determination Theory – SDT);
- Mental toughness in elite sport (coaches and athletes).
- Players’ leadership: A Social Identity Approach (SIA)
High Performance coach learning and development:
- How high performance coaches learn in the workplace;
- Coaches as sculptors, architects, performers and leaders.
In 2016, Professor Mallett led and completed an international research project examining what can we learn from some of the world’s most successful coaches. Prof. Mallett was Chair and Co-Chair of the Research Committee for the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) from 2010-2019.
Professor Mallet will be delivering theory sessions across both days at the 2023 Football New South Wales Coaching Conference.
The 2023 Football New South Wales Coaching Conference will be held at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th November. The two-day event, hosted by well-known football personality Stephanie Brantz, will see keynote presentations given by international and domestic special guests, with a raft of experience across all levels of the game.
Coaches will once again have the opportunity to sculpt their own learning journey through a series of theory and practical break-out sessions allowing you to choose topics most relevant to your specific interests.
Football New South Wales are also pleased to confirm that ticket prices for the event will be frozen and remain the same from the 2019 conference as a commitment to coaches having access to professional development opportunities.
Coaches can purchase a one-day attendee pass (25 CPD Points) or a two-day weekend pass (50 CPD Points).
Full attendance at each day earns participants 25 points per day towards FA/AFC licence reaccreditation as per the AFC Coaching Convention.
Tickets are on sale now, with Early Bird pricing available until 5:30pm Friday, September 29th!
If your club wishes to book a club package for your coaches, please contact christophera@footballnsw.com.au to organise.
More event speakers and schedule will be revealed over the coming weeks.
