Brendan Cropley
@BrendanCropley
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Professor (Coaching) @UniSouthWales, PhD (Sport Psychology), BASES Fellow & Accredited SES (Mental Performance), Head of the FAW Centre for Football Research
Joined May 2012
To celebrate the release of our new (2nd Ed) @routledgebooks text “Reflective Practice in the SES” - over the coming days we’re going to give some insight into each chapter - each contribution coming from exceptional researchers and/or practitioners … watch this space!
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After a hectic coaching day yesterday with @YDPltd 🏀⚽️🏏🎾 today is all about my next module for the A licence ⚽️📝 What I love about the @FAWCoachEd course is that they really care about the coach & mental wellbeing. Privileged to have support & access to @BrendanCropley 🧠📝⚽️
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Some thoughts on heading the ball and brain health in women's football: https://t.co/D5cZ8HWAKP
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🚨 New name, same great course! The FAW Football Leaders Award is now called the FAW Introduction to Coaching Football. Start your coaching journey today 👇 https://t.co/byHxaGaqVN
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The Welsh FA are fast becoming world leaders in producing elite coaches with the likes of Mikel Arteta, Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira being just some of many illustrious products of the FAW’s coaching system ⚽ #BBCFootball
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Why do top footballers learn to become managers in Newport? Ft Craig Bellamy, Rhian Wilkinson, Nuri Sahin, Gaël Clichy, Dante, Brandi Chastain, Yohan Cabaye, Russell Martin, Rob Edwards and Tony Pulis An hour long doc inside Dragon Park + Celtic Manor…
bbc.co.uk
Steve Crossman looks at how the FAW are becoming world leaders in producing elite coaches
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‘Inside Harvard for Football Coaches’ Nice endorsement and recognition to our @FAWCoachEd Team. 🏴
Why do top footballers learn to become managers in Newport? Ft Craig Bellamy, Rhian Wilkinson, Nuri Sahin, Gaël Clichy, Dante, Brandi Chastain, Yohan Cabaye, Russell Martin, Rob Edwards and Tony Pulis An hour long doc inside Dragon Park + Celtic Manor…
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Honoured to have been invited to present a keynote at the @cardiffmet PGCE Research Conference today focusing on reflective practice and human performance. Really good cohort to interact with and talk to ... hope that at least some of it was useful! @USWResearch @USWSport
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WRU Educator training day at the Vale Hotel, great to see so many of our educators here for a day of learning and development. @twowheelprof @BrendanCropley
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Great day of learning with the WRU educators, big thanks to @jeremyrogers25 @twowheelprof @BrendanCropley
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It's @_UKCoaching #UKCoachingWeek. Following this year's theme, I am committed to #PassItOn. Northampton Saints head coach Sam Vesty shares his approach to cultivating a winning team culture https://t.co/db5Kk9u7hK
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Really enjoyed working on this study (just published in JASP @tandfonline) with a superb team: https://t.co/gY2KD4kWfY - strong C/A relationships, realistic expectations, and athlete confidence can improve the success of taper in elite swimming @davshearer @USWSport @USWResearch
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Taper is an important component of race preparation in swimming but often misunderstood by athletes and coaches. Thus, through a multi-phase qualitative investigation, we aimed to examine swimmers’...
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🏴 FAW National Coaches Conference 2025 ♥️ Diolch. A huge thanks to everybody who attended and participated in #FAWCoachConf 2025 🗓️ See you all again in 2026 💻 If you missed it, the content is available online here https://t.co/Xu01e96qUs
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Great night celebrating @UniSouthWales #StudentChoiceAwards 2025. Good to catch up with students and colleagues. What a bonus to be awarded “Best Supervisor” in FLSE - feel honoured to have been nominated 🙏 @USWSport @USWResearch @FAWCoachEd
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We want to contribute to a happier, healthier @Cymru Chwarae Teg @JackSargeantAM for driving the mental health agenda and the @FAWales with @NevilleSouthall will offer this training & support across the country 🏴 @TogetherStronger ⚽️ @Cymru @WelshGovernment @sportwales
Football coaches across Wales will now have access to mental health training ⚽ Bydd 1,000 o hyfforddwyr yn dysgu sgiliau pwysig i helpu chwaraewyr. @JacksargeantMS & @NevilleSouthall talk about why it's important 👇 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @FAWales @mindcymru @_ukcoaching
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Honoured to present the @FAWales Centre for Football Research Annual Report 24-25 https://t.co/dok5k4mmVk - please get in touch if you'd like more info or if you'd like to contribute! @UniSouthWales @USWSport @AlanMcKay2 @FAWCoachEd @WIPSCymru
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Pleased to announce that @WIPSCymru and @UniSouthWales are advertising for a Senior Research Assistant to work with us on a range of exciting projects https://t.co/kxRRQmUKQh Please get in touch via the contact info on the advert if you have questions or DM @davshearer
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⚽️ Spaces are still available online and in-person at the 2025 FAW National Coaches Conference! 🔙 Relive the 2024 conference and book your place at this year’s event below In-person bookings 👉 https://t.co/zYoMX4gFOi Online bookings 👉 https://t.co/H9NLZRFFnn
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The full list of speakers for the 2025 FAW National Coaches Conference has been confirmed! Between them, our guests have achieved... 🧢 Over 550 international caps including over 200 for Cymru ⚽ Over 450 Premier League player appearances 🏆 2 World Cups 🥇 2 Olympic gold medals
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