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Dr Mallett has developed a strong research program in two broad and interrelated research areas - coaching and sport psychology. The specific areas of interest within sport psychology and coaching are:
Motivation within the framework of self-determination theory (SDT)
- Coaches of elite athletes and elite athletes;
- Autonomy-supportive learning environments;
- Quantitiave measurement of motivation.
Mental toughness in elite sport (coaches and athletes).
Coach development:
- How high performance coaches learn in the workplace;
- What is coaches' work?
- Evaluating the work of high performance coaches;
- Developing coaching practice using action research; and
- Leadership and management in high performance coaching.
Dr Mallett recently led and completed a research project examining how coaches learn in the Australian Football League (AFL). The AFL funded the project, which is framed within the workplace learning literature. He is currently leading a team of researchers examining learning and mentoring in high performance sport at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). The Australian Research Council (ARC - Linkage) is funding the project (2007-2009) with the Australian Sports Commission and the AIS.
Dr Mallett is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Coaching Science, which is the official journal of the International Council for Coach Education (ICCE). He is also a Section Editor for the International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.
Background
Dr Cliff Mallett joined the School of Human Movement Studies in 2000 after a career in physical education teaching and also in elite coaching as a National High Performance Coach in track and field with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). He teaches undergraduate and graduate students and actively researches in the area of elite sport. Dr Mallett is a registered psychologist in Queensland and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the College of Sport Psychologists (CSP) and regularly consults with elite triathletes, track and field athletes, and rugby players. He has consulted and presented to many sports and organisations: AFL, Athletics, Cricket, Kayak/Canoe, Netball, Track and Field, Triathlon; Athletics Australia, IAAF, Brisbane Lions, AIS.
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