Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science within the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. He is currently the Programme Director for the BSc Sport Coaching Undergraduate degree and teaches across undergraduate and post graduate programmes. Andrew also currently supervises a number of post graduate students within coaching and coach education and is a member of the Schools Social Science ethics committee.
In 2012 Andrew was awarded the British Psychological Society Outstanding Thesis of the year for his PhD titled "An examination of Robust Sport-Confidence in elite sport". Since then Andrew's research interests have shifted to the relational and social nature of sport coaching. He has an emerging research profile within this field and has secured several research grants and funding opportunities to develop his work.
He is an experienced coach having developed a wide range of experiences predominantly in football and triathlon. He has coached children and adults across community settings, local clubs and at an international world-class level (e.g., World Championships, Commonwealth Games). He also has extensive experience of working as a coach educator with National Governing Bodies. Prior to his employment at Cardiff Metropolitan University Andrew was a visiting lecturer at University of Wales, Newport, leading several Sport Psychology and Sport Science related undergraduate modules as well as contributing to the MSc in Sport Coaching degree.
Research / Publications
Corsby, C.L.T., Jones, R. L., & Lane, A. (2022). Contending with vulnerability and uncertainty: what coaches say about coaching, Sport Coaching Review, DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2022.2057697
Corsby, C.L.T., Lane, A. P., & Spencer, D.R. (2020). Becoming a mentor: an exploration of 'how' student-coaches negotiate mentoring practice, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1866525
Hays, K., Lane, A. and Thomas, O (2016). Self-confidence in a sporting context. In A. Lane (Ed), Sport and Exercise Psychology (2nd edition). London: Routledge Psychology Press
Thomas, O., Lane, A., and Kingston, K. (2011). Defining and contextualizing robust sport-confidence. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23, 189-208.
Kingston, K., Lane, A., and Thomas, O. (2010). A temporal examination of elite performers sources of sport-confidence. The Sport Psychologist, 18, 313-332.
Mullen, R., Lane, A., & Hanton, S. (2009). Anxiety Symptom Interpretation in High-Anxious, Defensive High-Anxious, Low-Anxious and Repressor Sport Performers. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping: An International Journal, 22(1), 91-100.
Teaching and Supervision
Postgraduate Research Supervision:
2017 – Ongoing: Hannah Brooks (PhD)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
The triathlon 'mindset': A prospective study. An externally £40k funded research project from British Triathlon (Advisor)
2017 – Ongoing: James Thie (Taught Doctorate in Sport Coaching)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
The role of emotion in distance running coaching (Supervisor)
2020 – Ongoing: Mark Samuels (Professional Doctorate)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
An examination of the role of the coach educator within sport organisations (Supervisor)
2021 – Ongoing: Luke Hawker (Professional Doctorate)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Investigating coaches practice and experiential learning (Director of Studies)
2021 – Ongoing: Stacey Ayling (PhD)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
An exploration of emotion[s] within an elite sporting sub-culture (Supervisor)
2021 – Ongoing: Emlyn Lewis (Taught Doctorate in Sport Coaching)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
An exploration of how coaches manage and negotiate the everydayness of coaching within an elite sporting culture (Supervisor)
External Links
Member of the Higher
Education Academy (HEA)
Andrew has worked with a range of National Governing Bodies,
National Sport Organisations and individual sport clubs (e.g., CIMSPA, Sport
Wales, British Triathlon, Welsh Triathlon).
Research degree examinations
External Examiner (National)
Dean Parsons (2019), MPHIL: The
Effects of a Peer-mentoring Intervention on Neophyte Coach Development and
Effectiveness.
Student registered at University of South Wales. Director of Studies Professor.
Richard Mullen.
Qualifications And Awards
External Funding
A National Governing Body:
Exploring what it takes to be, and seen to be, a successful international coach
(Dr. Andrew Lane [Principal
Investigator], Dr. Charlie Corsby & Dr. Gethin Thomas).
UEFA Research Scholarship
(2020): Mental Health, well-being and coping with the everday: An examination
of what elite coaches endure (with Dr. Charlie Corsby [Principal Investigator],
Dr. Andrew Lane and Prof. Robyn
Jones). Total value: 15,000 USD
Internal Funding
Reverse Strategic Insight
Programme Fund (2015): Coach Education and Coach Development Insight with
British Triathlon (Dr. Andrew Lane -
Principal Investigator). Total value: £2500
Student Engagement Fund
(2019): Exploring the role of Mentoring across Sport Coaching Undergraduates: A
cross-curriculum analysis of experiences (with Dr. Charlie Corsby [Principal
Investigator], Dr. Andrew Lane, Dr.
Lisa Edwards, and Daniel Spencer). Total value: £1000
Student Engagement Fund (ongoing):
Understanding students perceptions of assessment and feedback within Higher
Education (with Dr. Andrew Lane
[Principal Investigator], Dr. Charlie Corsby, Dr. Lisa Edwards, and Daniel
Spencer). Total Value £1000
Student Engagement Fund
(2020): An examination of staff and student experience of engaging with a
blended approach to teaching and learning within Higher Education (with Luke
Hawker [Principal Investigator], Dr. Andrew
Lane, Dr. Charlie Corsby, Toby Nichols, Dr. Sofia Santos and Dr. Gethin
Thomas). Total Value £1000
Academic Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Sport and Physical Education
MSc Sport
Psychology
PhD Sport
Psychology
PGCert
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Professional Coaching Qualifications
UEFA ‘C’ Licence
British
Triathlon Level 3 Coach
British
Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP)
Doctoral Outstanding Thesis of the year 2012
Awarded
Reverse SIP Funding Grant 2014
Sports
Coach UK ASPIRE II Coach Development Programme
Sporting/Coaching Profile
Coaching and Management:
Triathlon:
2022 Commonwealth Games: Guernsey Triathlon Team Manager
2018 Commonwealth Games: Guernsey Triathlon Team Manager
Welsh Triathlon Performance Centre Coach
Team Manager World University Triathlon Championships, Brasilia, Brazil, 2014
Triathlon Performance Coach (e.g., coach to athletes at World Triathlon Series, World Ironman 70.3 Championships, European Cups, U’23 European Championships, 2014 Welsh Triathlon Commonwealth Games Team)
Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club Coach
Cardiff Met University Triathlon Coach
Football Coaching:
Semi-Professional Coach at 2 x Men’s Welsh Football League Clubs
Cardiff Met WFC Coach
UWAU National Women’s Football Assistant Coach
Cardiff City FC Development Centre Coach
Chelsea FC Project Manager Consultant
Athlete/Player Performance:
Welsh Triathlon Squad U'23 Home Nations
Semi-Professional Football Player Welsh Leagues
Dorset County Football Player
Bournemouth Under 21 Football Select Captain
South England Schools Cross Country Championships
