Dr Andy Lane
Senior Lecturer in Coaching Science
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
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
Performance Indicators for Momentum in Netball
Davies, G., O’Donoghue, P., Dohme, L.-C. & Lane, A., 27 Aug 2024, 14th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport. p. 41 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Momentum in netball: a simulation study
O’Donoghue, P., Davies, G., Dohme, L.-C. & Lane, A., 13 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 41, Supplement 1, p. 18 1 p., D2.S1.3(6).Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
Sustaining the unsustainable: meaningful longevity and the doing of coaching
Jones, R. L., Corsby, C. L. T. & Lane, A., 7 Sept 2023, In: Sport in Society. 27, 3, p. 361-375 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Contending with vulnerability and uncertainty: what coaches say about coaching
Corsby, C. L. T., Jones, R. & Lane, A., 25 Mar 2022, In: Sports Coaching Review. 12, 3, p. 323-342 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Becoming a mentor: an exploration of ‘how’ student-coaches negotiate mentoring practice
Corsby, C. L. T., Lane, A. P. & Spencer, D. R., 30 Dec 2020, In: Sport, Education and Society. 27, 4, p. 503-515 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Types, Sources, and Debilitating Factors of Sport Confidence in Elite Early Adolescent Academy Soccer Players
Thomas, O., Thrower, S. N., Lane, A. & Thomas, J., 25 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 33, 2, p. 192-217 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sport confidence
Hays, K., Lane, A. P. & Thomas, O., 26 Aug 2015, Sport and Exercise Psychology: Topics in Applied Psychology: Second Edition. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 25-49 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Defining and Contextualizing Robust Sport-Confidence
Thomas, O., Lane, A. & Kingston, K., 29 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 23, 2, p. 189-208 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A temporal examination of elite performers sources of sport-confidence
Kingston, K., Lane, A. & Thomas, O., Sept 2010, In: Sport Psychologist. 24, 3, p. 313-332 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Anxiety symptom interpretation in high-anxious, defensive high-anxious, low-anxious and repressor sport performers
Mullen, R., Lane, A. & Hanton, S., 19 Dec 2008, In: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 22, 1, p. 91-100 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review