David Mycock

David Mycock

Lecturer (Sports Coaching Science)

Institute of Sports & Exercise Science

Contact Details

email: d.mycock@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5490

Qualifications

International MSc. In Sports Coaching Science
PGCert In Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
BSc. 1st Class Hons in Sport and Exercise Science with Associated Physical Education
Holds a variety of English Football Association Coaching Awards and is a former professional football player

Teaching & Research

Professional Interests

Head Coach of Worcester Blind Football Club who are currently the FA’s National Futsal League Champions.
Identifying and developing grassroots blind and visually impaired futsal players.
Coach England and GB blind Paralympics players.
Developed a European Blind Football Network with clubs from the UK, Czech Republic, Germany and Greece.

Research Interests

Skill Acquisition of international elite male youth Academy players.
Psycho-social and psycho-physio aspects of disability sports players.
Blind and visually impaired football players and coaches.
Inter-disciplinary (Psycho-Physio) approaches to sports coaching science

Professional Bodies

Professional Footballers ‘Association (PFA)
Football Associations Coaches Association (FACA)
Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Publications

Mycock, D., Huijgen, B. & Peters, D.M. (2010). Comparison of soccer skills in male elite U15/16 youth players in England, Holland and Brazil.

Mycock, D.C., and Masilko, L., (2010). International opportunities in disability sports and blind football. Journal of Studia Sportiva, 4, 1. Pp136-139.

Mycock, D. C. (2010). A comparative Physiological analysis between GB elite male B1 and elite sighted football players

Castle, P., West, J., Faull, A. & Mycock, D. C. (2009). Foundations of Sport, Psychology, 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill

Mycock D. C., West J & Castle P. (2009) A psychometric case study of an elite American basketball coach

Castle P, Rhoden C, West J, Incledon V & Mycock D. C. (2007). Foundations of Sport (Psycho-Social). McGraw-Hill.

External Responsibilities

GB and England National Team Blind Football Coach
UK Partnership Link Tutor for Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT) for the HND Sports Performance and Coaching course.
International Link Tutor with Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Developed a specialist Erasmus teaching and student mobility link in Sports Studies and Disability Sports.
Head Coach of University Worcester Blind Football Club.
Coach Education and consultation with Blind Football Clubs from Brno and Prague in the Czech Republic.