Glyn Harding

Glyn Harding

Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science, Student Athlete Mentor

Institute of Sports & Exercise Science

Contact Details

email: g.harding@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5509

Post Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Coach Educator Diploma
BEd Hons
MSc Sports Coaching Science

Teaching & Research

Teaching interests:

Effective Coaching
Sport & Disability
Founder and Director of Brazil/UK Football Development Courses
Developing specialists to coach and teach in sports disability areas
Awarded the Sport Worcester Howard Peters Award for his outstanding contribution to coaching (2010)

Research interests:

Elite Players - the demands of performing and studying People with special needs and sporting opportunities

Professional Bodies

Union of European Football Associations UEFA ( A Licence )
Football Association of Wales (FAW)

Publications

Conference Presentations:
Emerging issues around coaching players with physical and learning difficulties. - FA national conference (1993)

Univates Brazil - Key note speaker – models of good practice of disability sport in the UK (2009)

Investigation into how Universities can support elite athletes with disabilities educationally and in sport - Podium conference in Westminster University (2009)

Diversity and Equity Conference. University of Worcester (2010). Inspiring coaches and Teachers in Sport Disability in HE settings.

External Responsibilities

External Verifier for 1st4Sport
External examiner Chichester University
Coach to BUCS Midlands Men’s Football Team
Senior Tutor for the FA
Coach Educator/Advisor Worcester Wolves
Child Protection Officer (FA)