This presentation by Professor Cliff Mallett OAM will focus on research conducted in 12 countries examining consistently successful coaches (17) and their athletes (20) to better understand the pursuit of excellence in contributing to both high performance and well-being outcomes in elite sport.
Professor Cliff Mallett has enjoyed a distinguished career in elite coaching and academia, which was recognised in his OAM (2024). He was an Olympic and World Championship medal-winning coach and won a national university teaching award (2011). His research has been recognised with the prestigious August-Wilhelm Scheer Professorial Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and the EW Barker Professorship at NTU in Singapore. Furthermore, he developed a world-renowned online program in sports coaching and consults nationally and internationally to many elite sporting organisations and executive personnel. Cliff is a leading international scholar in two broad and interrelated research areas – sport/performance psychology and coaching. He regularly consults with elite coaches, athletes, coach developers, and psychologists in several national and international sporting organisations and in corporate.