APPLIED COACHING RESEARCH JOURNAL 2020 , Vol . 6
Dr Julia West
University of Worcester
Julia is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester . Her passion is goalkeeper coaching and she has over 25 years ’ experience coaching and developing both outfield players and goalkeepers . Her research interests include women coaches , women ’ s football and , of course , goalkeeping .
Dr Lisa Whitaker
UK Coaching
Lisa is the Research Manager at UK Coaching and joined the organisation in January 2018 . She has over 10 years of experience undertaking qualitative and quantitative research within sport . Prior to joining UK Coaching , Lisa worked as a Research Officer at Leeds Beckett University working on multiple social science research projects linked to doping in sport . She completed her PhD in 2013 , which focused on understanding athletes ’ willingness to dope . Lisa has also previously worked as a grass-roots badminton coach .
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