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Gethin Thomas

Gethin Thomas

Senior Lecturer in Coaching Science at Cardiff Metropolitan University, with expertise in sports coaching pedagogy and player development

Jun 10, 2026

2:07
And, and Geth, as you're on the, you are on the board at CRIC, aren't you? Could you, could you explain to our listeners maybe a bit around what CRIC actually is, what it stands for, um, and the purpose of the conference really?
2:16
Well, so you got, you know, CRIC is the Cluster for Research into Coaching.
2:20
Um, it's a charity, and we have a membership, and that's what my, my role is, is the membership officer.
2:28
Um, it aims to promote and support critical research, and that's for the benefit of sports coaches, national governing bodies, sport coaching scholars, you know, a- and et cetera along those lines.
2:40
I think the main thing that CRIC really focuses on is on to critical research into coaching.
2:46
Um, so it's looking beneath, um, the surface of practice, you know, questioning common narratives, um, and how coaching is understood in that way.
2:55
Um, I think what's important really to emphasize, 'cause people tend to think, "Oh, that's the social," you know, they only ever-
5:21
Mm

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