Dr Cliff Mallett
BEd(BCAE), BA(Hons), PhD(Qld)
- Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy
- Co-ordinator, Postgraduate programs in Sports Coaching
Contact details
Rm 507
Phone: (+61) 7 3365 6765
Fax: (+61) 7 3365 6877
E-mail: cmallett@hms.uq.edu.au
Background
Dr Cliff Mallett joined the School of Human Movement Studies in 2000 after a career in physical education teaching and also in elite coaching as a National High Performance Coach in track and field with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). He teaches undergraduate and graduate students and actively researches in the area of elite sport. Dr Mallett is a registered psychologist in Queensland and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the College of Sport Psychologists (CSP) and regularly consults with elite triathletes, track and field athletes, and rugby players. He has consulted and presented to many sports and organisations: AFL, Athletics, Cricket, Kayak/Canoe, Netball, Track and Field, Triathlon; Athletics Australia, IAAF, Brisbane Lions, AIS.
Teaching
Dr Mallett teaches Advanced Sport and Exercise Psychology in the undergraduate program and coordinates Australia 's leading postgraduate programs in Sports Coaching in which he teaches Sport Psychology, and Pedagogies for Coaches. Students in the PG programs in coaching are practising coaches from around the world, and mostly coaches of elite athletes and teams. The suite of courses in the postgraduate programs in coaching are delivered online through Blackboard and are part of a joint venture between the School of Human Movement Studies at UQ, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and the AIS. In 2006 he received a commendation for excellence in teaching from The University of Qld.
Coaching
Dr Mallett has coached extensively at the elite level coaching 15 international athletes (12 medals), including 6 Olympic athletes, and national relay teams (6 medals) in major international competitions. He has been a team coach on several Australian teams at the Olympics (1996 & 2004) and World Championships (1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007). Dr Mallett is a leading international coach educator consulting to the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) and Sport Knowledge Australia. He also consults with the Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club, AIS, QAS, and the UQ Rugby Academy.
Research Interests
Dr Mallett has developed a strong research program in two broad and interrelated research areas - coaching and sport psychology.
The specific areas of interest within sport psychology and coaching are:
Motivation within the framework of self-determination theory (SDT)
- Coaches of elite athletes and elite athletes;
- Autonomy-supportive learning environments;
- Quantitiave measurement of motivation
- Mental toughness in elite sport (coaches and athletes).
Coach development:
- How high performance coaches learn in the workplace;
- What is coaches' work?
- Evaluating the work of high performance coaches;
- Developing coaching practice using action research; and
- Leadership and management in high performance coaching.
Dr Mallett recently led and completed a research project examining how coaches learn in the Australian Football League (AFL). The AFL funded the project, which is framed within the workplace learning literature. He is currently leading a team of researchers examining learning and mentoring in high performance sport at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). The Australian Research Council (ARC - Linkage) is funding the project (2007-2009) with the Australian Sports Commission and the AIS.
Dr Mallett is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Coaching Science, which is the official journal of the International Council for Coach Education (ICCE). He is also a Section Editor for the International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.
Publications and Research Projects
For a full list of Dr Mallett's publications (prior to 2007) and research projects, please refer to the UQreSEARCHers website.
Mallett, C. J., Kawabata, M., & Newcombe, P. (in press). Progressing measurement in sport motivation: A response to Pelletier, Vallerand, and Sarrazin. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Mallett, C. J., Kawabata, M., Newcombe, P., Otero-Ferero, A. & Jackson, S. (in press). The Sport Motivation Scale-6 (SMS-6): A revised six-factor sport motivation scale. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Research Students
Current research higher degree student topics under Dr Cliff Mallett 's supervision are also available through the UQreSEARCHers website.
Doctor of Philosophy (Principal)
- Kristy McLean
- Steven Rynne (submitted)
- Koon Teck Koh
- Mohamed Aris
Doctor of Philosophy (Associate)
- Natalie Barker-Ruchti (submitted)
Master of Philosophy (Principal)
- Kirron Byrne
- Joseph Occhino