Developing expertise in British Rugby League: implementing representative learning design in a nonlinear pedagogy

Martyn is a part-time PhD student and started doctoral studies in October 2016. His area of research involves investigating the impact of socio-cultural-historical constraints on motor learning and the acquisition of sport expertise. Specifically, drawing insights from the works of James Gibson to understand how environmental constraints influence the landscape of affordances available in sporting forms of life. Martyn is also a Lecturer in Sport Coaching within the Academy of Sport and Physical Activity at Sheffield Hallam University.

Email M.rothwell@shu.ac.uk