Rory is a South Cost Doctoral Training Partnership funded PhD student based at the University of Brighton. His research focuses on cross gender coaching, exploring women coaching men in field hockey. Prior to this he completed a Masters by Research and BSc in Sports Coaching at Oxford Brookes University. During this time, he worked as a professional field hockey coach at a variety of clubs, schools and universities. He also set up his own business running school holiday sports camps for children aged 6-16, which continues today. Rory has taught from levels 3-6 at further and higher education level in the U.K. on topics such as sports coaching, sports sociology, sports psychology and research methods.
