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Dr. Ffion Thompson

@ffionthompson

Post-Doc in Youth Athletic Development / Head S&C at QE / Wales Lacrosse Women Head of Athletic and Physical Development / Pathway S&C for Rhinos Netball

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🚨 SAVE THE DATE: Carnegie Long-Term Athletic Development in Schools Knowledge Exchange Events Join @Carnegie_Sport across different locations in the UK to share and discuss topics to help enhance long-term athletic development within schools.

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🌟 Transforming Health-Related Fitness in PE 🌟 I recently led a workshop for the PGCE students at @leedsbeckett, focusing on transforming health-related fitness in PE. Our mission is to foster a new approach prioritising lifelong physical activity, confidence, and movement.

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Are you a sports coach interested incorporating psychosocial skills and characteristics into your coaching practice? Myself and @MindcraftPerf are running a FREE webinar with two time-slots available! eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-min…

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Join us for #WiSERTogether: Valuing diversity & collaborating for change conference on 24-25 June 2025! A powerful event bringing diverse voices together to advance #WomenInSport. Secure your place—early bird offer ends 15 April 2025! bit.ly/wiser-together #WiSEANCONFERENCE2025

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Exciting news alert - 🚨The WISEAN conference website is now live 🚨SAVE THE DATES 24th & 25th June 2025 and book NOW 👇 leedsbeckett.ac.uk/css-wisean25 #WiSEANCONFERENCE2025 #wisertogether 🦉🤝

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🚨Save the Date🚨 #WiSEANCONFERENCE2025 @leedsbeckett Our goals: 🤝 A collaborative, multi-disciplinary networking space 🏅 Celebrating diverse colleagues & their research on women & girls in sport 💬 Fostering learning & debate to improve all levels of women & girls’ sport

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Stuff kids should be doing instead of yet another fall ball season... ⚾️ #LTAD


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Have you checked out our latest #GlobetrottinADs #podcast ? Its about this 👇 Sign your school up 💪

🌟 Join Our Pioneering Research Study! 🌟 We inviting schools from around the 🌎 to participate in a research study that explores the holistic impact of school sport involvement on the development of student-athletes. Please RT and share! Details 👇

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Check it out 🎙️🌎 Our latest #GlobetrottinADs #podcast and an opportunity for your school to join a world wide survey from @leedsbeckett Have a listen and contact @ffionthompson to sign up or more information... shorturl.at/EGeic

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Join me at the inaugural #TISSCon2024 this September 14 - 15 in Toronto, @uoft_tiss For members of coaching or support teams, uncover how to help athletes perform better, recover faster, and play safer. See you there! Learn more and register: tiss-conference.ca

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Exciting day at @ColfesSchool delivering CPD to PE staff as they reimagine their KS3 PE program around four modules: 🏃 Motion, 🛡️ Stability, 🤹 Coordination & 🏊 Aquatics. Focused on effective AMSC delivery and practical frameworks to integrate it into their curriculum.

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Interested in the academic, athletic, psychosocial and psychological impacts of being a sport school/academy student-athlete? Give a listen to The Athlete Development Show with @ffionthompson 🎧Listen in here - athletedevelopmentproject.com/2024/07/ep-166/


Great to have officially earned the title of Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach from the @UKSCA (United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Association). Even better to get this ticked off on the first attempt 🏋️

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🌟 Join Our Pioneering Research Study! 🌟 We inviting schools from around the 🌎 to participate in a research study that explores the holistic impact of school sport involvement on the development of student-athletes. Please RT and share! Details 👇

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🚫 Attention S&C Coaches 🚫 Help an MRes student project on a vital topic: defining the role of Strength and Conditioning (S&C) Coaches in supporting anti-doping efforts. Your insights are crucial! Interested? Please get in touch with @EmmAnghileri x.com/EmmAnghileri/s…

OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE: I am currently recruiting athletes/players and strength and conditioning coaches to take part in some interviews (online or in person) about anti-doping. If you are interested, please get in touch (E.Anghileri@leedsbeckett.ac.uk)



Enjoyed presenting at this year's @ICEEducation S&C Conference on the unique challenges of working with female athletes. Highlights: 🔷 Strategies to increase buy-in 📈 🔷 Growth and maturation 🌱 🔷 Injury considerations 🚑 🔷 Practical programming 📝 🔷 Menstrual literacy 🌸

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🚨 Funded MRes opportunity with @HawkinDynamics at @qethelburgas Deadline - 28 June 2024 🔗 leedsbeckett.ac.uk/the-graduate-s… Overall, this MRES offers robust personal and professional growth, merging high-level research with practical experience in an innovative setting.

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Loved being back at @Carnegie_Sport for the LTAD in Schools Conference on Friday A privilege to also present a keynote on Holistic Talent Development, intro from @DrSergioLara_EU: 🔺Reconsidering traditional TD 🏏Case study in pro cricket 🕸️Systems theory lens @edgehill

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Thank you to everyone who supported / attended our 2nd @Carnegie_Sport @CentreForCAPL #LTAD in Schools Conference An outstanding day with - Excellent Presentations✅ - Vibrant Practicals✅ - Passionate delegates making a difference✅ Big thanks to @ffionthompson👏

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