Bob Crudgington has more than 30 years experience in sports coaching and management including 15 years in high performance sports programs for Diving and Softball and has worked and consulted for the Australian Institute of Sport, the Queensland Academy of Sport and other National Sporting Organizations.
Bob is currently an Associate Lecturer in Sport Coaching at the UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences where he delivers courses on High Performance Management, Performance Profiling as well as Talent Identification and Development, Advanced Training Programs and Skill Acquisition/Performance Analysis.
Bob’s research focuses on the design of digital media and tools to assist sports coach developers and coaches in improving their practice.
Book Chapter: Sport as a Learning Setting
Rynne, Steven B. and Crudgington, Bob (2024). Sport as a Learning Setting. The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport. (pp. 123-131) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003160939-10
Journal Article: Working with coaches and their teams in youth and collegiate sport in the USA
Crudgington, Bob and Mallett, Clifford J. (2018). Working with coaches and their teams in youth and collegiate sport in the USA. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 13 (3), 331-332. doi: 10.1177/1747954118771161
Other Outputs: Review of the Associated Independent Colleges
Mallett, Cliff, Rynne, Steven, Crudgington, Bob, Dickens, Sue and O'Brien, Kath (2018). Review of the Associated Independent Colleges. Brisbane, Australia: Associated Independent Colleges.
High performance coach development: Harnessing cross cultural advantages
(2020–2022) Australia-Japan Foundation
Mitigating the impacts of Relative Age Effect in junior rugby league: Evaluating an intervention
(2019–2022) Rugby League Research Projects
Rynne, Steven B. and Crudgington, Bob (2024). Sport as a Learning Setting. The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport. (pp. 123-131) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003160939-10
On the (potential) value of coaching
Rynne, Steven, Crudgington, Robert, Dickinson, Rebecca K. and Mallett, Clifford J. (2017). On the (potential) value of coaching. Routledge handbook of talent identification and development in sport. (pp. 285-300) edited by Joseph Baker, Stephen Cobley, Jörg Schorer and Nick Wattie. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315668017-20
Working with coaches and their teams in youth and collegiate sport in the USA
Crudgington, Bob and Mallett, Clifford J. (2018). Working with coaches and their teams in youth and collegiate sport in the USA. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 13 (3), 331-332. doi: 10.1177/1747954118771161
Exploring the potential of assessment efficacy in sports coaching
Hay, Peter, Dickens, Sue, Crudgington, Bob and Engstrom, Craig (2012). Exploring the potential of assessment efficacy in sports coaching. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 7 (2), 187-198. doi: 10.1260/1747-9541.7.2.187
Exploring the potential of assessment efficacy in sports coaching: A response to commentaries
Hay, Peter, Dickens, Sue, Crudgington, Bob and Engstrom, Craig (2012). Exploring the potential of assessment efficacy in sports coaching: A response to commentaries. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 7 (2), 223-226. doi: 10.1260/1747-9541.7.2.223
Review of the Associated Independent Colleges
Mallett, Cliff, Rynne, Steven, Crudgington, Bob, Dickens, Sue and O'Brien, Kath (2018). Review of the Associated Independent Colleges. Brisbane, Australia: Associated Independent Colleges.
High performance coach development: Harnessing cross cultural advantages
(2020–2022) Australia-Japan Foundation
Mitigating the impacts of Relative Age Effect in junior rugby league: Evaluating an intervention
(2019–2022) Rugby League Research Projects