Curriculum Vitae

Thesis Title: A historical study of education and shūkyū in Japan: how football identity was shaped by 1945

Selected Publications

• Whitfield, D. (in press). ʻCultivating characterʼ: The association of British athleticism with the educational value of Japanese football in Shūkyū monthly magazine (1931-41). International Journal of the History of Sport.

• Whitfield, D. (2022). Education and football: a history of the cultural accommodation of British association football into Japanese society. Sport in History, 42(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460263.2021.1919188

• Ikeda, K., Sakita, Y., Yamasaki, T. and Whitfield, D. (2021). Translation: Ski & Mountaineering in the Earlier Period: the Hokkaido University Museum Display 1 & 2. Sapporo: Department of Physical Education, Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University. https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/80905

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Awards, Fellowships & Grants

• Cross-Cultural Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals and Greening Sport: A Transnational Study of Open-air Activities, Mountain Sports, and Traditional Games. The International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) Biennial Working Programme Grant. Project Collaborator. (2022-2023)

• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship recipient (2018-2022)

Thesis Title: The effects of a self-administered soccer-specific conditioning programme on youth player development

Modules Completed

• Analysis and Evaluation of Performance: Functional and Metabolic

• Analysis and Evaluation of Performance: Technical and Tactical

• Data Analysis

• Improving Performance: Physiology and Nutrition

• Improving Performance: Strength and Conditioning

• Inter-Professional Practice in Sport and Exercise Science

• Project

• Research Methods

• Work-Based Learning in Sport and Exercise Science

Thesis Title: Does the Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence framework fully support young professional footballers’ career aspirations?

Modules Completed

Year One

• Biomechanics of Human Movement

• Fitness Assessments in Sport and Exercise Science

• Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Functional Anatomy

• Physiology for Sport, Fitness & Exercise

• Research Methods and Study Skills

Year Two

• Aetiology and Assessment of Injuries

• Professional Practice in Sport, Fitness & Exercise Science

• Research Methods

• Sport and Exercise Massage

• Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Strength and Conditioning

Year Three

• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Employability and Contemporary Issues in Sport, Fitness and Exercise Science

• Major Independent Research Project

• Physical Activity, Exercise & Healthy Living

• Theoretical Basis for the Treatment & Rehabilitation of Injuries

My role as Teaching Fellow for the ESD Campus Asia-Pacific Program, orgainsed by the Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University included the following duties & responsibilities:

• Developing active learning tasks and appropriate assessment methods in cooperation with the Executive Committee staff.

• Preparing publicity materials and liaising with invited lecturers from overseas.

• Creation of an environment in which students could share their knowledge through team discussions.

• Deliver lectures combining my research themes and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to encourage students to discuss and propose innovative solutions to key challenges in global society.

• Identifying and implementing innovative online teaching resources to ensure that participating students could fulfil the course goals regardless of their location.

• Furthering students’ understanding of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) during fieldwork sessions, which took place in various locations around Hokkaido.

• Grading student's written and oral assessments, providing feedback/questions during final presentations, and compiling final student grades.

• Providing the organising committee with a detailed report of the teaching performance and student engagement with the program, including several relevant suggestions to be implemented.

My role as a Teaching Assistant for Nitobe College at Hokkaido University includes the following duties & responsibilities:

• Facilitate an effective active learning environment for students, delivered via an online platform.

• Assist students with any unanticipated communication issues to facilitate an effective multicultural learning environment.

• Advise students regarding appropriate research design and implementation to accomplish the stated outcomes during extended group project work.

• Develop appropriate online workspaces to facilitate effective group collaboration & contribution amongst students during group work and projects.

• Undertake regular assessments of students' performance and contributions to sessions, providing relevant feedback to the primary instructor(s).

• Support both instructors and students with correct usage of English terms and grammar to ensure relevant information is correctly disseminated to the relevant participants.

My role as First Team Performance Analyst for Frickley Athletic included the following duties & responsibilities:

• Attending & recording all fixtures involving members of the First Team playing staff.

• Distribution of recorded footage through the online Hudl platform to the appropriate members of the coaching & playing staff.

• Use the Hudl platform to code uploaded game footage into player-specific highlight packages for each game, subsequently distributing these to each player to assist with their post-game reflection & feedback to the coaching team.

• Recording key technical events information for both teams (final third entries, shots on target, etc.) & individual players (e.g. passing accuracy, duel success rates, etc.) following each game.

• Managing the collection of physical performance indicators through PlayerTek's GPS Player Tracking System.

• Collating & distributing technical and physical information in the form of descriptive feedback sheets to members of the coaching and playing staff.

• Sourcing & utilizing available match footage to develop pre-match opposition tactical feedback presentations & videos.

• Working with the parent clubs of on-loan players to provide bespoke performance analysis feedback to the player in line with the parent club's playing philosophy.

• Collaborate with the coaching staff to create graphically enhanced tactical feedback presentations to be used to present the club's playing philosophy & key tactical concepts to members of the playing staff.

My role as Lead Academy Sports Scientist & Performance Analyst for Scunthorpe United Football Club included the following duties & responsibilities:

• Development of individualized athletic development programs for every player in the academy (U9's to U18's).

• Delivery of weekly strength and conditioning sessions to both the YDP (U14 to U16) & PDP (U17 to U18) players, including the provision of individualized strength and conditioning programs.

• Performance testing of all players throughout the academy at regular intervals throughout the season & dissemination of testing results back to both players & coaching staff through descriptive feedback sheets.

• Regularly take part in Academy Management Team & Multi-Disciplinary meetings providing feedback on the targets set by the sports science department.

• Collaborate with the Academy medical team to ensure movement & posture screenings were undertaken at regular intervals throughout the season, with appropriate corrective exercises prescribed to players as necessary.

• Monitor player's daily readiness to train & training load using a prescribed questionnaire before training and Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) system respectively.

• Provide age-appropriate diet and nutrition information to both players and parents through regular presentations and information sheets.

• Recording of games program fixtures for various age groups across all Academy age groups.

• Use performance analysis software (Sportscode) with specially developed coding windows based on the playing philosophy of the club for all recorded fixtures.

• Conducting regular opposition analysis on upcoming PDP games program fixtures.

• Working with the Academy Sport Psychologist to develop and implement an appropriate psychological support program for players, parents & staff.

• Uploading information, documentation & game footage to the Performance Management Application (PMA) for easy dissemination to both Academy staff and players.