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Dr Anna Stodter

Senior Lecturer

Anna is a senior lecturer in sport coaching within the Carnegie School of Sport. Her research interests in sport coaches' learning and education inform both her teaching and applied practice as a coach and coach developer.

Anna joined Leeds Beckett in 2022 after seven years at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK), where she was the course leader for MSc Sport Coaching and MSc Sport and Exercise Science.

Anna's main research focus lies in the processes and impacts of coach learning, coach education and coach development. Her PhD research, completed at Loughborough University, adopted mixed methods and grounded theory to generate an evidence-informed process that explains how coaches learn.

Anna has a background in rugby union as a former international player and UKCC Level 3 qualified coach. She has strong applied links as an associate coach developer, alongside knowledge exchange and consultancy work with varied sporting bodies including The RFU, England Netball, Archery GB, SportScotland, UK Coaching, UK Sport, and World Rugby.

Anna is interested in translating and applying evidence to promote positive experiences for all in sport, demonstrated by her current role on the World Rugby Women’s Rugby Player Welfare Working Group. This independent steering group provides expert, evidence-informed recommendations to advance welfare for girls and women at all levels of rugby union.

Research Interests

Anna's main research interest is in the processes and impacts of coach learning, education, and development. In recent years she has shifted towards applying this work through knowledge translation to promote positive learning experiences for all in sport coaching. This research falls into three interrelated strands:

Sport coaches' learning, knowledge and behaviour
Sport coach developers' learning and development
Evidence-informed approaches to coaching for player welfare in women's rugby union