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IIHF Coaching Symposium, Leadership, Skills, Video

Shaping Skilled Intentions, with James Vaughan

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James Vaughan, Head of Football & Coaching Psychology for AIK Football Club, presents a masterclass in navigating the complexities of a team sport.

Have we lost something in the way sports are played and is there a way of bringing simple, creative qualities back into our players and teams?

James Vaughan, Head of Player & Coach Development/Head of Football & Coaching Psychology for AIK Football Club, answers this question throughout his 2023 IIHF Coaching Symposium presentation. His 55-minute presentation aims to declutter the coach/player relationship by offering insights into coaching improvised plays in a complex system that simplifies the goal for players by ditching confusing jargon.

Clear as mud?

Vaughan’s presentation is not to be taken lightly. It’s a masterclass in navigating the complexities of a team sport, in which he uses examples from the play of the Detroit Red Wings’ Russian Five (Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Kozlov, Slava Fetisov, and Igor Larionov), as well as soccer stars Messi and Iniesta. Dr. Derek Cabrera’s Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems is also used to explain how we can bring simple, creative qualities back into our players and teams.

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James Vaughan

Associate Professor James Vaughan is the Metallurgy Major Lead and head of the Hydrometallurgy Research Group within the School of Chemical Engineering. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering at McGill University followed by Master of Applied Science and PhD degrees in Materials Engineering at The University of British Columbia in Canada. Before joining UQ, James gained experience as a research engineer with Placer Dome in gold and BHP in nickel. While at UQ James served as Director of the University of Queensland Rio Tinto Bauxite & Alumina Technology Centre, Chief Investigator for the ARC Research Hub for Australian Copper-Uranium, and lead Chief Investigator for the CRC-P “Value-added cobalt refining technologies powering advanced batteries” with Pure Battery Technologies.

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