Mr Oliver Whitton

Oli is a Lecturer and Lead Strength and Conditioning (S&C) Coach employed under a hybrid role by Public Health and Sport Sciences, and Performance Sport. As a lecturer, Oli teaches across each year of the BSc Exercise and Sport Sciences programme and is an academic tutor as well as a dissertation supervisor at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Oli is a UKSCA accredited S&C coach. He oversees S&C for the university Performance Sport programme, leading on the Netball and Men's Cricket programmes. He works with partner organisations such as Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), working with athletes from a multitude of sports as well as leading S&C for the TASS British Sailing Hub at the university. Oli is also responsible for Performance Sport student placements in S&C, where BSc and MSc students complete placements in various aspects of S&C and Sports Science working with the Performance Sport programme. Oli's research interest is in individual athlete responses to sport pain, where he completed his PhD thesis, Psychological Predictors of Pain and Pain-related Outcomes in Athletes.