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Simon Walters

Senior Lecturer, Head of Coaching, Health and Physical Education

University of Auckland

New Zealand

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Simon Walters is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Coaching in the Health and Physical Education department at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. His research focuses on youth sports, concussion management, and coach development, with recent articles exploring adolescent awkwardness in sports, perceptions of concussion management in schools, and the wellbeing benefits of sport participation. He aims to enhance understanding and practices surrounding health and safety in sporting environments.

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Mahi tahi (working together) and the lessons learned from implementating a concussion management pathway for community rugby in New Zealand: Haerenga (our journey)

Predictors of concussion management pathway adherence in New Zealand community rugby: A prospective cohort study

Avoiding the Sports (Med) Specialist: The association between sport specialisation and injury among young people in New Zealand

Managing concussions in New Zealand secondary schools: Let’s take it seriously

If in doubt, sit them out? — Exploring the influence of the ‘Recognise and Remove’ process on management decisions and player disclosure in community rugby union

The Roles and Purposes of Caring Touch in Health Professional Practice: A Discourse Analysis

The give and take of social support in professional athlete career pathways

"Easy when everyone is on board": Implementing a framework for managing concussions in New Zealand secondary schools

Slipping Through the Cracks? Concussion Management in Aotearoa New Zealand Secondary Schools

Sport, healthcare and educational organisations’ perceptions of a framework for managing concussion in New Zealand schools: a qualitative study

What do we know (and not know) about adolescent awkwardness in youth sports? A narrative review

Concussion Risk and the Need for Prevention: An Exploration into the Complexity of Community Perspectives in Rugby Union

Relationships Between Ethical Conduct, Ethics Review and Education Within Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research: Exploring Student Perspectives from Sweden and Aotearoa New Zealand

Utilisation of New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway: A mixed methods investigation

Navigating concussion – community rugby players’ experiences of a concussion management initiative in New Zealand

The industry-academic nexus: a case study of collaboration

“Lightbulb Moments”: The (Re)Conceptualization of Coach Development in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Quest for clarity: investigating concussion-related responsibilities across the New Zealand Rugby Community System

The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence

“Balance Is Better”: The Wellbeing Benefits of Participating in a Breadth of Sports across a Variety of Settings during Adolescence

Sport concussion assessment in New Zealand high school rugby players: a collaborative approach to the challenges faced in primary care

Changes in Physical Activity and Motives following the Transition from High School to University

Baseline concussion assessment performance of community-based senior rugby players: a cross-sectional study

Resolving uncertainties of the factor structures of the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q)

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kirsten spencer

Zachary Kerr

James Brown

Jeremy Hapeta

Anja Zoellner

Justin Richards

Jenny Clarke

Chris Whatman

Gisela Sole

Glenn Fyall

Rosemary Godbold

Trish Bradbury

Inger Eliasson

Marelise Badenhorst

Blake Bennett

Patricia Lucas

Johna K. Register-Mihalik

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