Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
My teaching and applied practice are focused on performance analysis and strength & conditioning. This is underpinned by over a decade of experience working with high-performance coaches and athletes. My current research interests are around analyst, athlete and coach experiences of video-based match analysis feedback.
Current research activities
Currently the projects I am involved in include:
- Player perceptions of match analysis in an international female youth squad.
- Understanding a high-performance football coach's application of match analysis.
Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange
Performance Analysis
Strength and Conditioning
Sport Coaching
External positions
Performance Analyst, Team Scotland, Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast 2018
1 Jan 2018 → 1 Aug 2018
Performance Analyst, Scottish Hockey
1 Dec 2016 → 1 Dec 2017
Football Scientist - Womens U19s, The Scottish Football Association
1 Apr 2014 → 1 Sept 2018
Football Analyst - Womens U19s, The Scottish Football Association
1 Apr 2014 → 1 Sept 2018
Lead Sport Scientist and Match Analysis (Women's 1st team), Hamilton Academical FC
1 Jan 2009 → 1 Sept 2018
Football Analyst, Airdrieonians FC
1 Jun 2008 → 1 May 2011
Sport Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Tutor, Oarsome Sport and Fitness
1 Sept 2005 → 1 Sept 2015
Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde
1 Sept 2005 → 1 May 2006
Sport Scientist, West of Scotland Institute of Sport
1 Sept 2003 → 1 Sept 2005
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- Performance Analysis
- Strength and Conditioning
- Sport Coaching
- Sport Science
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Research output
- 3 Article
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Neophyte experiences of football (soccer) match analysis: a multiple case study approach
McKenna, M., Cowan, D. T., Stevenson, D. & Baker, J. S., 3 Jul 2018, In: Research in Sports Medicine. 26, 3, p. 306-322 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"What d'you know, you're a girl!" Gendered experiences of sport coach education
Graham, L., McKenna, M. & Fleming, S., Jul 2013, In: Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education. 13, p. 70-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comparison of sprinting kinematics on two types of treadmill and over-ground
McKenna, M. & Riches, P. E., Dec 2007, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 17, 6, p. 649-55 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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