Meet the Staff: Josh Wall, Director of Performance and Athletic Wellbeing
28 January 2025 - All
I am thrilled to join the team at Wycombe Abbey. The pupils and staff have been so welcoming and helpful in getting me up to speed since joining in January.
I have the exciting task of developing the Performance Athlete Programme (PAP) and integrating athletic development into the wider PE curriculum and sports. I’ve been coaching youth athletes for the past decade, during which I helped start the athletic development programme at Marlborough College and founded the programme at St Helen and St Katharine. My philosophy is based on providing movement skills for all through PE, helping pupils engage in and access active lifestyles and sports, and then developing their proficiencies as they grow into young athletes.
Supporting those with a performance focus as pupil-athletes has been a key interest of mine. Balancing academics, training, and competing, all while navigating school and becoming a young adult, can be hugely developmental but also challenging. With my roles supporting pupil-athletes, I wanted to explore this further and am currently in my third year of a Doctorate in Professional Practice, focusing on ‘Developing Support for Pupil-Athletes in Independent Schools.’ I am very much looking forward to developing this holistic approach within the PAP to enable happy, healthy young athletes.
Alongside athletic development, I’ve been involved with lacrosse ever since starting to play at university. I’ve been to two World Championships and two European Championships as a strength and conditioning coach, most recently with England Women’s Lacrosse winning the Euros in 2024 and looking ahead to the Tokyo, Japan 2026 World Championships. I am eager to share my experience in top-level sport, including competing in high-level competitions and what it takes to achieve success, with the pupils at Wycombe Abbey.
Read about Sport and our Performance Athlete Programme
Mr Josh Wall
Director of Performance and Athletic Wellbeing
Keep up to date with further news from Wycombe Abbey on our social channels.