Dr Gavin Lawrence
Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science
Contact info
Room 207, School of Psychology and Sport Science Exercise, George Building
Email: g.p.lawrence@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248388283
Bio:
I am a senior lecturer conducting Sport and Exercise Science research within the Institue of the Psychology of Elite Performance. This aspect of Performance Psychology research resides in effective coaching, performance development and expertise. I am particularly interested in investigating how we can accelerate the journey to expertise via adopting a multidisaplinary approach to understading the performer. Throughout this research, I work with high profile Sports Organisations e.g., UK Sport, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Weightlifting Wales, England Athletics and UK Deaf Sport.
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A Retrospective Enquiry into the Holistic Development of Elite British Olympic Weightlifters
Anderson, D., Lawrence, G. & Gottwald, V., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Expertise. 5, 4, p. 147-168 22 p., 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A review of virtual environments for training in ball sports
Miles, H. C., Pop, S. R., Watt, S. J., Lawrence, G. P. & John, N. W., 1 Oct 2012, In: Computers and Graphics. 36, 6, p. 714-726Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adults with Down syndrome demonstrate peripheral not central deficits when integrating movements during multiple target sequences
Reilly, N., Lawrence, G., Mottram, T. & Khan, M., 30 Jun 2017, In: The Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 5, 1, p. 82-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An internal focus of attention is optimal when congruent with afferent proprioceptive task information
Gottwald, V., Owen, R., Lawrence, G. & McNevin, N., Mar 2020, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 47, 101634.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are you maximising the effectiveness of your coaching sessions? Part 2 - Conveying information
Davies, M. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 Apr 2014, In: Code for Coaches: The BCU's magazine for coaches. 175, p. 3-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are you maximising the effectiveness of your coaching sessions? Part 3 - Directing the performers focus of attention
Davies, M. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 Aug 2014, In: Code for Coaches: The BCU's magazine for coaches. 177, p. 3-7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can the location negative priming process operate in a proactive manner?
Buckolz, E., Guy, S., Khan, M. A. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 May 2006, In: Psychological Research. 70, 3, p. 218-227Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capturing the holistic profile of high performance Olympic weightlifting development
Anderson, D., Gottwald, V. & Lawrence, G., 30 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers. 4, 17 p., 986134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changing performance pressure between training and competition influences action planning because of a reduction in the efficiency of action execution
Cassell, V. E., Beattie, S. & Lawrence, G., Jan 2018, In: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 31, 1, p. 107-120Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coaching corner: Exploring coaching theory and practice; are you maximising the effectiveness of your coaching sessions; Conveying information??
Davies, M. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 Feb 2014, In: Journal of Canoe Wales. 123, p. 36-40Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coaching corner: Exploring coaching theory and practice; are you maximising the effectiveness of your coaching sessions; Structuring Practice?
Davies, M. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Canoe Wales. 122, p. 34-38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differences in visuomotor control between the upper and lower visual fields.
Khan, M. A. & Lawrence, G. P., 1 Jul 2005, In: Experimental Brain Research. 164, 3, p. 395-398Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does high state anxiety exacerbate distractor interference?
Roberts, J. W., Lawrence, G. P., Welsh, T. N. & Wilson, M. R., Apr 2021, In: Human Movement Science. 76, 102773.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early promise versus late bloomers: a longitudinal and multidisciplinary analysis of relative age effects throughout an elite weightlifting pathway.
Gottwald, V., Anderson, D. & Lawrence, G., 25 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Expertise. 4, 4, p. 335-364 30 p., 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing the motor learning of youth soccer players through preventing an internal focus of attention: The effect of shoes colour
De Giorgio, A., Sellami, M., Kuvacic, G., Lawrence, G., Padulo, J., Mingardi, M. & Mainolfi, L., 15 Aug 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 8, 15 p., e0200689.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then is combining observation with imagery worth a million? A symposium on the interaction between observation and imagery processes.
Cumming, J., Law, B., Rymal, A. M., Lawrence, G. P., Bolkowy, R. & Latimer, A. E., Jun 2011, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 33, S1, p. S11-S12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of attentional focus on motor performance within the context of "early" limb regulation and "late" target control
Roberts, J. W. & Lawrence, G. P., Jul 2019, In: Acta Psychologica. 198, 102864.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inferring online and offline processing of visual feedback in target-directed movements from kinematic data.
Khan, M. A., Franks, I. M., Elliott, D., Lawrence, G. P., Chua, R., Bernier, P. M., Hansen, S. & Weeks, D. J., 12 Jul 2006, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 30, 8, p. 1106-1121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of motor imagery training on hip abductor muscle strength and bilateral transfer effect
Alenezi, M., Hayes, A., Lawrence, G. & Kubis, H.-P., 7 Sept 2023, In: Frontiers in Physiolology. Section: Exercise Physiology. 14, 16 p., 1188658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal and External Focus of Attention in a Novice Form Sport
Lawrence, G. P., Gottwald, V. M., Hardy, J. & Khan, M. A., Jan 2013, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 82, 3, p. 431-441Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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It Ain’t What You Do—It’s the Way That You Do It: Is Optimizing Challenge Key in the Development of Super-Elite Batsmen?
Jones, B., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Kuncheva, L., Brandon, R., Bobat, M. & Thorpe, G., 13 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Expertise. 3, 2, p. 144-168Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lets go Surfing now, everybody's learning how; attentional strategies on expert and novice surfing performance under both practice and competition conditions
Lawrence, G. P., Virian, J., Oliver, S. J. & Gottwald, V. M., 2020, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 20, 2, p. 229-239 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New evidence of relative age effects in “super-elite” sportsmen: A case for the survival and evolution of the fittest
Jones, B., Lawrence, G. & Hardy, L., Mar 2018, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 36, 6, p. 697-703Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Online versus offline processing of visual feedback in the control of movement amplitude.
Khan, M. A., Lawrence, G. P., Fourkas, A., Franks, I. M., Elliott, D. & Pembroke, S., 1 May 2003, In: Acta Psychologica. 113, 1, p. 83-97Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis
Lawrence, G. P., Cassell, V. E., Beattie, S. J., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L. J. & Gottwald, V. M., 27 Oct 2013, In: Psychological Research. 78, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review