Dr Vicky Gottwald
Senior
Contact info
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP)
Location: George Building (Room 302)
Email: v.m.gottwald@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1248 382824
Twitter: @GottwaldVicky
Research Group: http://ipep.bangor.ac.uk/
Vicky is a researcher in skill acquisition with particular interest in coaching instruction. She is a UKCC Level 4 Coach and the Talent Identification and Transfer Lead for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science (WIPS). She has experience working with a number of high performance sporting organisations, including UK Sport, Weigthlifting Wales, Welsh Rowing, England Athletics and UK Deaf Sport.
Contact Info
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP)
Location: George Building (Room 302)
Email: v.m.gottwald@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1248 382824
Twitter: @GottwaldVicky
Research Group: http://ipep.bangor.ac.uk/
Vicky is a researcher in skill acquisition with particular interest in coaching instruction. She is a UKCC Level 4 Coach and the Talent Identification and Transfer Lead for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science (WIPS). She has experience working with a number of high performance sporting organisations, including UK Sport, Weigthlifting Wales, Welsh Rowing, England Athletics and UK Deaf Sport.
Overview
Vicky Gottwald BSc. PGCE. PGDip. PhD. SFHEA is a skill acquisition researcher and member of the Institute of Psychology for Elite Performance (IPEP) at Bangor University. Her research interests are well aligned with her passion for sports coaching, and she is particularly interested in coaching instruction. More specifically, the way in which verbal instruction can direct an athlete's attention and consequently, either enhance or impede motor learning and performance. Similarly, Vicky has an interest in talent identification and development; specifically, with regards to enhancing the practice environment for optimal performance.
Vicky is the Talent Identification and Transfer lead for the Welsh Institute for Performance Science (WIPS: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/sports-science/astem/wips/); a three-way partnership between Sport Wales, Wales’ leading academic sport scientists and relevant industry partners to support multi-disciplinary, world-leading, applied performance science projects that enhance the performance of Welsh athletes and businesses.
As a UKCC Level 4 basketball coach, Vicky has extensive experience applying skill acquisition related theoretical concepts in practice and has coached across various stages of the Basketball Wales National Team Programmes.
Teaching and Supervision
I currently teach on the following modules:
- Level 2 Skill Acquisition
- Level 2 Sports Psychology Theory and Practice
- Level 3 Planning your Coaching System
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise PhD candidates on projects within areas of expertise e.g. coaching instruction (attentional focus), practice structure and talent identification and development.
Self-funded (inc.agency-funded) projects: I welcome informal enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects related to the above topic areas. Please submit a draft research proposal to v.m.gottwald@bangor.ac.uk.
Funded projects: Studentship opportunities within the School can be found at: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology
Personal
Basketball, Coaching, Sea Swimming, Meditation
Education / academic qualifications
- 2019 - Postgraduate Diploma in Elite Coaching Practice
- 2016 - Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- 2011 - PhD Skill Acquisition
- 2007 - M-Level Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Secondary Physical Education)
- 2006 - BSc Sports Science
Research outputs (31)
- Accepted/In press
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Every story has two sides: evaluating information processing and ecological dynamics perspectives of focus of attention in skill acquisition.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
- Published
Testing anxiety's effect on movement planning and correction: Online upper-limb corrections are not completely automatic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (22)
Injury surveillance in female youth rugby union: A pilot study in the community sport setting
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Early Promise Versus Late Bloomers: A Longitudinal and Multidisciplinary Analysis of Relative Age Effects in an Elite Weightlifting Pathway
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Canoe Slalom Pathway to Podium End of Year 1 Feedback Session
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Projects (2)
Talent Development of High-Performance Beach Rowers
Project: Research
Physical Literacy Programme for Schools
Project: Research