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.

  1. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Representational Momentum reveals visual anticipation differences in the upper and lower visual fields.

    Gottwald, V. M., Lawrence, G. P., Hayes, A. E. & Khan, M. A., 1 May 2015, In: Experimental Brain Research.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Every story has two sides: evaluating information processing and ecological dynamics perspectives of focus of attention in skill acquisition.

    Gottwald, V., Davies, M. & Owen, R., 24 May 2023, In: Frontiers. 5, 13 p., 1176635.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Going against the grain: Performance when relevant proprioceptive afferent information is congruent with focus of attention

    Gottwald, V., Lawrence, G. & Owen, R., 21 Oct 2018, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 50. p. 27

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  6. Unpublished

    A Prospective Study of The Developmental Biographies of Great British Pathway Athletes: Pathway to Podium

    Dunn, E., Langham-Walsh, E., Lowery, M., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Oliver, S. & Roberts, R., 8 Jun 2018, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePoster

  7. Published

    Preliminary Validation of the Athlete Development Formulation Survey (ADFS)

    Dunn, E., Anderson, D., Langham-Walsh, E., Lowery, M., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Woodman, T., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Roberts, R. & Oliver, S., 18 Oct 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Representational Momentum in the Expertise Context: Support for the Theory of Event Coding as an Explanation for Action Anticipation

    Anderson, D. N., Gottwald, V. M. & Lawrence, G. P., 14 Aug 2019, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 1838.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review