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

    Skill acquisition for coaches.

    Lawrence, G. P., Kingston, K., Gottwald, V. M. & Jones, R. L. (ed.), 4 Mar 2013, An Introduction to Sports Coaching: Connecting Theory to Practice: 2nd edition. Routledge, p. 31-48

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  2. Published

    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, 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Relative Age Effect? No "Flipping" Way! Exploring the Relative Age Effect in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.

    Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 18 Oct 2019, p. 204.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Initial steps in the validation of the athlete development formulation survey

    Langham-Walsh, E., Anderson, D., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Lowery, M., Oliver, S., Roberts, R. & Woodman, T., 2019, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport (SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository). p. 115

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

  5. Published

    Relative age effect? No “flipping” way! Nuanced evidence of an apparatus dependent inverse relative age effect, in elite women’s artistic gymnastics

    Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 28 Jun 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 6, e0253656.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Relative age effect? No" flipping" way: Exploring the relative age effect in elite, female gymnastics

    Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 2019, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport (SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository). p. 116

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

  7. Published

    Different Cues of Personality and Health from the Face and Gait of Women

    Kramer, R. S. S., Gottwald, V. M., Dixon, T. A. M. & Ward, R., 1 Apr 2012, In: Evolutionary Psychology. 10, 2, p. 271-295

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Talent development in sport. How do you make it to the top?

    Knight, C. & Gottwald, V., 27 May 2022, In: Frontiers for Young Minds. 10, 684710.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis

    Hardy, L. J., Lawrence, G. P., Beattie, S., Woodman, T., Gottwald, V. M., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L. & Cassell, V., 7 Jun 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. Published

    Can learning under an external focus of attention counteract the negative effects of choking under pressure?

    Gottwald, V. M., Lawrence, G. P. & Khan, M. A., Jun 2010, p. S82-S82.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceAbstractpeer-review