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.
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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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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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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying talent holistically: Using machine learning to capture the dynamic development of expertise in Olympic weightlifting. a preliminary analysis
Anderson, D., Gottwald, V. & Lawrence, G., 21 Oct 2018, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport : SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. 1 ed. Vol. 50. p. 4Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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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Langham-Walsh, E., Lowery, M., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Oliver, S. & Roberts, R., 8 Jun 2018, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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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 conference › Poster › peer-review
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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 conference › Abstract › 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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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Review 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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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. 27Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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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 conference › Paper
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 271-295Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 conference › Poster › peer-review
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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. 115Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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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. 116Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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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. 31-48Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Testing anxiety's effect on movement planning and correction: Online upper-limb corrections are not completely automatic
Lawrence, G., Owen, R., Gottwald, V. & Khan, M., Feb 2023, In: Human Movement Science. 87, 1, 24 p., 103022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The movement kinematics and learning strategies associated with adopting different foci of attention during both acquisition and anxious performance
Lawrence, G. P., Gottwald, V., Khan, M. A. & Kramer, R., 2 Nov 2012, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 3, 468Research 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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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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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
- Accepted/In press
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Lawrence, G., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Oliver, S., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Woodman, T., 16 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Breaking down the One Target Advantage: The role of pressure
Lawrence, G. P., Khan, M. A., Mottram, T. M. & Gottwald, V. M., 17 Oct 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis
Lawrence, G., Beattie, S., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L., Gottwald, V. M. & Cassell, V. E., 20 Jun 2012, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. s1 ed. Vol. 34. p. S101Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Systematically increasing contextual interference is beneficial for learning, but how long for?
Mandzuk, A. A., Mandzuk, A., Lawrence, G. P. & Gottwald, V. M., 29 Apr 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Pressure enhances online control when 'I' don't know I need to correct, but reduces it when 'I' do: Motor control strategies and state anxiety
Owen, R., Gottwald, V. & Lawrence, G., 21 Oct 2018, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. 1 ed. Vol. 50. p. 54Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Predicting undergraduate students’ learning from a lecture: The role of self-control, motivation, and mental effort.
Owen, R., Blanchfield, A. & Gottwald, V., 31 May 2022, In: Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru/The Welsh Journal of Education. 24, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review