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Dr Vicky Gottwald

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Coaching)

v.m.gottwald@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382824

0000-0002-0158-9721

Dr Vicky Gottwald

View Dr Vicky Gottwald’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

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. She is currently the Assistant Coach for the Wales Senior Women’s National Team as well as Head Coach for Bangor University Women (BUCS Div 1).

Additional Contact Information

School of Human and Behavioural Sciences, 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 currently works with a number of high performance sporting organisations, including UK Sport, Weigthlifting Wales, Welsh Rowing, England Athletics and UK Deaf Sport.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Elite Coaching Practice
    University of Central Lancashire, 2019
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
    Higher Education Academy, 2016
  • PhD Skill Acquisition
    Bangor University, 2011
  • M-Level Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Secondary Physical Education)
    University of Southampton, 2007
  • BSc Sports Science
    University of Wales, Bangor, 2006

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I am willing to supervise PhD candidates on projects within areas of expertise e.g. coaching instruction, practice structure and talent identification and development.

Publications

2023

  • PublishedTesting 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

2022

  • PublishedA 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
  • PublishedCapturing the holistic profile of high performance Olympic weightlifting development
    Anderson, D., Gottwald, V. & Lawrence, G., 30 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers. 4, 17 p., 986134.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPredicting 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
  • PublishedTalent 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

2021

  • PublishedEarly 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
  • PublishedRelative 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

2020

  • PublishedAn 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
  • PublishedLets 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

2019

  • PublishedInitial 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 proceeding › Conference contribution
  • PublishedPreliminary 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
  • PublishedRelative 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
  • PublishedRelative 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 proceeding › Conference contribution
  • PublishedRepresentational 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

2018

  • UnpublishedA 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
  • PublishedGoing 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 proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedIdentifying 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. 4
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedPressure 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. 54
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedRepresentational 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
  • PublishedSystematically 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

2013

  • PublishedBreaking 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
  • PublishedInternal 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. 431-441
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPractice 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 journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSkill 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 proceeding › Chapter

2012

  • PublishedDifferent 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 journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPractice 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
  • PublishedPractice 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. S101
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedThe 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, 468
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • PublishedCan 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

Activities

2021

  • Early Promise Versus Late Bloomers: A Longitudinal and Multidisciplinary Analysis of Relative Age Effects in an Elite Weightlifting Pathway

    ESAN Conference Presentation

    12 May 2021

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2020

  • Canoe Slalom Pathway to Podium End of Year 1 Feedback Session

    Presenting preliminary findings from the pattern recognition analysis.

    26 Feb 2020

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • EDP GB Hockey feedback session 1

    Pathway2Podium Feedback session 1. Present: Head of Talent, Head EDP Coaches, Head of GB Support, EDP S&C coach, EIS Pathways Senior Scientist and SSHES Senior Lecturer (GL).

    27 Jan 2020

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2019

  • Canoe Slalom Pathway to Podium Project Quarter 2 Feedback

    Presentation of findings from the second quarter of the Pathway to Podium project.

    29 Jul 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Examining the Relative Age Effect in Elite, Female Gymnastics

    13 May 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Canoe Sprint Pathway to Podium Project Quarter 1 Feedback

    Presentation of findings from first quarter of the Pathway to Podium project.

    10 May 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Examining the Relative Age Effect in Elite, Female Gymnastics

    May 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Canoe Slalom Pathway to Podium Project Quarter 1 Feedback Session

    Presentation of findings from first quarter of the Pathway to Podium project.

    10 Apr 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2017

  • British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Sport Advisory Group

    Sport Advisory Group Basketball

    Sep 2017 – Jul 2018

    Activity: Consultancy (Consultant)
  • The dynamic and multifaceted development of expertise: Expertise development in practice

    Expertise devlopment in practice

    25 May 2017

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Nancy McNevin

    Research collaboration underlying mechanisms of human movement

    20 Apr 2017 – 29 Apr 2017

    Activity: Hosting an academic visitor (Host)
  • Physical Literacy Programme for Schools National Action Research Group

    Investigating teachers’ and teaching assistants’ responses to CPD in Health, Well-being and Physical Literacy

    27 Feb 2017

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2016

  • Symposium Presentation. Sports policy in Wales - priorities for funding, facilities and improving participation

    The impact of the Physical Literacy Framework so far and opportunities to expand physical education in the new National Curriculum

    17 Nov 2016

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Sport Wales (External organisation)

    National Action Research Group Physical Literacy for Schools

    1 Apr 2016 – 31 Mar 2017

    Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)

2015

  • Conference Presentation. Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology

    When vision is impaired, what should athletes focus on?

    14 Oct 2015

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • 6th Annual Meeting of Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network (ESAN) in association with BASES

    Invited Discussant. Instruction and Feedback: Does yours help or hinder?

    30 Apr 2015

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2014

  • Psychology of Sports Coaching Conference

    Systematically increasing contextual interference is beneficial for learning, but how long for?

    23 Oct 2014

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2011

  • Expertise Skill Acquisition Network (ESAN) (External organisation)

    Expertise Skill Acquisition Network

    15 Sep 2011

    Activity: Membership of network (Chair)

2010

  • NASPSPA (North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity) Conference

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

    10 Jun 2010 – 12 Jun 2010

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2009

  • 12th World Congress of Sport Psychology Conference

    Examining an internal and external focus of attention in a novice form sport

    Jun 2009

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2008

  • Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology

    The Use of the Specificity of Learning Principle to Reduce Choking Under Pressure

    Nov 2008

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

Projects

  • Talent Development of High-Performance Beach Rowers

    01/04/2021 – 30/04/2024 (Active)

  • Physical Literacy Programme for Schools

    01/04/2016 – 30/04/2017 (Finished)

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Basketball, Coaching, Sea Swimming, Meditation 

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