Professor Dave Collins (PhD C.Psychol C.Sci FSMA AFBPsS FBASES) | The University of Edinburgh

Professorial Fellow in Human Performance Science

Moray House School of Education and Sport, ISPEHS
University of Edinburgh

Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6522
Email: dave.collins@ed.ac.uk

Street: Moray House School of Education and Sport, SL
City: University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
Post code: EH8 8AQ

Biography

Background

Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Director at Grey Matters Performance Ltd. As an academic, Dave has over 350 peer review publications and 70 books/chapters. As apractitioner, he has worked with over 80 World or Olympic medallists plus professional teams and performers. Dave has coached to national level in three sports, is a 5^th Dan Karate, Director of the Rugby Coaches Association, Fellow of the Society of Martial Arts and BASES, Associate Fellow of the BPS and an ex Royal Marine.

CV

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Qualifications

Cert Ed. B.Ed MSc PG.Dip Counselling PhD

Teaching & PhD supervision

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Current PhD students supervised

Helen Alfano

Optimising interdisciplinary management in performance support

1/10/19 → …
Andrew Burns

Interdisciplinarity in high performance sport science

1/10/19 → …
Rosie Collins

Examining theoretical dichotomies in human performance science

8/10/19 → …
Paul Downes

PJDM in Strengthand Conditioning

1/10/19 → …
Andy Grech

Examining and enhancing teh performance sport system in Malta

1/10/19 → …
Jen Harris

Developing an evidence-based support package for sporting parents

1/10/19 → …
Bernadette Kellermann

Emotion and performance

1/10/20 → …
Urvi Khasnis

Exploring and enhacing performance in Indian sport

1/10/19 → …
Matthew Layton

Management systems in Professional Football Academies

1/10/20 → …
Alice Mees

PJDM and adaptive expertise in adventures sports coaches

1/01/20 → …
Jack Moran

A curriculum approach to talent development training

1/10/20 → …
Amy Price

Applying a video games approach to coaching football

1/10/19 → …
Erin Sanchez

Undetsanding and optimising talent development in dance

1/10/19 → …

Future students (1)

Chris Ytterboel

Applying performance psychology to combat athletes

1/01/21 → …

Past PhD students supervised

Rosie Collins

Fully Matriculated: Doctoral

Supervisor 50%

1/10/19 → 8/10/21
Jamie Taylor

Successfully achieved an award: Doctoral

Snakes and Ladders: A Critical Examination of Blocks in the Talent Pathway

15/09/20

Research

Research summary

Performer and Coach Development, Expertise, Human Performance, Psychophysiology

Publications

“Getting on the same page” enhancing team performance with shared mental models—case studies of evidence informed practice in elite sport (11 pages) 30 May 2023 In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 5, pp. 1-11
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Where you look during golf putting makes no difference to skilled golfers (but what you look at might!): An examination of Occipital EEG ɑ-power during target and ball focused aiming 12 May 2023 In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, vol. 21, pp. 456–472
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2066706
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
A one-year follow-up of the cognitive and psycho-behavioural skills in artistic gymnastics May 2023 In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise, vol. 66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102375
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
“The Show Must Go On!” Dance talent development in the context of coping during the COVID-19 pandemic 10 Apr 2023 In: Research In Dance Education, pp. 1-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2023.2199199
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Blank canvas or under construction? Examining the pre-academy experiences of young developing professional team sports athletes 15 Mar 2023 In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.990617
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Executive functions and psycho-behavioural skills in artistic gymnasts: Age, developmental stage and sex-related differences 27 Feb 2023 In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2180069
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
An explicit look at implicit learning: An interrogative review for sport coaching research and practice 23 Feb 2023 In: Sports Coaching Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2023.2179300
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Constraints of the constraints-led approach in American football and comments on Yearby et al. (2022) 22 Jan 2023 In: Sports Coaching Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2022.2158579
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (E-pub ahead of print)
The 3Ps: A tool for coach observation 20 Jan 2023 In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.1066378
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Exploring perceptions of depression: A performer perspective (23 pages) 10 Jan 2023 In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, pp. 1-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2161099
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Let’s hear It from the kids! Examining the experiences, views, and needs of highly committed children involved in youth sport 2023 In: The Sport Psychologist, pp. 1-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2022-0114
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
The role of situational awareness in the professional judgment and decision-making of adventure sport coaches (15 pages) 31 Dec 2022 In: Journal of Expertise, vol. 5, pp. 117-131
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Sharpening the tip of the spear; Tailoring performance psychology for Special Operation Forces (9 pages) 9 Dec 2022 In: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, pp. 1-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1068896
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
It Depends Coaching – The most fundamental, simple and complex principle or a mere copout? 6 Dec 2022 In: Sports Coaching Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2022.2154189
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Reading the MAP: A pracademic perspective on the current state of play of the multi-action plan model with regard to transitions between mental states (14 pages) 23 Nov 2022 In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, pp. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315520
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on 28 Apr, 2024