Professor Dave Collins (PhD C.Psychol C.Sci FSMA AFBPsS FBASES)
Professorial Fellow in Human Performance Science

- Moray House School of Education and Sport, ISPEHS
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6522
- Email: dave.collins@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, SL
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
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 5th 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

Qualifications
Cert Ed. B.Ed MSc PG.Dip Counselling PhD
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current PhD students supervised
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Helen Alfano
Optimising interdisciplinary management in performance support
1/10/19 → …
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Andrew Burns
Interdisciplinarity in high performance sport science
1/10/19 → …
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Rosie Collins
Examining theoretical dichotomies in human performance science
8/10/19 → …
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Paul Downes
PJDM in Strengthand Conditioning
1/10/19 → …
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Andy Grech
Examining and enhancing teh performance sport system in Malta
1/10/19 → …
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Jen Harris
Developing an evidence-based support package for sporting parents
1/10/19 → …
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Bernadette Kellermann
Emotion and performance
1/10/20 → …
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Urvi Khasnis
Exploring and enhacing performance in Indian sport
1/10/19 → …
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Matthew Layton
Management systems in Professional Football Academies
1/10/20 → …
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Alice Mees
PJDM and adaptive expertise in adventures sports coaches
1/01/20 → …
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Jack Moran
A curriculum approach to talent development training
1/10/20 → …
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Amy Price
Applying a video games approach to coaching football
1/10/19 → …
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Erin Sanchez
Undetsanding and optimising talent development in dance
1/10/19 → …
Future students (1)
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Chris Ytterboel
Applying performance psychology to combat athletes
1/01/21 → …
Past PhD students supervised
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Rosie Collins
Fully Matriculated: Doctoral
Supervisor 50%
1/10/19 → 8/10/21
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Jamie Taylor
Successfully achieved an award: Doctoral
Snakes and Ladders: A Critical Examination of Blocks in the Talent Pathway
15/09/20
Research summary
Performer and Coach Development, Expertise, Human Performance, Psychophysiology
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“Getting on the same page” enhancing team performance with shared mental models—case studies of evidence informed practice in elite sport
(11 pages)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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?
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)
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)