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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The art and science of refinement: Modifying, polishing and tweaking learnt skills
(15 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003179733-8
Research output: › Chapter (E-pub ahead of print) -
Show me, tell me: An investigation into learning processes within skateboarding as an informal coaching environment
In:
Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 34
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Assessment of physical fitness parameters in Olympic clay target shooters and their relationship with shooting performance
(8 pages)
In:
Journal of Physical Education and Sport (JPES), vol. 21, pp. 3260–3267
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2021.s6444
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Mental Skills
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Exploring the use of the Psychological Characteristics of Developing Excellence (PCDEs) in younger age groups: First steps in the validation process of the PCDE Questionnaire for Children (PCDEQ-C)
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259396
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Policy implementation in Indian Olympic sport: Exploring the potential for policy transfer
(18 pages)
In:
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, vol. 13, pp. 623-640
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1939764
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
How do high-level youth soccer players approach and solve game problems? The role of strategic understanding
In:
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1967307
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
“The Show Must Go On!” Examining the impact and recovery from COVID-19 in the performance arts
Research output: › Artefact (Published) -
Unloading the dice: Selection and design of comparison and control groups in controlled trials to enhance translational impact within motor learning and control research
In:
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1956567
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A realist evaluation of the use of Flipgrid to facilitate collaborative online learning and reflection in sport coaching
In:
Sport, Education and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1952180
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Examining the roles and consequent decision-making processes of high-level strength and conditioning coaches
(14 pages)
In:
Societies, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11030076
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Navigating the winds of change on the smooth sea - The interaction of feedback and emotional disruption on the talent pathway
In:
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2021.1894505
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Muscular collision chess: A qualitative exploration of the role and development of cognition, understanding and knowledge in elite-level decision making
(22 pages)
In:
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1907768
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The role of siblings in talent development: Implications for sport psychologists and coaches
(7 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.626327
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Perspective, control, and confidence: Perceived outcomes of using psycho-behavioural skills in the developmental trauma experience
In:
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1877323
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)