eprintid: 9602 rev_number: 52 eprint_status: archive userid: 941 dir: disk0/00/00/96/02 datestamp: 2014-01-13 16:54:31 lastmod: 2017-05-30 10:48:30 status_changed: 2014-01-13 16:54:31 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show contact_email: HCarson1@uclan.ac.uk creators_name: Carson, H.J. creators_id: hcarson1@uclan.ac.uk creators_orcid: 0000-0002-3785-606X title: Working Inside the Black Box: Refinement of Pre-Existing Skills ispublished: unpub subjects: X990 divisions: sch_sto full_text_status: restricted keywords: Sports coaching; Skill refinement; technical change; the Five-A Model; motor control; sport psychology; movement variability; golf; coaching note: 7. Carson, H.J., & Collins, D. (2015). Tracking technical refinement in elite performers: The good, the better and the ugly. International Journal of Golf Science, 4(1), 67-87 6. Carson, H.J., Collins, D., and Richards, J. (in press) Initiating technical refinements in high-level golfers: Evidence for contradictory procedures. European Journal of Sport Science 5. Carson, H.J., Collins, D., & Richards, J. (2014). “To hit, or not to hit?” Examining the similarity between practice and real swings in golf. International Journal of Golf Science, 3(2), 103–118. 4. Carson, H.J., & Collins, D. (2014). Effective skill refinement: Focusing on process to ensure outcome. Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine, 7(3), 5–21. 3. Carson, H.J., Collins, D., & Richards, J. (2014). Intra-individual movement variability during skill transitions: A useful marker? European Journal of Sport Science. 14(4), 327-336. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2013.814714 2. Carson, H.J., Collins, D., & MacNamara, Á. (2013). Systems for technical refinement in experienced performers: The case from expert-level golf. International Journal of Golf Science, 2(1), 65–85. 1. Carson, H.J., & Collins, D. (2011). Refining and regaining skills in fixation/diversification stage performers: The Five-A Model. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4(2), 146–167. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2011.613682 abstract: This thesis aimed to address and inform the gap in current sport psychology/coaching research, knowledge and practice related to the implementation of technical refinement in already learnt, well-established and self-paced skills. This was achieved through a series of studies conducted within golf. Accordingly, Chapter 2 revealed technical refinement as neither systematic nor consistent within and between European Tour players and coaches and high-level amateurs. Building on this need, the systematic Five-A Model was derived from the literature (Chapter 3), targeting outcomes of permanency and pressure resistance. Following, motor control (Chapter 4) and kinematic (Chapter 5) measures, technological methods from which these data could be obtained (Chapter 6) and appropriate training environments and task characteristics (Chapter 7) were determined, aimed at enabling informative tracking of progress through the Five-A Model in applied golf coaching environments. Having developed these ranges of measures and methods, Chapter 8 presented three longitudinal case studies aimed at implementing and tracking progress through stages of the Five-A Model. Results revealed outcomes with different levels of success in facilitating technical refinement, based primarily on psycho-behavioural limitations that were also found in Chapter 2. Therefore, as a final check on measures proposed, Chapter 9 confirmed previous suggestions by tracking six performers making short-term technical refinements within a single training session. Finally, Chapter 10 summarised the findings and implications of this thesis. Particular emphasis was directed towards the impact of psycho-behavioural skills in determining the success when attempting refinements, the further development of informative measures to track progress and inform coaches decision making and the wider implications of this research within clinical and rehabilitation settings. date: 2014-01 date_type: award pages: 315 institution: University of Central Lancashire department: School of Sport Tourism and the Outdoors thesis_type: doctoral thesis_name: phd clusters: rc_sport collection: research creators_browse_name: Carson, H.J. document_license: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 creators_browse_id: hcarson1@uclan.ac.uk groups: RG_056 old_subjects: LC dates_date: 2014-01 dates_date_type: award citation: Carson, H.J. (2014) Working Inside the Black Box: Refinement of Pre-Existing Skills. Doctoral thesis, University of Central Lancashire. document_url: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9602/7/Working%20inside%20the%20black%20box%20-%20Refinement%20of%20pre-existing%20skills.pdf document_url: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9602/13/Theses%20Submission%20Form%28FINAL%291.doc document_url: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9602/14/Working%20inside%20the%20black%20box%20-%20Refinement%20of%20pre-existing%20skills%20-%20Redacted%20Version.pdf