Callum Ferguson (PhD student) (MSc, BSc)

Thesis title: Towards Optimising Golf Performance: Understanding and Applying Interdisciplinary Interventions

Background

PhD student at Moray House School of Education and Sport within the Human Performance Science Research Group.

Researching the role, type and use of errors during skill development in golf.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sport and Recreation Management (1st Class) @ University of Edinburgh 2016-2020

MSc Strength and Conditioning (Distinction) @ University of Edinburgh 2020-2021

Research summary

Publications:

Ferguson, C., Carson, H. J., & Collins, D. (2023). Skill execution errors: an “it depends” perspective on their role, type and use when coaching for player development in sport. Sports Coaching Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2023.2263268

Ferguson, C., Collins, D., & Carson, H. J. (2025). Developing the Interdisciplinary Scope of Golf Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Learning from Practitioners' Conceptualization and Use of Athletes' Errors. Applied Sciences, 15(4), 1889. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15041889