Callum Ferguson (PhD student) (MSc, BSc)
Thesis title: Towards Optimising Golf Performance: Understanding and Applying Interdisciplinary Interventions
PhD Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Email: s1659962@sms.ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
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