Faculty of Science
Dr Neil Weston
Associate Dean (Academic)
Sport and Exercise Science
Division of Biomedical Science
University of Portsmouth
St Michael's Building
White Swan Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2DT
Profile
Background
Dr Neil Weston joined the department in October 2001. He completed his undergraduate BSc (Hons) Physiology and Sports Science degree at the University of Glasgow. He subsequently completed an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at University of Chichester before then completing his PhD entitled 'The Impact of Butler and Hardy's (1992) Performance Profiling Technique in Sport', in August 2005 at the same institution. Neil is a BPS Chartered and BASES Accredited Sport Psychologist and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He also sits on the British Psychological Society's Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology committee and is Associate Dean (Academic) within the Science Faculty at the University.
Teaching Responsibilities
Neil is currently involved in teaching sport psychology across all undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He also is actively involved in supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the area of sport psychology.
Research Interests
Neil's recent research interests have centred on the psychological changes that occur in extreme environment endurance sports. These include examining the psychology of single handed sailing during the Velux 5 Oceans and Vendee Globe races, single handed ocean rowing, and Antarctic explorations sponsored by the Fuch's Foundation and British Armed Services. He also continues to research the effectiveness of performance profiling within sport settings. Neil has presented his research at a variety of National (BASES) and International (NASPSPA; AASP; ISSP) conferences.
Recent Publications
- A review of Butler and Hardy's (1992) performance profiling procedure within sport
Weston, Neil, Greenlees, I. and Thelwell, Richard (2012) A review of Butler and Hardy's (1992) performance profiling procedure within sport. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. ISSN 1750-984X 10.1080/1750984X.2012.674543
- Athlete perceptions of the impacts of performance profiling
Weston, Neil, Greenlees, I. and Thelwell, Richard (2011) Athlete perceptions of the impacts of performance profiling. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 9 (2). pp. 173-188. ISSN 1612-197X 10.1080/1612197X.2011.567107
- Learning to cope in extreme environments: solo endurance ocean sailing
Weston, Neil (2011) Learning to cope in extreme environments: solo endurance ocean sailing. In: Coping and emotion in sport. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 300-355. ISBN 9780415578189
- The impact of a performance profiling intervention on athlete intrinsic motivation
Weston, Neil, Greenlees, I. and Thelwell, Richard (2011) The impact of a performance profiling intervention on athlete intrinsic motivation. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 82 (1). pp. 151-155. ISSN 0270-1367
- Examining the impact of physical appearance on impressions of coaching competence
Thelwell, Richard, Weston, Neil, Greenlees, I., Page, Jenny and Manley, A. (2010) Examining the impact of physical appearance on impressions of coaching competence. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 41 (3). pp. 277-292. ISSN 0047-0767
More recent publications
Funding
Research programme investigating psychological skills usage in coaches. The British Academy (2006) £7K (with Richard Thelwell).