Dr John Toner Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Performance +44 (0)1482 463399 | John.Toner@hull.ac.uk Faculty and Department Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences Related groups Sport Health and Exercise Science (SHES) Biography Outputs Research/PhD Summary Dr John Toner is a lecturer in sports coaching and performance whose research interests include exploring how skilled performers achieve continuous improvement. His PhD, completed at University College Dublin in 2009, was entitled An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Conscious Processing on Skilled Performance in Golf Putting. This research was funded by a postgraduate scholarship from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). Dr Toner went on to work as a researcher for Sports Coach UK, a national organisation dedicated to supporting the training and development of sports coaches, before joining the University of Hull. Recent outputs View more outputs Journal Article The prevalence and influence of psychosocial factors on technical refinement amongst highly-skilled tennis players Toner, J., Carson, H. J., Collins, D., & Nicholls, A. (in press). The prevalence and influence of psychosocial factors on technical refinement amongst highly-skilled tennis players. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2018.1511621 Adam Nicholls Reflective and prereflective bodily awareness in skilled action. Toner, J., Montero, B. G., & Moran, A. (2016). Reflective and prereflective bodily awareness in skilled action. Psychology of consciousness theory, research, and practice, 3(4), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000090 Surveillance technologies as instruments of discipline in the elite sports coaching context: a cautionary post-structural commentary Jones, L., & Toner, J. Surveillance technologies as instruments of discipline in the elite sports coaching context: a cautionary post-structural commentary. Sensoria : a journal of mind, brain and culture, 12(2), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.7790/sa.v12i2.439 Luke Jones Jonzon Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice Toner, J., & Moran, A. (2015). Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 46(6), 666-675. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2015.46.666 Habitual reflexivity and skilled action Toner, J. (2017). Habitual reflexivity and skilled action. Body and Society, 23(4), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X17736371 Postgraduate supervision Dr Toner welcomes applications in the areas of expertise and skill acquisition. Similar profiles Dr Stephanie King Sport Health and Exercise Science (SHES) Dr Clare Killingback Sport Health and Exercise Science (SHES) Dr Caroline Douglas Sport Health and Exercise Science (SHES)