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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Golfers"”.
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How should golfers monitor training load?
Training load monitoring has been integrated into a variety of sports at a high level over the past decade. However, it has been presented by various authors that golfer’s sustain injury caused by overuse of specific sites of the body. This is done without knowledge of golf specific training loads …
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Stress and coping among high-level adolescent golfers
… was to examine how international adolescent golfers cope with performance related stressors. As such, three interrelated studies were designed to pursue this purpose.The purpose of Study 1 was to examine instances when international adolescent golfers' coped effectively and ineffectively with …
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Motivational influence on the attentional processes of competitive golfers
… data collection from purposive samples of golfers, who had experience of performance decrement under pressure. In Study 1, golfers provided verbal reports during a competitive performance and took part in a post round semi-structured interview. In Study 2 golfers reported their propensity …
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Generational Differences in Career Transitions Among Top 100 Ranked Golfers
… data is valid to inform future decision-making. Golfers who first obtained a top 100 OWGR between 1990-2018 were divided into four age-based cohorts. An overall developmental pathway was defined consisting of; career ranking milestones (e.g. first top 1000 ranking) and the time taken to …
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Experience of Preshot Routines Among Professional Golfers: An Existential Phenomenological Investigation
… of preshot routines among elite professional golfers during performance. Eight professional golfers were interviewed for the study. The primary research question for this study was: What is the lived experience of elite professional golfers when they utilize a preshot routine? Following the …
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Acute and Chronic Foam Rolling in NCAA Division II Female Golfers
… in NCAA Division II female collegiate golfers. Methods: Nine trained female collegiate golfers completed pre- and post-testing during the offseason and competitive in-season. Golf performance (club head speed [CHS], ball speed, and carry distance) was measured using the 7-iron and …
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The incidence and associated risk factors of injury in professional golfers
… these high injury rates amongst the professional golfers. Furthermore, investigation of the incidence or associated risk factors of injury has not been conducted amongst the professional players from South Africa. The importance of identifying associated risk factors of injury in this population …
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Different warm up protocols on immediate golf drive performance in recreational golfers
<p>"It has been recommended that golfers perform a warm up routine before playing. Currently, the optimal warm up routine to improve performance of a maximal golf drive is not clear, however, research does recommend active-dynamic stretching as opposed to static stretching during warm up. …
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The use of Think Aloud Protocol to Investigate Golfers Decision Making Processes
… volume of verbal data than level 2. Skilled golfers verbalized more about gathering information and planning putts than novices, while novices verbalized more technical instruction than skilled golfers. TA verbalizations at either level 2 or level 3 did not impair putting performance compared …
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Capturing Latent Abilities and Latent Capacities of Professional Golfers Using Nonlinear Mixed Effects Growth Modeling
… abilities and capacities of professional golfers. I used nonlinear mixed effects growth modeling (e.g., Dynamic Measurement Modeling) to measure professional golfers’ ability levels and capacities for improvement. I accomplished this using a two-stage modeling approach. First, a crossed …
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Lower body mechanics of golf swing and its association with maximum clubhead speed in skilled golfers
… the lower extremity during the swing in skilled golfers.A total of 25 healthy,right-handed, male golfers with a posted handicap of 3 or better were recruited for this study. Peak orientation angles (OA)and ranges of the OA of the lower extremity joints (i.e., pelvis, hips, knees, and ankles) …
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The effects of resistance training on golf performance and physiological stress response during competition in intercollegiate golfers
Two investigations were conducted with collegiate golfers for separate, but related purposes. 1) To investigate the effects of a physical conditioning program (strength, power and flexibility training) on clubhead speed, consistency, and putting distance control. 2) To investigate the effects of 36 …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Mental Imagery on Self-Efficacy among Golfers Performing a Putting Task
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if imagery had an effect on putting performance and efficacy levels among college students. Participants were 33 male students taking either an intermediate or beginning golf class. Participants were in one of three groups: 1) imagery, 2) non-imagery, …
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A study of injuries associated with golf
… its benign nature. According to certain studies golfers have a career incidence of injury as high as 57%. The aim of this study was to explore the injury profile of golfers from an elite golfing program at the Victorian Institue of Sport (VIS) as well as golfers representing a group of golf …
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Improving Golf Putt Performance with Statistical Learning of EEG Signals
… is proposed to predict the putt outcomes of golfers based on their electroencephalogram (EEG) data. The method can be used as a core building block of a brain-computer interface, which is designed to provide guidance to golf players based on their EEG patterns. The proposed method includes …
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The immediate and short term effect of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on asymptomatic amateur golfers in terms of performance indicators
Thesis (Masters inTechnology: Chiropractic)-Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2008.
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Influence of mild dehydration on perception of effort and execution of golf and mental concentration tests in female collegiate golfers
… and that existing research on dehydration and golfers is largely limited to males. In this randomized, controlled, crossover pilot experiment, elite female golfers on the Virginia Tech Women’s Golf Team (n=6) completed four laboratory simulated golf holes in both euhydrated and dehydrated …
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Weight transfer patterns between different skill levels and clubs in golf
… that exist between various handicap level golfers, and different golf clubs. Specifically, the Centre of Pressure was used to measure the weight transfer patterns of the golfers for three different clubs.
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Investigating a causal model of anxiety in sport
… (A-state), was manipulated by assigning 72 golfers to either a low uncertainty group (LU), composed of unequal ability pairs, or a high uncertainty group (HU), consisting of equal ability pairs. In experiment two perceived importance, another hypothesised cause of A-state was manipulated by …
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