Sports science for golf: A survey of high-skilled golfers’ “perceptions” and “practices”

Wells, Jack; Langdown, Ben

doi:10.1080/02640414.2020.1737350

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“…Firstly, it is not possible to fully explain participants responses to each motor competency. Other studies examining the perceptions and practices of professional golfers (Wells & Langdown, 2020) and elite Rugby Union S&C coaches (Jones et al, 2017) included deeper qualitative processes, and therefore added clarity to their findings. Thus, utilising qualitative methods (e.g., more open ended questions or focus groups) in the present study could have provided additional context to explain quantitative scores (Robertson et al, 2017).…”

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“…However, whilst this research has demonstrated positive improvements, no studies have investigated the perceived importance and the practices of S&C coaches that are responsible for developing motor competency in youths. Such insights could help foster the sharing of best practice, enhance long-term athletic development pathways, and inform future coach development and research (Jones et al, 2017;Wells & Langdown, 2020) to help overcome diminishing motor competency levels within youths (Dobbs et al, 2020;Parsonage et al, 2014). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the perceptions (i.e., importance) and practices (i.e., frequency of developing competencies) of S&C coaches responsible for developing motor competency within youths.…”

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Developing motor competency in youths: Perceptions and practices of strength and conditioning coaches

Burton

Eisenmann

Cowburn

et al. 2021

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Motor competency is integral to the long-term athletic development of youths. Strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches are recommended to deliver motor competency interventions, yet no studies have investigated their perceptions and practices for developing motor competency in youths. Sixty-seven male, and 4 female S&C coaches completed an initial and follow up questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale, rating 1] the importance of developing competence, and 2] how frequently they developed competence across 90 motor competencies. Over 55% of S&C coaches reported a broad range of "important" (69/90) and "frequently developed" (48/90) motor competencies. The most important motor competency was "deceleration" (4.9 ± 0.3), whilst "hip hinge (bilateral)" was the most practised (4.4 ± 0.5). S&C coaches targeted upper body pushing and pulling competencies more than their perceived importance, whilst agility (e.g., turning) competencies were targeted less than their importance. Further analysis showed S&C coaches who delivered 3-4 sessions per week targeted 15-18% more competencies compared to ≤ 2 sessions per week. Overall, these findings have strong implications for youth motor competency development including the reflection of important vs. practised competencies, coach education programmes, and consideration for how S&C coaches should seek to optimise motor competency development within youths.

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Developing motor competency in youths: Perceptions and practices of strength and conditioning coaches

Burton

Eisenmann

Cowburn

et al. 2021

Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…However, there has been a growing interest in the benefits of strength and conditioning programs to improve swing characteristics, such as club head speed (CHS) and carry distance (85), with greater CHS and longer carry distance shown to reduce scores and lead to improved performance (31). Recent survey data showed that ;79% of PGA Assistant Professionals engage in some form of strength and conditioning (108), which was a marked increase on previous data that indicated 46% of golf coaches did not believe it was necessary to be fit to play golf (25).…”

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Physical Determinants of Golf Swing Performance: Considerations for Youth Golfers

Shaw

Gould

Oliver

et al. 2021

Strength &Amp; Conditioning Journal

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In the sport of golf, club head speed has been associated with higher skill levels in golfers and lower overall scoring. Research has shown that club head speed is an important measure of golf swing performance that can be enhanced with appropriate strength and conditioning interventions. Understanding the determinants of club head speed can help inform the design of testing batteries for talent identification and talent development of youth golfers. This review aims to highlight the current literature surrounding the biomechanical and physical determinants of golf swing performance and to examine the available tests that can be used to test these determinants in youth golfers.

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“…Survey based research can effectively gather large amounts of data [ 13 ] and have been used previously to investigate the perceptions and practices of strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches and athletes [ 14 – 17 ]. Moreover, surveys can successfully discriminate practices between groups or categorical variables [ 16 ].…”

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“…However, to the authors knowledge only a single study has utilised this method in combat sports [ 18 ]. Anecdotal evidence would suggest many amateur boxers do not have access to S&C coaches or sport scientists, therefore a survey targeted at the athletes themselves, as has been done in other individual sport [ 16 , 17 ] would be a more logical choice to obtain this information.…”

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The association between competitor level and the physical preparation practices of amateur boxers

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Physical training, testing, and monitoring are three key constitutes of athlete physical performance; however, there is a currently a lack of information on the prevalence of such methods in amateur boxing. This study aimed to explore the physical preparation practices of senior elite (SEB) and senior development (SDB) amateur boxers, and to determine whether these practices were discriminated by competitor level. One hundred and one amateur boxers (SEB n = 59, SDB n = 42) were surveyed on their understanding, perceptions and application of physical training, monitoring, and testing practices. SEB were associated with strength/power training (SEB 78%, SDB 50%, P = 0.005), monitor of training intensities (SEB 68%, SDB 40%, P = 0.006), and performing regular fitness testing (SEB 76%, SDB 50%, P = 0.006), compared to SDB. Likewise, SEB were twice as likely (56%) to have their physical preparation managed by a strength and conditioning (S&C) coach or sport scientist, compared to SDB (26%; P = 0.005). For the first time, these data demonstrate the extent to which competitor level is associated with preparatory practices in amateur boxing. Cost was identified as the main barrier in implementing several forms of scientific support in SDB. These data serve as a framework to enhance preparatory practices across different competitor levels in amateur boxing. This might include boxer and coach education on the benefits to a more scientific approach, and the use of cost-effective methods to develop, monitor and assess amateur boxers physical performance. This may be of particular importance where boxers are not funded, such as the SDB in the current study. However, this work may also be used to emphasise the importance of strength/power training, physical fitness testing and monitoring at the elite level of amateur boxing.

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Sports science for golf: A survey of high-skilled golfers’ “perceptions” and “practices”

Cited by 19 publications

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Developing motor competency in youths: Perceptions and practices of strength and conditioning coaches

Developing motor competency in youths: Perceptions and practices of strength and conditioning coaches

Physical Determinants of Golf Swing Performance: Considerations for Youth Golfers

The association between competitor level and the physical preparation practices of amateur boxers

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