Practice Motions Performed During Preperformance Preparation Drive the Actual Motion of Golf Putting.

ABSTRACT: Of the various types of preperformance preparatory behavior that are acquired during motor learning, the effect of a practice motion performed just prior to execution of an actual motion is not yet fully understood. Thus, the present study employed a golf putting task to investigate how a practice motion in the preparation phase would affect the accuracy of motor control in the execution phase and how proficiency would influence this relationship. To examine the impacts on kinematics and final ball position, the velocities of practice strokes made by tour professional and amateur golfers were experimentally manipulated in the following three conditions: the equal condition, which presented a target that was at the same distance during the practice strokes and the actual stroke; the confusi

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109320 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature