An investigation into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon golfers’ strength and conditioning and golf practice

ABSTRACT: As the spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 increased, governments across the world introduced various restrictions to reduce infections. Stay-at-home orders and lockdowns of golf courses (for 5.08 ± 2.79 months) and strength and conditioning facilities (for 6.78 ± 3.80 months) meant that golfers had to quickly adapt their practice and training. This mixed-methods study surveyed amateur and professional golfers (n = 107), to examine the applied impact of the pandemic on their strength and conditioning, golf practice, tournament engagement, levels of stress and motivation and the impact upon diet and sleep. Results indicate reduced practice frequency and duration across various aspects of golf, as well as reduced tournament engagement. The most commonly cited limiting factors for to

SUBMITTER: Langdown B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9708534 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature