Golf Performance

The influence of a ball marker lines on putting performance

Aiming inaccuracies

• This project will look at the influence of ball marking on aiming accuracy in golf putting.
• Less skilled golfers have been found to consistently be worse at aiming the ball and putter than Tour Professionals.

Ball Marking

• Two different visual alignment errors can occur in putting: the alignment of the ball to the start line and the face of the putter relative to this line at address (Dalton, 2013)
• Shim et al (2012) found no effect of using a line on the ball, however this is still an approach regular used by Professional players.

The influence of practice structure on golf short-game performance

Practice Structure

• Examining the ideas in Guadagnoli & Lindquist's (2007) ideas on the Challenge Point Framework in golf
• Random vs blocked practice
• Varied vs constant practice
• Increasing Contextual Interference

Data from 2018/19 Study

Practice Structure

• Using a pre-post repeated measures design
• Data will be collected on the golf short-game area in a realistic environment

References

• Dalton, K. (2013) The Vision Strategy of Golf Putting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Birmingham, UK: Aston University.
• Shim, J.; Miller, G. & Lutz, R. (2012) Use of Ball Line as an Alignment Aid in Putting, International Journal of Golf Science, 1 (2), 71–80.

References

• Guadagnoli, M. & Lindquist, K. (2007) Challenge Point Framework and Efficient Learning of Golf. Int J of Sports Sci & Coaching 2(1) suppl, p185-197
• Guadagnoli, M.A. & Lee T.D. (2010) Challenge Point: A Framework for Conceptualizing the Effects of Various Practice Conditions in Motor Learning, J Motor Behavior, 36(2), p212-224