An assessment of the relationships between ball flight results, impact factors, and golf performance

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=b9HeReBZEX" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=b9HeReBZEX</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/hm.2021.104180" target="_blank" >10.5114/hm.2021.104180</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An assessment of the relationships between ball flight results, impact factors, and golf performance

Original language description

Purpose. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between golf players&apos; performance, impact factors, and ball flight results with individual clubs when performing a full swing. Methods. The study involved 9 amateur golfers who performed a full swing test with 4 different clubs (short, middle, long iron, and driver) and then played a tournament round of golf. The players&apos; performance was assessed by handicap and by game statistics from the tournament. The ball flight results were based on the resulting carry distance and the resulting side deviation from the target line. The impact factors were the initial ball speed, the club head speed, the smash factor, the face angle, the club path, and the face to path. Relationships between the players&apos; performance, impact factors, and ball flight results were investigated. Results. A significant relationship was found between the resulting ball flight distance and handicap for long iron (r = -0.85; p &lt; 0.01) and driver (r = -0.9; p &lt; 0.01). Conversely, the resulting ball flight side deviation from the target line correlated with handicap in short iron (r = 0.78; p = 0.02). Conclusions. Ball flight distance of long iron and driver and ball flight side deviation of short iron are key attributes of performance. The results suggest that in order to improve long term performance, players should aim for maximal distance with drivers and long irons (high smash factor) and for maximal accuracy with short irons (low face angle).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Human Movement [online]

ISSN

1899-1955

e-ISSN

1899-1955

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85115962150