The effect of irrelevant thoughts on golf performance

Detta är en Kandidat-uppsats från Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

Författare: Oliver Janson-broström; Pontus Persson; [2019]

Nyckelord: dual-task; golf; irrelevant thought; junior golfers; performance; working memory task; arbetsminnestest; dual-task; golf; irrelevanta tankar; juniorgolfare; prestation;

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of irrelevant thoughts on golf performance.26 junior golfers participated in a repeated measures experiment where the effects ofirrelevant thoughts, through a working memory task, on golf performance was investigated.The participants got to hit 12 golf shots, 6 without working memory task and 6 with workingmemory task. A significant difference was found in both dependent variables lateral deviationand time. The participants had bigger lateral deviation and took longer time to complete theirshots when having a working memory task. The results from the study indicates thatirrelevant thoughts could impair junior golfers performance, although more research is neededon the subject for senior golfers.

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