Improving golf performance with a warm up conditioning programme

摘要: Objectives: To determine whether a golf specific warm up programme (both immediately prior to play and after performing it five times week for 5 weeks) improved performance in 10 male golfers compared with controls matched age, sex, handicap. Methods: Twenty were age (±2 years) handicap (±1 stroke). Club head speed was assessed by two dimensional video analysis laboratory setting. In 1, all performed strokes. weeks 2 7, the underwent same procedure as 1. The exercise group followed their Between specially designed weeks. Results: mean club speeds of at each testing week. 1 2, on average 3–6 m/s (12.8%), between they increased 7–10 (24.0%). With exception one golfer whose varied 1.7 m/s, control hardly over period (range: 0.3–0.8 m/s). A significant difference (p = 0.029) found groups duration study, interaction time (p Conclusions: This study has shown that golfers’ performances will be significantly undertaking not up.