Ball launch conditions for skilled golfers using drivers of different lengths in an indoor testing facility

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 731-737

  Wallace, E S ^a   Otto, S R ^b   Nevill, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b R and A Rules Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ball speed; Golf; Launch conditions; Shaft length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SKILL; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLF; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147131118     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601113221     Document Type: Article

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