An examination of the planar nature of golf club motion in the swings of experienced players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 739-748

  Coleman, S ^a   Anderson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Golf; Kinematics; Model; Swing plane

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SKILL; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GOLF; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34147162130     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601113239     Document Type: Article

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