Movement variability in the golf swing

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-287

  Langdown, Ben L ^a,b   Bridge, Matt ^b   Li, Francois Xavier ^b  

^a National Training Academy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; consistency; kinematics; kinetics; performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; GOLF; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; RESEARCH;

EID: 84863575461     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2011.650187     Document Type: Article

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