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| Research Title: |
Warm up practices of golfers: are they adequate? |
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Publication Articles |
| Category: |
Preventative Techniques
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| Keywords: |
Golf, Warm up
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| Author(s): |
A J Fradkin, C F Finch, C A Sherman |
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| Release Date: |
23 February 2006 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
Golf is a popular sport with no age or sex limits. It is generally believed that preparing the body before play benefits performance and decreases the risk of injury. An appropriate warm up for golfers should include a period of aerobic exercise to increase body temperature, followed by stretching of the hands, wrists, forearms, shoulders, lower back, chest, trunk, hamstrings, and groin. A series of swings with progressive increase in range of motion and vigour should then be performed.
The warm up behaviours of amateur golfers aged 18 years and over were observed for three hours by two independent observers at three different golfing venues: a private golf course, a public golf course and a golf driving range. The warm up activities measured were: air swing on tee, air swing before tee, dynamic stretch, static stretch and aerobic activity.
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| Research Objectives: |
The purpose of this study was to collect information about the proportion of golfers that warm up prior to play and to determine the types of warm up they undertake.
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| Research Outcomes: |
A total of 1040 golfers were observed. Of these 54.3% performed some form of warm up. The most common form of warm up entailed air swings on the tee, followed by air swings before the tee. None undertook aerobic activity and very few performed static stretches.
Fewer than 3% of golfers in the sample could be considered to have warmed up adequately.
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| Research Implications: |
The limited warm up activity by golfers in unlikely to be adequate to achieve either performance or injury prevention benefits.
Research into the development, implementation and evaluation of an appropriate warm up strategy to improve performance and prevent injury is recommended. To this end, golfers’ knowledge of and attitudes towards warm up procedures needs to be determined.
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