TY - CHAP
T1 - Refining motor skills in golf
T2 - A biopsychosocial perspective
AU - Carson, H.J.
AU - Collins, D.
PY - 2017/10/26
Y1 - 2017/10/26
N2 - For all golfers, especially those committed to a performance pathway, progression is not constant across involvement (MacNamara et al., 2010b). Undoubtedly, novices become more skilled with practice, largely through improvements in technical proficiency and consistency (Gentile, 1972). Indeed, skill acquisition theory explains this relative permanence of skill as resulting from increased automaticity (Fitts & Posner, 1967), a hallmark of learnt skills as execution processes become committed to subconscious control (Beilock et al., 2004). Notably, however, long-term performance gains are sometimes more difficult to achieve as practice volume increases, irrespective of skill level – often termed a ‘performance plateau’.
AB - For all golfers, especially those committed to a performance pathway, progression is not constant across involvement (MacNamara et al., 2010b). Undoubtedly, novices become more skilled with practice, largely through improvements in technical proficiency and consistency (Gentile, 1972). Indeed, skill acquisition theory explains this relative permanence of skill as resulting from increased automaticity (Fitts & Posner, 1967), a hallmark of learnt skills as execution processes become committed to subconscious control (Beilock et al., 2004). Notably, however, long-term performance gains are sometimes more difficult to achieve as practice volume increases, irrespective of skill level – often termed a ‘performance plateau’.
U2 - 10.4324/9781315641782-21
DO - 10.4324/9781315641782-21
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781138189126
T3 - Routledge International Handbooks
SP - 196
EP - 206
BT - Routledge International Handbook of Golf Science
A2 - Toms, M.
PB - Routledge
ER -