Wrist-Lagging Angle Impact on Both Golf Swing Distance and Accuracy

Liye Zou^{1, 2,} , Lifang Zhang³, Scott Thornton³ and Yankai Shu²

¹Department of Physical Education and Health Education, Springfield College, MA, USA

²Department of Sports Science, Jishou University

³Department of Sport Management, Delaware State University, DE

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Liye Zou, Lifang Zhang, Scott Thornton and Yankai Shu. Wrist-Lagging Angle Impact on Both Golf Swing Distance and Accuracy. American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2017; 5(2):15-20. doi: 10.12691/AJSSM-5-2-1

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of wrist-lagging angle on both distance and accuracy in golf downswing among NCAA Division I female golfers. Seven female golfers from a university of the East Coast of the United States volunteered to participate in the study. While performing a full swing with 7-iron, a standardized Golf Simulator was used to obtain swing related data and Dartfish was utilized to measure the wrist angles in the downswing. Multivariate General Linear Regression (MGLR) analysis was conducted to determine predictor variables for hitting distance and accuracy. The results have shown that for irons wrist-lagging angle is a significant predictor for the accuracy, but not for the distance. Other variables such as club head speed, smash effect, sidespin and backspin were also found significant in MGLR model (p < .01). Future studies should gain a comprehensive understand of how wrist-lagging angle impact on male golfers.

Keywords

wrist-lagging angle, distance, accuracy, NCAA division I, female golfer

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