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Feminist Sport Studies: Sharing Experiences Of Joy And Pain, Victoria Paraschak
Feminist Sport Studies: Sharing Experiences Of Joy And Pain, Victoria Paraschak
Human Kinetics Publications
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Maintenance Of Skilled Performance With Age: A Descriptive Examination Of Professional Golfers, Joseph Baker, Janice Deakin, Sean Horton, G. W. Pearce
Maintenance Of Skilled Performance With Age: A Descriptive Examination Of Professional Golfers, Joseph Baker, Janice Deakin, Sean Horton, G. W. Pearce
Human Kinetics Publications
Demographic studies indicate a remarkable aging trend in North America. An accurate profile of the decline in physical and cognitive capabilities over time is essential to our understanding of the aging process. This study examined the maintenance of skilled performance across the careers of 96 professional golfers. Data were collected on scoring average, driving distance, driving accuracy, greens in regulation, putts per round, and number of competitive rounds played using online data archives. Analyses indicate that performance in this activity can be maintained to a greater extent than in activities relying on biologically constrained abilities. Although the generalizability of these …