This is What We Do With the Rest of the Day! Exploring the Macro and Meso Levels of Elite Golf Performance

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Thomas Davies Myerscough College

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Dave Collins University of Central Lancashire

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Andrew Cruickshank University of Central Lancashire

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0049
Keywords:
attention; macro-planning; pre2-shot routine; post-shot routine
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Volume 31: Issue 2
Page Range:
117–128
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Despite substantial research in golf on preshot routines, our understanding of what elite golfers are or potentially should be focusing on beyond this phase of performance is limited. Accordingly, interviews were conducted with elite-level golfers and support practitioners to explore what golfers are and should be attending to before competition and between shots and holes. Results pointed to a number of important and novel processes for use at macro (i.e., precompetition) and meso (i.e., between shots and holes) levels, including the role of shared mental models across team members.

Davies is with the Dept. of Sport, Myerscough College, Lancashire, UK. Cruickshank is with the Institute of Coaching and Performance, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK.

Address author correspondence to Thomas Davies at tcadavies1@uclan.ac.uk.
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