St. Francis Xavier University, Human Kinetics, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
J Sports Sci. 2011 Sep;29(12):1243-51. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2011.591418. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
The purpose was to evaluate the traditional method, of visually focusing on the ball, in comparison to focusing on the hole, during the putting stroke. The study design consisted of a pretest, a 4-week practice period, and a posttest. Participants (n = 31, handicap: 18.7 ± 10.4) practised using only one of the two gaze techniques. Testing consisted of having all participants putt using both gaze techniques from both a 1.22 m and a 4 m distance. Five putts were executed for each gaze technique/putt length combination for a total of 20 putts in each testing session per participant. The kinematics of every putting stroke executed during testing (1240 strokes) were captured using a TOMI® system. There was a significant improvement in putting success for both groups following practice (P = 0.001). Practising while visually focusing on the hole, resulted in a statistically significant reduction in putter speed variability in comparison to practising while visually focusing on the ball (P = 0.017). Visually focusing on the hole did not meaningfully (nor statistically) affect the quality of impact as assessed by the variability in face angle, stroke path, and impact spot at the precise moment the putter head contacted the ball.
目的是评估在推杆过程中，传统的视觉注视球的方法与视觉注视洞的方法相比的效果。研究设计包括前测、4 周的练习阶段和后测。参与者（n=31，差点：18.7±10.4）仅使用两种注视技术中的一种进行练习。测试包括让所有参与者使用两种注视技术，从 1.22 米和 4 米的距离进行推杆。对于每种注视技术/推杆长度组合，每个参与者在每个测试会话中执行 5 次推杆，总共进行 20 次推杆。在测试过程中（1240 次推杆），使用 TOMI®系统捕获每个推杆动作的运动学数据。练习后两组的推杆成功率都有显著提高（P=0.001）。与视觉注视球相比，练习时视觉注视洞显著降低了推杆速度的可变性（P=0.017）。视觉注视洞并没有明显（也没有统计学意义）影响触球瞬间的杆面角度、击球路径和撞击点的变化等评估的击球质量。
