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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monograph Title: | Science and Golf, 1990. |
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| Volume Editors: | Cochran, A. J. |
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| Meeting Info.: | University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland: July 9-13, 1990 |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England: E. & F. N. Spon |
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| Edition: | 1st |
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| # of Pages: | 386 |
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| Collation: | xii, 374 pp. |
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| Related Web URL: | http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=592967
Last checked: 10/08/2014
Notes: Table of contents and description page |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Introduction; Human Factors (Laws, Principles and Preferences - A Teaching Model; The Super Senior Golfer; Foot-to-Ground Pressure Patterns During the Golf Drive: A Case Study Involving a Low Handicap Player and a High Handicap Player; Evaluation of Golf Club Control by Grip Pressure Measurement; The Influence of Club Length and Shot Distance on the Temporal Characteristics of the Swings of Expert and Novice Golfers; Biomechanical Analysis of the Golfer's Back; Effect of Skill Level on Muscle Activity in Neck and Forearm Muscles During the Golf Swing; Expert-Novice Differences in Muscle Activity During the Golf Swing; Annual Torso Specific Conditioning Program for Golfers; Relationships Among Technical Skills and Physical Fitness of Amateur Golf Players in India; A Laser Based Putting Alignment Test; Visual Alignment Considerations in Golf Putting Consistency; Target Misalignment: The Role of Strategies Versus Visual Bias on Aiming Accuracy; Large Equipment, Small Children: Implications for Club Fitting Based Upon Age and Standing Height for Junior Golfers; A Closer Look at the Role of the Mind in Golf; Evaluation of Technique for Beginning Golfers; A Profile of Mental Processes of Collegiate Golfers; Golfers Do It With Style: Epistemic Orientations of Golf Instructors and Students; Kinaesthetic Perception and Sport Skills: Some Empirical Findings, Philosophic Comment and Possible Applications for the Teaching of Golf; The Coordination of Heart Rate, Personality and Effective Shot Making; and Thomas Kincaid: The First Golf Analyst); Performance Statistics (The Competition Scratch Score; Mathematical Underpinnings of the Slope Handicap System; A Two Parameter Golf Course Rating System; On the Normality and Independence of Golf Scores, With Various Applications; Statistical Analysis of the Average Golfer; Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics in Golf; A Correlation Analysis of the Professional Golf Association (USA) Statistical Rankings for 1988; and The Application of Time Series Decomposition Techniques to the Analysis of Golf Performance); Technology and Equipment (Science, Equipment Development and Standards; Estimating Lift and Drag Coefficients from Golf Ball Trajectories; A New Method on Measurement of Trajectories of a Golf Ball; A Modern Method for the Measurement of Aerodynamic Lift and Drag on Golf Balls; 'Surlyn' Ionomers for Golf Ball Covers; Professor P.G. Tait and the Physics of Golf; Impact Force Measurements on Golf Balls; The Effect of Impact Conditions on Golf Ball Spin-Rate; A Review of Motion Analysis Systems and the Use of High Speed Cinematography and Laser Fiber Optics for Golf Research; The Golf Club - Ball Collision - 50,000 G's; Design and Construction of a World Class Golf Ball/Golf Club Test Facility; The Effect of Clubhead Weight Distribution on Ball-Club Impact Dynamics; What is the Role of the Shaft in the Golf Swing?; The Influence of the Use of Graphite Shafts on Golf Performance and Swing Kinematics; A Simple, Scientific, Shaft Test: Steel Versus Graphite; Application of CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) to Golf Club Dynamics; Designing of Golf Club Heads by Finite Element Method (FEM) Analysis; Computer Based Methods for the Design and Manufacture of Golf Clubs; and The Application of Computer-Aided Engineering Techniques in Advanced Clubhead Design); and Golf Course Management and the Environment (Golf Organization: Challenges of Growth and Change - A Preliminary Social Science Perspective; The Social Context of Golf: A Preliminary Framework; The Utilization of the US Golf Data Base for the Optimal Location of New Golf Facilities; Application of Importance-Performance Analysis in the Evaluation and Marketing of Golf Operations; The Environmental Impact of Golf-Related Developments in Scotland; Nature Conservation and the Management and Design of Golf Courses in Great Britain; Golf Green Agronomy and Playing Quality - Past and Current Trends; A Comparative Study of the Properties of Bunker Sands from Links and Inland Championship Golf Courses in Great Britain and Ireland; The Effect of Sand Type on Ball Impacts, Angle of Repose and Stability of Footing in Golf Bunkers; Health Risk to Golfers from Pesticide Use in Golf Courses in Korea; and Fungicidal Control of Marasmium oreades Fairy Rings). |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Golf -- Congresses; Sports sciences -- Congresses; Golf -- Congrès; Golf (sport); Golf; Sports sciences; Kongress; Sportwissenschaft; Biomecànica; Golf (Esport); Psicologia de l'esport; Golf -- Research -- Periodicals |
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| ISBN: | 0419151303
0203838661 |
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| ISBN-13: | 9780419151302
9780203838662
9780415595216 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | Chapter refs |
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| See Also: | See also the 8 chapter records from this work; search as MCODE=SCIGO in Power Search to isolate them as a set, or: see records related to SCIGO |
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| See Also: | See also related book, Science and Golf II: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, 1994, R=239660. R=239660
See also related book, Science and Golf III: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, 1998, R=239726. R=239726
See also related book, Science and Golf IV: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, 2002, R=239768. R=239768
See also related book, Science and Golf V: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, 2008, R=138667. R=138667 |
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| Note: | "Proceedings of the First World Scientific Congress of Golf"
Includes foreword by M. R. Farrally; p. xi
Includes index; pp. 370-374
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
1990. Science and Golf. Cochran, A. J. (ed.) 1st. ed. xii, 374 pp. London, England: E. & F. N. Spon. |
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