Do the Pelvic and Thorax Movements Differ between the Sexes and Influence Golf Club Velocity in Junior Golfers?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Equipment
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sex Effect
3.2. Relationship of Pelvis and Thorax Movement with Golf Club Velocity
4. Discussion
4.1. Sex Effect
4.2. Relation of Upper Body Movement and Golf Club Velocity
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Sex | Mean | Standard Deviation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Body movement parameters | Tmax | Female Male | 110.57° | 7.21° |
111.34° | 17.51° | |||
Pmax | Female Male | 46.80° | 6.44° | |
38.96° | 8.44° | |||
Xfac | Female Male | 68.16° | 4.41° | |
77.78° | 15.12° | |||
SXfac | Female Male | 0.11° | 0.09° | |
0.09° | 0.05° | |||
Golf club | GCV | Female Male | 23.01 m/s | 1.34 m/s |
27.31 m/s | 1.99 m/s |
Correlations | |||||
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Tmax | Pmax | Xfac | SXfac | ||
GCV Girls | Pearson Correlation | 0.375 | 0.277 | −0.070 | −0.168 |
Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.359 | 0.507 | 0.870 | 0.691 | |
GCV Boys | Pearson Correlation | −0.941 ** | −0.202 | −0.847 * | −0.489 |
Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.005 | 0.700 | 0.033 | 0.329 |
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Gryc, T.; Zahalka, F.; Brožka, M.; Marenčáková, J.; Miřátský, P.; Baca, A.; Stöckl, M. Do the Pelvic and Thorax Movements Differ between the Sexes and Influence Golf Club Velocity in Junior Golfers? Sports 2023, 11, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11030060
Gryc T, Zahalka F, Brožka M, Marenčáková J, Miřátský P, Baca A, Stöckl M. Do the Pelvic and Thorax Movements Differ between the Sexes and Influence Golf Club Velocity in Junior Golfers? Sports. 2023; 11(3):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11030060
Chicago/Turabian StyleGryc, Tomas, Frantisek Zahalka, Matěj Brožka, Jitka Marenčáková, Petr Miřátský, Arnold Baca, and Michael Stöckl. 2023. "Do the Pelvic and Thorax Movements Differ between the Sexes and Influence Golf Club Velocity in Junior Golfers?" Sports 11, no. 3: 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11030060