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Golf Science: Optimum performance from tee to green
Author(s): Mark F. Smith (Author)
- Publisher: Ivy Press
- Publication Date: 7 Feb. 2019
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1782406441
- ISBN-13: 9781782406440
Book Description
Golf is perhaps the most complicated simple game ever invented. Watching the professionals gives you only a glimpse of the complexity of what is happening, with each shot involving biomechanics, aerodynamics, ballistics, materials science, probability, even meteorology. Golf Science takes a timely new look at the game by investigating the scientific wonders that transfer the ball from tee to hole. Each chapter investigates a different area of the game and is organized around a series of Q&As. What is the optimum length for a driver? How does backspin work? The answers and the data are presented through illuminating info-graphics. The perfect way to analyse your own kit and technique, by studying the techniques of the professionals and the latest innovations in design and coaching. Golf Science is the ultimate accessory for any golfer wishing to understand their craft.
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About the Author
Dr Mark F. Smith is a Director of Education at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He is a sport scientist with more than 20 years’ experience in exercise physiology research and applied consultancy practice. Having worked with a number of professional players, he has made significant contributions to the emerging importance of physiology in the development of golf performance. He has published golf science research in a range of leading international scientific publications, has worked as a scientific advisor for leading organizations and has been on the International Editorial Board for the World Scientific Congress of Golf Science.