Improving performance by anchoring movement and “nerves”

Iso‐Ahola, Seppo E.; Dotson, Charles O.; Jagodinsky, Adam E.; Clark, Lily C.; Smallwood, Lorraine; Wilburn, Christopher; Weimar, Wendi H.; Miller, Matthew W.

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2016.07.008

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“…Participants from both groups were asked to follow a list of explicit instructions for golf putting so they could accrue declarative knowledge, which was expected to increase the likelihood of generating performance decreases under pressure that could be moderated by AT (Masters & Maxwell, 2008). Further, explicit instructions were given to reduce variability in participants’ putting motion (i.e., deter irregular putting techniques), some of which may reduce the propensity for choking under pressure (Iso-Ahola et al, 2016). The instructions were adapted from previous golf putting studies (Daou et al, 2019; Vine & Wilson, 2010; Vine et al, 2013; for instructions, see https://osf.io/xpv8e/, preregistration, Appendix A).…”

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Conquering pressure! The effects of mild-anxiety training on motor performance under pressure during early motor learning.

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Conquering pressure! The effects of mild-anxiety training on motor performance under pressure during early motor learning.

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Parma,

Morris

et al. 2024

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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“…Indeed, what limited kinesiology data exists points to the opposite. In a biomechanical analysis of the anchoring movement, for example, Iso‐Ahola et al () reported the technique did not offer a technical nor competitive advantage for golfers. Accordingly, in this study, the human capital perspective is further examined in the context of PGA golf to better understand the direct impact of anchored putting on putting performance as well as the effect of different putting techniques on the values of marginal product of PGA golfers.…”

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Anchored putter ban: An examination of whether anchored putting impacts career success and putting performance

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The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour ban on anchored putting (Rule 14‐1b) took effect on January 1, 2016. The ban remains controversial because the governance decision appears to have been made without adequate empirical evidence. Accordingly, to investigate the efficacy of the ban, the impact of using anchored putters on PGA golfers' career success and putting performance was examined. PGA golfers ranked in the top 125 were studied from 2009 to 2015. The analysis revealed an anchored putter offered no unfair advantage with regard to improving players' career success or putting performance when compared with standard putter usage by PGA golfers.

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“…A recent experiment (Iso-Ahola et al, 2016) demonstrated the power of a psychological phenomenon relative to a non-psychological construct. In 2016, United States Golf Association banned golfers from “anchoring” their putter to their body (e.g., stomach), which would restrict free movement of hands and arms and thus potentially remove the influence of “nerves” from performance.…”

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Reproducibility in Psychological Science: When Do Psychological Phenomena Exist?

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2017

Front. Psychol.

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Scientific evidence has recently been used to assert that certain psychological phenomena do not exist. Such claims, however, cannot be made because (1) scientific method itself is seriously limited (i.e., it can never prove a negative); (2) non-existence of phenomena would require a complete absence of both logical (theoretical) and empirical support; even if empirical support is weak, logical and theoretical support can be strong; (3) statistical data are only one piece of evidence and cannot be used to reduce psychological phenomena to statistical phenomena; and (4) psychological phenomena vary across time, situations and persons. The human mind is unreproducible from one situation to another. Psychological phenomena are not particles that can decisively be tested and discovered. Therefore, a declaration that a phenomenon is not real is not only theoretically and empirically unjustified but runs counter to the propositional and provisional nature of scientific knowledge. There are only “temporary winners” and no “final truths” in scientific knowledge. Psychology is a science of subtleties in human affect, cognition and behavior. Its phenomena fluctuate with conditions and may sometimes be difficult to detect and reproduce empirically. When strictly applied, reproducibility is an overstated and even questionable concept in psychological science. Furthermore, statistical measures (e.g., effect size) are poor indicators of the theoretical importance and relevance of phenomena (cf. “deliberate practice” vs. “talent” in expert performance), not to mention whether phenomena are real or unreal. To better understand psychological phenomena, their theoretical and empirical properties should be examined via multiple parameters and criteria. Ten such parameters are suggested.

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Improving performance by anchoring movement and “nerves”

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Conquering pressure! The effects of mild-anxiety training on motor performance under pressure during early motor learning.

Conquering pressure! The effects of mild-anxiety training on motor performance under pressure during early motor learning.

Anchored putter ban: An examination of whether anchored putting impacts career success and putting performance

Reproducibility in Psychological Science: When Do Psychological Phenomena Exist?

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