Key result
Listening to preferred music before or during golf after a stressful task had no significant effect on swinging total distance (p=0.116) or putting performance (p>0.05) in collegiate golfers.
Why the study?
It was unknown whether listening to preferred music after a stressful situation affects putting and swinging performance, HR, HRV, and anxiety among amateur golfers.
Does listening to preferred music improve golf performance, heart rate, heart rate variability, and anxiety in collegiate golfers after a stressful task?
Does listening to preferred music improve golf performance, heart rate, heart rate variability, and anxiety in collegiate golfers after a stressful task?
Listening to preferred music after a stressful task does not significantly affect immediate golf performance, heart rate, heart rate variability, or anxiety in collegiate golfers.
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No support for preferred music to aid post-stress golf performance; leaves open effects on anxiety or HRV in athletes.
Background This study explores whether listening to preferred music after a stressful situation affects putting and swinging performance, heart rate (HR), HR variability (HRV), and anxiety among amateur golfers. Methods Twenty healthy amateur collegiate golfers voluntarily participated in this study (age 20.1 ± 1.17 yrs., height = 173.8 ± 7.74 cm, body weight = 72.35 ± 12.67 kg). Pre- and post-intervention HR and HRV measurements were taken, along with a self-report of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) and Triple Factor Anxiety Inventory (TFAI). Participants were exposed to a stressful situation through the Stroop Colour and Word Test (SCWT) and then instructed to perform three golf-practice sessions in a golf simulator, separated by 48–72 hours of recovery, under different conditions: control, pre-task music, and synchronised music. Results No significant difference was identified between the experimental conditions for swinging (in terms of total distance ( p = 0.116), carry distance ( p = 0.608), speed of the ball ( p = 0.819), and launch angle ( p = 0.550) and putting performance (the number of successful putts on target ( p > 0.05) and distance error between the target and ball ( p = 0.122). No main effect for condition and time of intervention, as well as no interaction between these two factors was found for HR, HRV, and STAI-S ( p = 0.116). However, the pre and post-intervention percentages of physiological items of the TFAI indicated a large, significant difference in synchronised music trial ( p = 0.012, pre-task trial = −1.92% < control trial = 0% < synchronised trial = 4.58%). Conclusions The results imply that following a stressful situation, listening to preferred music before and/or during golf has no immediate effect on golf performance, anxiety, and psychophysiological responses in collegiate golfers.
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Wang et al. (2022) studied Healthy amateur collegiate golfers (n=20). Listening to preferred music (pre-task and synchronised) vs. Control condition was evaluated on Swinging performance (total distance) (p=0.116). Listening to preferred music before or during golf after a stressful task had no significant effect on swinging total distance (p=0.116) or putting performance (p>0.05) in collegiate golfers.
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