Gender Disparities in Wrist Movement Patterns Among Collegiate Amateur Golfers: A Biomechanical Case Study

Abstract: The study investigated how gender impacts college golfers' wrist angles as they execute swings. While many studies have been done on numerous aspects of golf biomechanics, little has been done to fully investigate gender differences in wrist movement patterns in college golf. Understanding these differences can be helpful in developing specialized training plans and methods to prevent injuries for male and female college golf players and improve performance. Many previous studies have only focused on the professional level of golfers when gender was an independent variable, this study will focus on the collegiate amateur golfers and explore if there are any significant gender-related disparities between male and female golfers, specifically in wrist angles. A sample of collegiate golfers will be selected from Division One college golf teams. Four collegiate golfers evenly split between the males and females will make up the sample. To guarantee appropriate representation, efforts will be made to engage an equal number of male and female participants. Wearing motion sensors connected to their wrists, participants must execute a series of golf swings. The motion sensors will record wrist angle data in real-time during the swings, including pitch, roll, and yaw, using accelerometer and gyroscope technology. To reduce external influences on the execution of the swing, data collecting will take place in controlled settings, such as indoor golf practice facilities. In this proposed research we will be using a combination of Xsens Wireless motion sensors, as well as software such as MATLAB, to help filter the data so we can perform statistical analysis. The collected data will be analyzed in this research to compare and analyze the variations in wrist motion between male and female collegiate golfers. The study will utilize statistical techniques to examine any gender-based differences in wrist movement patterns during golf swings. The investigation will concentrate on certain wrist angle measures to identify significant variations between individuals who are male and female. The results of this study may provide significant insight into the biomechanical differences in wrist angles that occur across genders in college golfers' swings. Recognizing these differences might help with creating individualized training plans, improving teaching techniques, and producing injury prevention plans for male and female college golf players. This study intends to add to the body of knowledge on sports biomechanics by examining gender-specific disparities in wrist angles during golf swings among collegiate players. The results have important significance for improving performance, injury prevention methods, and training methodology refinement in collegiate golf.

Keywords: Sports, Performance, Injury, Motion Track, Golf

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1005286

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