Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential applicability of visual occlusion training as a physical intervention by comparing the accuracy of perceptual distance and actual performance distance according to visual occlusion training and visual allowance training. Methods: 36 male college students with no previous experience in golf participated in the experiment. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups; visual occlusion training group, visual allowance training group, and control group. In the pre-test, participants performed a total of 15 putts once at each distance (1-15m). In the block 1, 2, 3, a total of 90 putts were performed twice for each distance in each block. After the block practice, the post-test was conducted in the same way as the pre-test. The absolute error value for putting performance was used to analyze the accuracy of perceptual distance and actual performance distance. Results: Visual occlusion training and visual allowance training groups were significantly higher than control group in the accuracy of perceptual and actual performance distance. However, there was no difference between the two training groups. Conclusion: The results suggest that visual occlusion and visual allowance training can enhance perceptual judgment and skill performance, in particular, the potential applicability of visual occlusion training as an effective physical intervention for combining with visual allowance training.

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