The Effect of Self-modeling, Skilled Model and Learning Model on Golf Putting Acquisition and Retention

Document Type : Original Article

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1 , Faculty of Sport Science and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of Sport Science and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-modelling, skilled model, and learning model on the acquisition and retention of golf putting skill.
Methods: Forty-five students who volunteered to participate were selected and divided into three groups: self-modelling, skilled model, and learning model. After completing the pretest, participants engaged in six practice sessions, each consisting of six blocks of 10 trials. Prior to each training block, participants watched a video of their respective group's golf putting 10 times. The retention test was conducted 48 hours later.
Results: A mixed ANOVA with repeated measures demonstrated that all three groups made significant progress in learning the desired skill from the pre-test to the acquisition test. This progress remained somewhat stable until the retention test. Additionally, both the acquisition and retention phases showed that the self-modeling group performed better than the other two groups. However, there was no significant difference between these groups.
Conclusion: Based on these results, the type of model used in learning skills such as golf putting has a highly significant effect. Therefore, learning golf putting can benefit from the similarities mentioned in Bandura's theory.

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Sports Psychology
Volume 15, Issue 1
June 2023
Pages 155-166

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History

  • Receive Date: 30 December 2020
  • Revise Date: 23 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 26 June 2021

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