ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a basic description of the psychophysiological measures used in golf and sport. Golf research results discussed along with applicable research from similar sports such as archery and marksmanship. The chapter presents the optimal brain patterns. The majority of research examining the psychophysiological measures associated with golf and sport, learning and performance are acute, descriptive studies. Many of the studies compare expert and novice golfers and also the best and worst performance of experts. While these studies provide a glimpse of signal patterns, they must be interpreted with caution. Factors that influence the interpretation of the results include the time period over which the signals were recorded, location of the sensors, the number of sensors, the frequency bands examined, the sampling rate of recording, the management of artifact and noise in the signals. Recording and training golfers on the golf course and during competition provide insights into the mysteries of highly successful and less successful performance.
