ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the research and uses effect-size metrics to provide beginning golfers with effective suggestions to improve their putting performance. It examines social support and one with a very comprehensive intervention. The effect-size values clearly indicated the importance of an external focus of attention, being more confident than one's fellow golfers, approaching putting in a positive manner, using any golf-related imagery, avoiding ironic or avoidance thoughts, and feeling supported. It appeared that pressure, for the most part, did not affect the novice golfer's performance simply due to a floor effect during the control condition. Considering the large meaningfulness found in many of the studies, novice golfers should find one technique to be beneficial among the many options for laboratory short, flat putts. Hopefully, the effectiveness of the techniques extends to the golf course. The investigations were categorized into the following topics: attention, imagery, pressure, and achievement motivation.
