Study irons out golf psychology
Online arts platform to link up students
ELITE golfers have shared their top tips on how to control concentration in a new Scottish study that will help budding sports stars around the world boost their performance.
Eight of Scotland’s top male players contributed to Glasgow Caledonian University’s research.
In the first study of its kind in Scotland, lead researcher Alex Oliver, a sport and exercise PhD student in the university’s psychology department, looked at how golfers control their attention, which is vital for successful skill execution.
Oliver said his research “helps us understand what concentration looks like in sport and what golfers need to do to concentrate”.
Tiger Woods has adopted a 10-step psychology routine – any time he hits a bad shot, he has trained his mind to forget about it 10 steps down the fairway.
The study, titled A Grounded Theory of MetaAttention Among Golfers, is published in The Sport Psychologist journal.
THE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) has launched a new online portal to connect staff, students and alumni while its campus is closed.
The institution sent its new RCSatHome digital platform live yesterday to allow artists to share performances, ideas and conversations from their homes.
The RCS hopes to combat social isolation and to support students studying at home after the university closed its campus.
Artists, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to send in videos to be streamed on the site and across the RCS’s social media channels.
The platform will have a weekly “concert strand” featuring performances from artists across the world.
Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, principal of the RCS, said: “We realise that this is an anxious and uncertain time for everyone. Our campus and venues may be closed, and our learning and teaching delivered remotely, but it is important we continue to share our art in creative ways such as through the RCSatHome and RCS Presents platforms.
“It’s an opportunity for the RCS community to stay in touch with people all over the world as we adapt to this change in our way of life.”