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A Comparison Of 10 Weeks Of Functional Versus Traditional Resistance Training In Amateur Female Golfers: 3444 Board #205 May 30, 9

Resistance training has been demonstrated to improve golf performance, though amateur female golfers have not received much attention in this regard. PURPOSE:To compare the effects of a traditional resistance training program (TRAD), to a functional, golf-specific resistance training program (FUN), on driver (DR) and 7-iron (7I) club head speed (CHS) and total shot distance in recreational female golfers. METHODS: Twenty-nine female amateur golfers (age: 18-71y) completed a series of baseline and post-training tests which measured driver and 7-iron CHS and shot distance on a golf simulator using high speed cameras. Muscular power was measured by standing broad jump (BJ), seated medicine ball throw (SMBT), standing rotational medicine ball throw, and torso rotational flexibility. Fifteen women were randomly assigned to TRAD while the remaining fourteen performed FUN, which mimicked the movement of a golf swing. Both training programs were designed to target the muscles most activated in a swing according to electromyography data from the literature. Upon completion of the 10-week, three times per week training programs, all subjects were reevaluated in the tests mentioned above. A linear mixed effects model was used to determine differences in golf performance between groups and over time and stepwise regression models were used to determine relationships between changes in physical and golf performance. Significance was set at p<0.05 a priori. RESULTS: There was a significant main effect for time (baseline vs. post-training) for CHSDR (mean ± SE: 66.4±1.3 vs. 66.9±1.3m.s-1, p=0.001), DR distance (150±4 vs. 156±4m, p=0.020), and 7I distance (101±3 vs. 110±3m, p=0.001), but not for CHS7I (55.2±1 vs. 57.0±1 m.s-1, p=0.136). There was a significant main effect for training group for 7I distance (TRAD: 98±4; FUN: 113±4m, 0.024), but not for DR distance (p=0.077), CHSDR (p=0.115) or CHS7I (p=0.136). There were no significant two-way interactions between time and training type. The strongest regression model identified changes in SMBT (r2=0.384) then BJ (r2=0.446) as significant predictors for change in CHSDR. CONCLUSIONS: Resistance training increased measures of upper and lower body muscular power, which increased DR and 7I shot distance along with driver CHSDR regardless of program type.