The contribution of sports science to the sport is becoming more relevant. The individual sports are benefiting from the studies carried out in the field of physiology, nutrition, biomechanics and psychology among other applied sciences to sports effort.

What can the physiology of exercise by the player of golf? In a study conducted by researchers at the Unit for Sports Medicine at the University of Ulm (Germany) in a simulated game, it was concluded that all players were maintained for more than two hours (adding different periods scattered along the route) in heart rate between 55 and 85% of the maximum frequency, which is more relevant if one takes into account the age of the players surveyed (between 40 and 65 years). This means that a good training race would make continuous efforts in these intervals. To define is a stress test run by the athlete in an endless tape for about 15 minutes until exhaustion. With the data collected (heart rate, oxygen consumption, and so on.) Are programmed the various areas of keystrokes for the individual intervals of training.

How can nutrition for the player of golf? Our university has designed, next to the Department of Research and Development of the company Hero Spain, a drink that replenishes the loss of fluid and minerals occur during the intense physical effort. The characteristics of this drink makes it unique in the market given its richness in rapid assimilation of carbohydrates and antioxidants derived from its content in fruits. Tests conducted in different sports are relevant and have been the subject of the first prize for research in sports medicine in the national convocation of 2001.

What can the biomechanics of the golf? It was precisely to study the biomechanics of the swing out an idea that has long sustained in the sense that the back pain at some players, was due to improper maintenance of positions (usually an exaggerated kyphosis) over many hours of training .

The biomechanical analysis of the golfer’s gesture said, as a result of the Back pain, to the high speeds of rotation to be borne by the spine during the swing (movement of spin that makes the player, especially in the first strokes of each hole). It was more the abruptness of blows with an impact on the intervertebral discs, especially in the first stroke of each hole which influenced the low back pain, and even considers that these annoyances would decrease if the players remain focused on more upright during the moments Post-coup.

The biomechanical study is already a routine in sports medicine centers, and the study of swing yields a realistic model of the movement that can be analyzed by the teacher and the player on your computer. The biomechanical parameters of the swing reconstructed 3D are among others: the trajectory of the head of the stick, the distribution of weights, both swept away by the stick, the line of the shoulders and hips, bending and inclinations of spine

What about the psychology? Golf is one of the more technical sports that exist, the mind must be commensurate with the body that will surface for the technique and improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the blows. In fact, some scholars apply the sofrología golf for the athlete to overcome its problems of poor game by mental gymnastics, body and self.