Increased accuracy, decreased variability: effects of IM-training on golf shot outcome measures - Self-Study    

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  • Physical Therapy Asst
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  • Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
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Course Description
This webinar will start off from a published scientific paper with focus on the effects of timing-training (via Interactive Metronome) on golf shot accuracy, and will highlight why golf is the ultimate sport in which to investigate the effects of such training. Furthermore, it will focus on the customized and standard IM-exercises utilized during the experiment and the reasoning behind the choice of exercises. Methods used in the present experiment and the methodological issues that emerged during and after the experiment was conducted will be discussed at length, including choice of tempo (bpm) for training exercises, number of repetitions, length of training sessions, type of sensory feedback (auditory and/or visual), the difference between timing- and rhythmicity-skills and their measurement, as well as suggestions for future research. Moreover, this webinar will highlight and exemplify the importance of capturing outcomes with “non-IM” pre- and post-test measures of motor control when working with the Interactive Metronome in any situation or context.
 
Instructor(s) - One of the following:
 

Marius Sommer,  is a 3rd year PhD Candidate in Sport Psychology @ Umeå University - Sweden. His thesis aims to investigate effects of multimodal, bi- and unilateral training on selected aspects of motor learning, functional laterality and performance in athletes. More specifically, effects of training within the domains of timing (IM), co-ordination, laterality, concentration and attention are in focus for investigations. Marius PhD studies, on the side of the work on his thesis, have so far focused on Sport performance measuring (kinematics, timing, and laterality), Cognitive measures (attention styles, emotional intelligence, trait/state anxiety and motivation), Brain imaging (fMRI), and the Perception – Action coupling. Marius is a certified IM provider since 2007, has a Bachelor Degree of Social Sciences including certificates in sports medicine, sport psychology and sports pedagogy, and lectures in courses on Sports Psychology and Social Cognition at the university undergraduate level. Alongside his PhD studies Marius works as a mental coach, using a range of brain training strategies, focusing primarily on Cognitive Behavior Therapy and the IM. As a Mental Coach Marius has been working with national level athletes in ice-hockey, soccer, tennis, badminton and WRC Rally, as well as ice-hockey- and soccer officials and Parkinsons patients. Increased accuracy, decreased variability: effects of IM-training on golf shot outcome measures. Education Department Contact Info:imcourses@interactivemetronome.com, 877-994-6776 opt 3 (US Only), 954-385-4660 opt 3, Fax: 954-385-4674 Marius has vast personal experience participating in a wide range of team and individual sports. He has been a state representative in both Soccer and Alpine Skiing, and has been a professional snowboarder for 10 years, being Top 5 on the snowboard world ranking 1999/2000. On his leisure time Marius is riding motocross, surfing, skateboarding or playing golf and ice-hockey.

 
Course Objectives:

Target Audience:
This webinar welcomes the following professionals who have completed the Interactive Metronome Certification Course.

  • Occupational Therapist
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Physical Therapist
  • Physical Therapy Asst
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Educator
  • Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
  • Music Therapist

Instructional Level:
Advanced
 
Disclosure

The Interactive Metronome, Inc. has developed and patented a licensed technology trademarked as the Interactive Metronome®. (U.S. Patents #4,919,030; #5,529,498; #5,743,744; #6,719,690; other U.S. and foreign patents pending) Interactive Metronome, Inc. is the sole source of the following products: Interactive Metronome® , Gait Mate® and IM Home®. Because there are no other like-kind products available, course offerings will only cover information that pertains to the effective and safe use of the above-named products.

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