WSCG VI Schedule 2012
| Monday | ||
| Joan Vickers | 8:00 am – 9:30 am | Neuroscience of the Quiet Eye |
| Fred Shoemaker | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Mastery, Breakthroughs and the Source of Sustainable Change |
| Mark Guadagnoli/ Chris Bertram | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Utilizing the Challenge Point Framework for Effective Golf Practice |
| Paul Hurrion | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | The Comparison of a ‘Radar Ball in Flight’ Launch Monitor and High Speed Cameras |
| Guillermo Noffal | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | How Accurate are Doppler Radar Ball Trackers at Measuring Ball Distance? |
| Clinton Smith | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Numerical Investigation of Near-Wall Flow Over a Golf Ball |
| Adam Kingsbury | 10:45 am – 11:15 am | I Putt Well When No One is Watching: The Influence of Social Pressure While Putting |
| John Hellstrom | 10:45 pm – 11:15 pm | PGA Tour Short Game From Different Lies and Distances |
| Bob Bjork | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | How We Learn and Should Practice versus How We Think We Learn and Should Practice |
| Tim Kremer | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Peak Performance through Emotional Mastery and the Power of the Infinite Mind |
| Teena Garrison | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | The Effect of Golfer Bias on Perceived Drive Performance: A Designed Experimental Study |
| Thomas Lacy Jr. | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | The Effect of Driver Loft, Mass, and Shaft Length on Initial Golf Ball Launch Conditions: A Designed Experiment |
| Gabriele Wulf | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | The Ex-Factor: Improving Accuracy and Carry Distance with an External Focus of Attention |
| Eddie Seagle | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Golf Development in China |
| Scott Lynn | 1:15pm-2:15pm | Using Principal Components Analysis to Determine Differences in 3D Loading Patters Between Beginner and Collegiate Level Golfers |
| James Smoliga | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Is Wireless Electromyography Reliable for Studying The Golf Swing In a Heterogeneous Group of Golf? |
| Austin Vickers | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | The Science and Power of Imagination |
| Henry Brunton | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Development of Expertise for Elite Athletes |
| Eric Alpenfels | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Accuracy of Reading Putts As a Function of Direction of Break, Viewing Position and Skill Level |
| Jeff Broker | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Perceptual and Biomechanical Conflict in Putting: Uncoupling of Stance and Putter Motion on Breaking Putts |
| Jaeho Shim/Glenn Miller/Rafer Lutz | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Use of Ball Line as an Aid in Putting |
| Andrea Furst | 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Psychological Characteristics of Touring Golf Professionals |
| Austin Vickers | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | The People versus The State of Illusion (Movie) |
| Stacey Vornbrock | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | EFT: Mechanical Changes in Minutes |
| Kiran Kanwar | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | The Roles of the Body’s Joints in Maximizing Golf Swing Efficiency |
| WELCOME SOCIAL | 7:00pm – 8:30pm | Open to Participants and Friends |
| Tuesday | ||
| Frank Thomas | 8:00 am – 9:30 am | The Importance of Science in Golf: Appling Technology to Putting Instruction |
| Craig Poole | 9:45 am – 12:30 pm | Developing Elite Athletes- Track and Field |
| Tom House | 9:45 am – 12:30 pm | Developing Elite Athletes – Baseball |
| Lanny Bassham | 9:45 am – 12:30 pm | Developing Elite Athletes – Shooting |
| Dan Landers | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | The Mental Side of Sport Performance |
| Michael Stöckl | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Analyzing the PGA TOUR ShotLink Database Using the ISOPAR Method |
| Dick Rendleman | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Are the Official World Golf Rankings Biased? |
| Martin Puterman | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Optimal Redesign of the PGA TOUR Exemption Rules |
| Patrick Thomas | 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Effects of an Attentional Focus Routine on Putting Technique |
| Greg Rose | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | The Five Most Common Body-Swing Connections |
| Peter Mackay/Phil Cheetham | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Players at Risk |
| Bob Christina | 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Core Movement Patterns: Motor Learning and Control |
| John Novosel Jr. | 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Core Movement Patterns: Tour Tempo |
| Greg Rose | 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Core Movement Patterns – Swings and Fitness |
| Christopher Smith | 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Core Movement Patterns – The Pros |
| Dave Phillips | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | I…technology in Golf |
| Wes Sime/Sandy Silverman | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Biofeedback Applications of Sport Psychology for Brain / Body – Balance, Rhythm & Timing |
| Lanny Bassham | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Building Self-Image to Win |
| Oskar Schmid | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | A New Biomechanical-Medical Based Swing-Model in Order to Reduce Body Load During Swing and Impact |
| Andrew Collinson | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | A Biomechanical Analysis of The Draw and Fade Shots in Golf |
| Sasho MacKenzie | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Optimal Kinetic Sequencing During the Down Swing |
| Martin Toms | 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Developing Elite Performers: Participant Profiling PGA Assistant Pro’s in the UK |
| Dennis Parker | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | The Subconscious Golfer: Clinical Hypnotherapy for Golf |
| Ron Mann | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | The Yoga of Golf |
| Paul Hurrion | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Is it Technique or the Putter that Spins and Bounces the Ball? |
| Wednesday | ||
| Pia Nilsson/ Lynn Marriott | 8:00 am – 9:30 am | Making the Best Better |
| Candace Pert | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Emotions and Performance |
| Eddie Seagle | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Golf Sustainability and Golf Environment Organization Certification |
| Bob Christina | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | External vs. Internal Cues |
| Juliet Hart | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Understanding Special Populations: Attention Deficit, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Dan Sachau | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Uncommon Sense: Golfer’s Perception of Rules, Risk and Equipment |
| Rebecca Dengler / Ed Feeney | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Measurable Improvement in Student Performance by Substituting Behavioral Golf Instruction Procedures |
| Brian Manzella | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Science-Based Methods to Improve Golf Ball Flight |
| John Hellstrom | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Expert Performance in Golf |
| John Friar/Fred Wiseman | 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | How Driving Distance and Driving Accuracy are Changing on the PGA and Champions Tours |
| PING Tour | 1:00 PM – 3:00PM | |
| Golf Tournament | 3:30 PM | US vs. International (9 holes) |
| GOLF SOCIAL | 7:00 pm – 8:30pm | Open to Golfers and Non-Golfers |
| Thursday | ||
| Joe Dispenza | 8:00 am – 9:30 am | The Golfer Brain |
| Leslie Sherlin | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | High Performance Brain Training: Old Idea – New Reality |
| Paul Schempp | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | The 6 Skills of an Expert Golf Instructor |
| Eddie Seagle | 9:45 am – 10:45 am | The Role of the Golf Course Superintendent |
| Noel Larson | 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Physiological Reactivity and Performance Outcomes Under High Pressure in Golfers of Varied Skill |
| Paul Schempp | 10:45 am – 11:15 am | The Anatomy of an Effective Golf Instruction Article |
| Jesus Ciurana | 10:45 am – 11:15 am | The Relevance of Golf Courses in the Mediterranean Countries: A Comparative Efficiency Study |
| Christopher Smith | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | The Dan Plan: Testing the 10,000 Hour Hypothesis |
| Phil Cheetham | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Golf in the Olympics |
| Erik Gnagy | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Strategic Decision-Making in Golf: A Qualitative Exploration of the Experience and Meaning of Aggressive Play |
| Mark Broadie | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Every Shot Counts: Golf Performance and Strategy |
| Hans – Leo Tuehlings | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | From Handwriting to Golf Putting |
| Eddie Seagle | 1:15 am – 2:15 pm | The Turf Grasses: Warm Season and Cool Seasons |
| Christopher Smith | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm | The Fastest, Lowest, Longest |
| Stan Utley | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm | The Fastest, Lowest, Longest |
| Brian Pavlet | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm | The Fastest, Lowest, Longest |
| Jochen Baumeister | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Prepare to Swing: Golfers Brain Activity During the Preparation Phase of a Full Swing |
| Kristen Reinecke | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | The Golfer’s Brain Activity During Putting Performance and Rest in Laboratory and Field Conditions |
| Ashley Baker | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Skill Level of Golfer Impacts the Variability of EEG Measures Under Different Pressure Settings |
| Andrea J. Fradkin | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Is there a Link Between Golf Playing Surface and injury Risk? |
| Sean Horan | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Gender Differences in Full Swing Kinematic Following Prolonged Putting Practice |
| Andrea J. Fradkin | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Describing the Epidemiology of Female Golfing Injuries |
| Alfonso Aljure | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | UGoST; The Unified Golf Swing Theory |
| Stephane Barras | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | From Snow Plow to Golf Plow |
| Syu Andoh | 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Development of the New Swing Image and Exercise Method – the Combined Plane Theory – Poster |
| Friday | ||
| Dave Pelz | 8:00 am – 9:30 am | How We (Amateurs/Pros) Play the Game |
| Chuck Adler | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Etiology of the Yips |
| Christian Marquardt | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Treatment of the Yips |
| Peter Lamb | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Qualitative Changes in Coordination Between Golf Swings |
| Sean Horan | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | A Golfer’s Perception of Their Swing Performance is Influenced by Ball Contact Rather than Upper Body Kinematics |
| Stephane Barras | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Better Understanding Putting Distance Perceptions & Goals |
| Robert Neal | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | Amplifying Body Speed: Stretch-Shortening at the Lead Shoulder? |
| Mark Bull/ Matthew Bridge | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | The Effect of an 8-week Plyometric Exercise Program on Golf Swing Kinematics |
| Karen Dubrow | 9:45 am – 11:15 am | The Effects of GoLo Golf Fitness Using STEP Principles in Improving Driving Distance, Accuracy, Efficiency |
| Marco Santello | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Finger Force Compensation for Variable Hand Position: Implications for Aim in Golf |
| Eddie Seagle | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Golf Course Design Principles and Practices |
| Kerrie Evans | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Coaches’ Perspective on Fitness for Golf |
| Mark Smith | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Fluid Intake Helps Maintain Normal Mental and Physical Function During Golf |
| Tony Morgan/ Tim Suzor | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Swing Biofeedback and Performance |
| Danielle Lafata | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Fueling the Brain |
| Ken Ohta | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Energy Transfer Through the Internal Force in the Golf Swing |
| Charles Fitzsimmons | 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Comparative Performance Analysis of PGA Tour and Ontario University Golfers |
| Matthew Sweeney | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Wrist Kinematics During the Golf Swing: Is Flexion or Ulnar Deviation More Important? |
| Young-Hoo Kwon | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Decomposition of the Clubhead Velocity: Assessment of the Contributions of the Joint/Segment Motion in Golf Drivers |
| Kiran Kanwar | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Applying Simple and Acute Kinematic Alterations to Elicit Change in Golf Club Speed and Angle of Approach |
| Debbie Crews | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Performance: Psychological, Physiological and Golf Putting |
| AWARDS BANQUET | 7:00pm – 8:30pm | Research and Golf Awards |





