BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Overthinking 'disrupts golf putt'

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Overthinking 'disrupts golf putt': "Golfers who think too much about their technique between shots could be seriously affecting their performance, a study has suggested.

St Andrews University and US scientists said they had established that too much analysis made the golfer's game worse.

They said thinking too much about the previous shot can disrupt performance.

In total, 80 golfers were given shots to practise until they got it right. Those who discussed their putting between strokes took twice as long.

The study found that when the mix of skilled and novice golfers tried again, those who had discussed the shot took longer to get the shots right as those people who had spent a couple of minutes engaged in other, unrelated activities."