This study examined the effects of combining occluded vision with imagery for acquiring and retaining golf-putting skill in a college class of 80. The findings indicated that college students who registered for beginning golf classes were significantly higher in putting-skill acquisition using occluded vision and visual imagery than practicing while in visual contact with the ball and no imagery. Occluded-vision imagery was not superior to visual imagery for acquisition or retention of putting skill. In addition, the occluded-vision subjects showed positive transfer to visual putting skills.
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