I don’t mean to sound weird or anything, but I do watch golf every once and a while so this article grabbed my attention quickly. In this article it says that golfers that see a larger hole golf better. To prove this they showed a group of golfers a poster of black holes that ranged from 9-13 centimeters in diameter. The golfers picked the hole which they believed to be the actual size of a golf hole (the actual size of a golf hole is 10.8 centimeters). Those who picked the bigger holes on the poster had a better score that day on the course than those who picked the smaller. However, it is unclear whether or not imagining the hole bigger helps a person play better or not.
Overall, I thought this was an interesting article. Just thinking about how our perception can either help us or harm us is intriguing itself.
So if there was a bigger hole in the ground doesn't that make it easier to get a ball in that hole compared to a smaller one? what person wouldn't be able to get a small ball in a big hole compared to a small one. It makes sense to imagine a hole being bigger than what it acutally is. It would probably make it easier as if it were actually a bigger hole. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe only way I could see that their perception of the whole size would help or hurt their game is it would either help or hurt their confidence. A lot of the times, if we think that we will do good at something, we will. If they see the whole as bigger than it is, they would think that they have a better chance of getting it in there, increasing their confidence.
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