Swing Mechanics
Swing Planes correlate directly to Anatomical Planes
If you possess an understanding of movement relative to anatomical planes & UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE TRYING TO APPLY FORCE TO A BALL, fixing impact and ball flight is a GAME CHANGER.
GOLF IS ALL ABOUT WHAT THE BALL DOES!
WHAT THE BALL DOES IS A RESULT OF HOW THE CLUB APPLIES FORCE TO IT!
HOW THE CLUB APPLIES FORCE TO THE BALL IS A RESULT OF HOW YOU APPLY FORCE TO THE CLUB!
YOU CANNOT EXPECT TO BRING ABOUT A DIFFERENCE IN BALL FLIGHT WITHOUT CHANGING THE WAY YOU APPLY FORCE TO THE CLUB TO CHANGE THE WAY THE CLUB APPLIES FORCE TO THE BALL!
Every area of the game requires a specific impact to bring about a specific ball flight.
Each golf club by design has both vertical and horizontal elements.
The longer the shaft & the less the loft the more the club possesses horizontal elements.
The shorter the shaft & the more the loft the more the club possesses vertical elements.
A club with more horizontal elements makes hitting shots that require more vertical impact more challenging.
A club with more vertical elements makes hitting shots that require a more horizontal impact more challenging.
Understanding which clubs require which impacts makes executing those shots easier!
Understanding how you are applying force to the ball allows you to easily fix those shots you don’t like!
Understanding The Planes of Motion helps you to bring about a desired impact & ball flight!
OUR Laws of Golf Club Motion
Law 1
A club at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by a muscle activation
Law 2
For every muscle activation in a plane there is a muscle activated in the same plane but opposite direction. The muscle activation of a proximal joint in a plane will cause everything connected but distal, to act in the same plane unless acted upon by a further muscle activation in a different plane or opposite direction of that plane
Law 3
If you do not create an optimal plane and direction of plane muscle activation, to create motion, you will create a sub-optimal muscle activation resulting in a sub-optimal motion causing a loss of accuracy, power or repetition.
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Off The Tee
The longest clubs with the least loft hitting a ball on a tee peg requires a swing delivering a lot of horizontal forces to become a great driver and generate maximum distance.
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Into The Green
Approach shots contribute more to your score than any area of your game. Solid contact is the key to great approach shots. Distal misses through poor contact miss your intended far more than directional misses with solid contact.
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Wedges
Great approach play and great wedge play don’t often go hand in hand unless the player understands what makes them different. The motion you want for approach play tends not to work so well for wedge play due to the different lofts and lengths of these clubs.
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Around The Green
The area of the game with the most variability of shots. Different hitting surfaces, different slopes make this area of the game that can seemingly make good players look not so good!
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On The Green
Putting is about rolling the ball in a given direction at a given speed. Most people fail to roll the ball so fail to get a given speed or direction.
