WILDTHING
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This post is really for people interested in the academic side of the golf swing (ie. what is happening).
I've been reading a few articles by a gentleman called 'Ben Allen Jnr' who has a posted quite a number in the 'academia' website (all free to read , download and discuss).
Imho his physics of the golf swing is flawed but he's made lots of useful observations of Tour player swings , especially these 2 articles below.
www.academia.edu/37655758/horizontal-axis-shoulders-action_basic_description
www.academia.edu/33539349/Reengineering_9_Power_Action_Mechanics_-_horizontal_axis_tactics_with_focus_on_shoulders
I must admit that his analysis has given me 'food for thought' about preconceptions of the 'what' is happening in the golf swing of Tour players from P4-P5. I especially liked the top view photo stills of Nicklaus and Palmer which he used to prove his point.
Well worth a read but note his comment and summary below:
"The author, to the present time, has not found any Tour player who does not include a horizontal-axis-shoulders-action in his/her swing mechanics, nor a recreational golfer who does."
Summary:
• The horizontal-axis-shoulders-action is the mechanism by which the modern-swing-golfer powers his swing.
• The H-axis-shoulders-action requires stable body support but does not incorporate any tactic of body rotation except for that needed to position the hands for the down-swing-kinematic-sequence.
• If any Tour player has recognized the H-axis-shoulders action as his power action independent from body rotation, he has failed at any effective communication effort.
I've been reading a few articles by a gentleman called 'Ben Allen Jnr' who has a posted quite a number in the 'academia' website (all free to read , download and discuss).
Imho his physics of the golf swing is flawed but he's made lots of useful observations of Tour player swings , especially these 2 articles below.
www.academia.edu/37655758/horizontal-axis-shoulders-action_basic_description
www.academia.edu/33539349/Reengineering_9_Power_Action_Mechanics_-_horizontal_axis_tactics_with_focus_on_shoulders
I must admit that his analysis has given me 'food for thought' about preconceptions of the 'what' is happening in the golf swing of Tour players from P4-P5. I especially liked the top view photo stills of Nicklaus and Palmer which he used to prove his point.
Well worth a read but note his comment and summary below:
"The author, to the present time, has not found any Tour player who does not include a horizontal-axis-shoulders-action in his/her swing mechanics, nor a recreational golfer who does."
Summary:
• The horizontal-axis-shoulders-action is the mechanism by which the modern-swing-golfer powers his swing.
• The H-axis-shoulders-action requires stable body support but does not incorporate any tactic of body rotation except for that needed to position the hands for the down-swing-kinematic-sequence.
• If any Tour player has recognized the H-axis-shoulders action as his power action independent from body rotation, he has failed at any effective communication effort.