WILDTHING
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As I said, I would like to learn about human body work and limitations in its work. TGM is vastly deprived of biomechanical knowledge, it gives physical possibilities only (some of them are also omitted either on purpose or because of lack of knowledge). Mac wanted to put the spirit of biomechanics into it but due to his unwillingness to publish those of us who base their knowledge on TGM are still clueless. Besides, even as a MORAD fan I cannot be sure Mac's wisdom is flawless. By the way, Essentials and Imperatives are just Homer's very general recommendations that he believed as 100% correct, very far away from biomechanical realm.
Unsure whether you will find much detail on limitations of human anatomy in relation to golf , apart from the general workings of the facet joints in the spine , which muscles are used to help pivot the pelvis , the role of shoulder girdle muscles , leg and hip extensor muscles, larger muscle groups used for stabilisation. From what I've read so far , the subconscious act of doing a task using external focus engages a whole array of muscles unique in their involvement (ie. timing of isotonic/isometric contractions) which will be a specific pattern for each and every golfer. When you consciously try to implement 'theoretically correct' moves in a golf swing , the subconscious cannot automatically activate the required range of muscles to complete that intended task (your kinetic sequence will be 'out of whack').
Unless you have a method of monitoring every single muscle in the human body for a high test sample of pga pro golfers (to find detailed correlations) , it will end up as a very 'high level summary' of the biomechanics involved in a golf swing (ie. like Ralph Mann's book - 'Swing Like A Pro' ).
Have you ever looked at the You-Tube videos made by EA Tischler and Mike Adams (or read any of their books)? They have been delving in biomechanical patterns (ie. limitations in body movements) , creating tests to figure out which pattern might fit specific golfers.
I have EA Tischler's book ' Secrets Of Owning Your Swing' which defines a range of biomechanical movement patterns that affect 'Accuracy', 'Power' and 'Good Feel' in the golf swing and might be worth investigating further (if you are interested).
Here is his website
https://newhorizonsgolf.com
Then check out the sub topic categories:
Developing Your Fundamentals
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/Stage-One.html
Developing Your Technique
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/Stage-Two.html
Developing Your Biomechanics
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/Stage-Three.html
Then check out the sub-categories for the Stage-Three link above:
Accuracy
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/P3G-Accuracy.html
Power
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/P3G-Power.html
Good Feel
https://newhorizonsgolf.com/P3G-GoodFeel.html
Its a lot to digest but is probably as close as one is going to get in applying biomechanical theories (in a practical way) to assist golfers find their own unique swing patterns.
PS. The above only relate to 'SWINGING' . Ed Tischler hasn't had time to create articles that address 'Accuracy/Power/Good Feel' for the other 2 categories of 'HITTING' and 'THROWING'.
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