| Golf is a game that requires a great deal of skill, | | | | force is working to keep that swing in control. Power |
| determination, concentration and desire to win - but | | | | is also important as a golfer needs to have strong |
| is there anything else that can have an impact on | | | | muscles in their legs and trunk in order to be able to |
| your game? Many people do not ever consider the | | | | create enough controlled power to hit the ball and |
| golf swing biomechanics that can have an effect on | | | | make it go further. |
| their game, but should they? | | | | Impact (or the point when the club strikes the ball) is |
| Golf swing biomechanics sounds like something from | | | | also very important to a good golf swing even |
| a science lesson but there are some very important | | | | though they are only in actual contact with each |
| lessons that can be learnt from considering them | | | | other for less than a millisecond. During this time the |
| when you next play golf. These are things like - | | | | club should strike the ball so that the ball is in the |
| levers - this is the theory that a golf swing can be | | | | centre of the club face, doing this means that the |
| improved by thinking of the arms as one lever that | | | | impact felt on the ball is the maximum which means |
| can be moved and the wrists as another level that | | | | the ball should travel the maximum distance. |
| can act like a hinge and transfer more power to the | | | | These are just a few of the golf swing biomechanics |
| club. | | | | that you can think about but as you can see they do |
| Centrifugal force should also be considered as when a | | | | have an important role to play when considering how |
| golfer pivots round to take a golf swing centrifugal | | | | to perform a perfect golf swing. |