Introduction to biomechanics


Biomechanics Of The Golf Swing

Between 1986 and 1995, a group of doctors andlegs rotate and extend so far out to their
biomechanics specialists led by Frank Jobe,sides. And, for golfers, when the legs are
M.D., in affiliation with the Biomechanicsheld in place by spikes, it is the primary
Laboratory of the Centinela Hospital Medicalreason  hips  rotate  so  fast.
Center, Inglewood, CA, published six papers
presenting results from electromyographicThe third-ranked muscle (in % of capacity
research they had conducted on good golfers,used) is the left quadriceps, coming in at
i.e. all with handicaps under 5, including88%. Your left leg gets pretty well bent at
some  professionals.the knee during the backswing, stretching the
quads. When they fire, they drive the left
Data on twenty-four muscles between the kneeship  way  around  and  behind.
and the skull were reported. These data
reveal how a body goes about hitting a golfMuscles below the waist fire before muscles
ball, and which muscles deserve the mostabove the waist. In Five Fundamentals, Ben
attention.Hogan says: "The hips initiate the
downswing. They snap back to the left with
Only one of the reported muscles fired attremendous speed. The faster they go the
100% of its capacity. I've asked over 50better. They cannot go too fast". This
golfers, of all abilities, which muscle thisresearch shows how right on Ben's comment
is, and no one has gotten the answer right.was.
It's the right buttock (for a right-handed
golfer).To accelerate the clubhead from 0 to 100
miles per hour in about 0.3 seconds, you must
Even more interesting, the primary functionmake major use of the big muscles in your
of this muscle in the body is understoodthighs and hips. A swing that feels as if
apparently only by muscle specialists. It isit's trying to hit the ball primarily with
technically a rotator muscle, not a flexor orarm muscles isn't going to win any long-drive
extensor. It is the reason speed skaters'contests.



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