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Article #119: What You Should Know about the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing

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Simply, biomechanics is the study of how the power will be transferred to the
humans move. When it comes to the ball.
biomechanics of the golf swing, we are The Down Swing, Impact, and Follow
talking about how the body moves during Through
the golf swing. Much of what we consider Once transition has happened, the club
to be the "perfect" golf swing was head begins to descend. This is where the
developed through the study of weight shift and power transfer begins to
biomechanics. Biomechanists break the happen. During this point, your lower
biomechanics of the golf swing into 6 body is beginning to generate power as
parts. well. The total time the club face is in
The Address, Back Swing, and Transition contact with the ball is about one half
The address is the stage where you place of one millisecond. According to studies
your body in beginning position for your on the biomechanics of the golf swing,
swing. This relates to the biomechanics 80% to 95% of your weight is on your
of the golf swing because it starts how front foot at impact. Even though the
you will move from the grip to the ball is gone at this point, the follow
posture to your alighment. The back swing through is a very important part of the
is the first real movement and thus real biomechanics. This is the stage where
part of the biomechanics of the golf your body decelerates and your body
swing. It is the time when your body absorbs energy back through your body.
begins to "store" the energy that will be The golf swing has a lot to do with the
unleashed on contact with the ball. motion of your body. So, it is easy to
Transition, in terms of the biomechanics see how the study of the biomechanics of
of the golf swing, is the completion of the swing has been a reason for much of
the back swing. This is where your body the improvement in instruction in recent
takes the energy that has been set and years. Know the movements of your body to
begins the transition to the swing where aid your golf swing.






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