Further. Straighter. Higher.
Consistently.
Anatomical Analysis of the swings of Jim McLean, Lexi Thompson, Lucy Li Jim McLean is one of the most famous golf teachers of all time. He has studied the best players of the world in great detail and can recall exactly what type of movements any great player makes. What he teaches is based on […]
Moe Norman’s Golf Swing – an Anatomical Analysis Many visitors to this blog have suggested an assessment of Moe Norman’s (MN) golf swing. It’s easy to assess the manner in which the joints are positioned at the top of the backswing, versus how they are at impact, to comment on injury potential. However, it is […]
Stacy Lewis’ Golf Swing 2014 – An Anatomical Analysis A look at Stacy Lewis’ statistics, score-cards and golf swing will show why she can collect a ton of birdies and have a very cool-blue score card one day (as on Day 4 of the 2014 US Women’s Open) and an orange/red card (with high/heat inducing scores) […]
Lexi Thompson Swing 2014 – Analysis of Joint Positions and Anatomy Even the most talented professional golfers do not make ‘ideal’ swings in terms of how their joints can work best, simply because prior to this no-one has ever thought to consider that aspect. So, an athlete such as Lexi Thompson can improve too, by […]
US Women’s Open 2014 – Day 2 See the top-of-backswing position of Stacy Lewis (leading after Day 1) from the front and rear, Lexi Thompson, Karrie Webb and Cheyenne Woods. Any comments about how their positions are? With respect to joint positions, that is? How many joint positions will each of them have to undo […]
Suzann Pettersen What a phenomenal athlete! Can just imagine how pure her ball striking could be with an anatomically efficient golf swing, where every joint is positioned according to its design-based capabilities. See her golf swing assessed for where her body is during address, backswing and downswing. Also a picture which shows what could have […]
The Common Factor in six MORE top Women’s Backswings Muscles of downswing rotation: The abdominal obliques rotate the spine and the gluteal muscles (along with 6 other ‘ladder’ muscles) rotate the hips. They can rotate best when the spine is as upright as possible and rotate less and less efficiently as the spine and hips […]
The Common Factor in six top Women’s Backswings If you were asked, “What is the single most common swing position seen during the top of these backswings?’, what would your response be? The answer is in the ‘backside’. NONE of theirs have rotated! L to R: Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie, Paula Creamer, Jessica Korda, Se […]
Anatomy of the swings of some participants – similar or different to what the male pros of last week were doing? Anyone care to comment on these backswings – in terms of how many separate joints are being moved and potential consequences to both ball-striking efficiency and injury potential? What seem to be the common […]
Anatomy of new Golf Swing Trends from US Open 2014, Pinehurst No. 2 The new trends that all the pros seem to be following are: 1. Full swing: a big spine forward flexion and a steep lead shoulder tilt during backswing and an equally steep shoulder tilt during downswing. The result? A huge, deep divot.(see […]
Further. Straighter. Higher.
Consistently.