Further. Straighter. Higher.
Consistently.
Tiger Woods’ March 2014 microdiscectomy (back surgery), what it was, what could have cause it, what next? The thick long, vertical strap muscles which keep our spines erect against the forward pull of gravity, and which have given homo sapiens the ability to evolve to an upright bipedal posture, are the erector spinae (ES) group, […]
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 […]
US Women’s Open 2014 – Day 1 Comments on the ANATOMY of this and that…. Had the honor of speaking with Dr Tom Boers, physiotherapist to the LPGA and PGA Tours. A wonderful quotable quote from him, “The golf swing should be designed around the spine, not the spine around the golf swing”. If only […]
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.