I don't know why you have gone off on a tangent by writing about "motivation". I was only stating that golf instructors have to understand human biomechanics and teach golfers to swing efficiently within the framework of their biomechanical limitations. It is my experience that many golf instructors are near-clueless regarding the topic of biomechanical limitations and their "effects" on the optimum execution of the golf swing.
Jeff.
I would agree, about some being clueless. But, you say "limitations", and I say abilities. I don't like the victim mentality, so my issue is with the verbiage.
It's important to be able to accommodate. One of my students is a double amputee from above the knees. I would say that's not the best case scenario for golf. But, other than looking a little stiff, you'd never know. I've seen him hit it about 240 with a driver. My goal for him is 100% of his potential. It's not to lament over his "limitations".
I think of the word "abilities" and "limitations" being equivalent from a biomechanical perspective - because I don't harbor any emotional feelings about any golfer's limited biomechanical abilities. I am totally neutral, and I simply try and understand how to best optimize a golfer's golf swing biomechanics/mechanics/physics for his "given" set of biomechanical abilities (limitations).
You wrote-: "I cannot see the fingers of the pianist playing Mozart that misses a key, but I can hear it. Must everything been seen to know?"
I think that's a weak argument. You are using your auditory sense organ to assess the accuracy of a pianist's note-playing. That's appropriate because you are using the appropriate sense organ to sense sound waves. However, if you want to assess whether the pianist's fingers are moving in space properly, then you must use the appropriate sense organ - the visual sense organ (or its appropriate surrogate substitute, a high speed swing video camera).
If the clubshaft hosel is actually moving around the clubhead sweetspot in space during the golf swing, then surely it must be visually-apparent.
I think of the word "abilities" and "limitations" being equivalent from a biomechanical perspective - because I don't harbor any emotional feelings about any golfer's limited biomechanical abilities. I am totally neutral, and I simply try and understand how to best optimize a golfer's golf swing biomechanics/mechanics/physics for his "given" set of biomechanical abilities (limitations).
Jeff.
How much do you teach, and do you often work with those that have "limited biomechanical abilities"?
Hybrid Mode
