Bio Mechanics

[12 piece bucket]

What does Homer base his work on Newton's Laws.
In Golf Biomechanics we apply Newton's Laws.
Homer talks in mecahanical aspects in hinges and levers, coming from an engineering back ground. Homer has great information.
Homer has theories and very good theories, although he doesn't tell you application or how to train or how to make the theories work in practice.
So how do you teach TGM and how do you apply it?
In order for geometry work you need physics.
A plane can't fly without an engine.

Sure there are biomechanic companies which just do pure research.

There are also others which look at how movement patterns work and research ways to build programs how to train the body how to create correct movement patterns.

Ok how do you expect someone to get on plane and achieve a flat left wrist if they have a huge lateral slide. Club can't move on plane if it has no axis to move around,Homer says a pivot.
Which is your body.
If your arms are decelerating due to the lateral slide.
How do you prevent them from breaking down and scoping.
Teach them plane line and educate hands? when you have no pivot.(your body)
Or how about simply teach them how to create better lower body mechanics.
Create ground forces and hip rotation so they get rid of the lateral slide. Then they have a pivot,then you can get the club on plane and achieve a flat left wrist.

Here's my question how can you teach someone golf when you don't understand how the human body functions. how your body moves, how your body creates speed, how the muscles work and what your body limitations are so you don't get injuries and so you don't teach people to move your body in ways it's not designed to.

My question is how can you apply homers work. The Pivot(human Body) is the foundation of homers work. So how can you apply homers work when you don't understand how the human body (PIVOT) works.
Good luck, I'd been around TGM all my life and taught TGM as well. I soon learn the that we need a pivot.
I hope one day you all come to realize this as well for the better of the game we all love. The Game of Golf

OK so a couple of things here . . . .

1. I'd say the first piece again is how the club works. There are plenty of people with crappy pivots that can still play golf because instinctively they know how the face and the club works. But I will agree with you that a functioning pivot certainly is important.

2. Sure we want to understand something about how the body works agreed. So let us define a few parameters to again focus the discussion. How much slide? How much turn? And we talk about that . . . in relation to what? The ball? Also . . . . what plane? The plane angle requires different components in the pivot wouldn't you say? Is there an "optimum" plane from a biomechanics standpoint? What type of shot are you trying to hit? Does that have different pivot requirements?

[bioengine]

Bucket,
I will get back to you on this, I spent sometime replying to your questions and the site crashed on me.
on a quick note golf is a dynamic and power ballistic sport.
One think I do disagree on is positions and angles. I see other companies speak about the hips being open x amount of degrees etc.
Yeah great thats going to help us, for example one mob beleive the hips are 40 degress at impact, Great so how do you get your hips to be 40 degress at impact??? how do we know where 40 degress is in space.

What's important is how to train the body to create effective movement patterns and dynamics so we create good position and angles.

I will answer your questions further in the next few days.

[12 piece bucket]

Bucket,
I will get back to you on this, I spent sometime replying to your questions and the site crashed on me.
on a quick note golf is a dynamic and power ballistic sport.
One think I do disagree on is positions and angles. I see other companies speak about the hips being open x amount of degrees etc.
Yeah great thats going to help us, for example one mob beleive the hips are 40 degress at impact, Great so how do you get your hips to be 40 degress at impact??? how do we know where 40 degress is in space.

What's important is how to train the body to create effective movement patterns and dynamics so we create good position and angles.

I will answer your questions further in the next few days.

Thanks I look forward to your reply . . . . I don't disagree with the angles piece necessarily . . . However, I think if you look at swings like Snead vs. Hogan vs. Nelson vs. Jack vs. Palmer vs. Buck they all had very dynamic but very different pivots and sequencing . . . much to do with different ball flights . . . the pivot can have MAJOR implications on launch conditions via differences in the angle of approach and angle of attack.













That being said there are probably common demoninators as well . . .

Good discussion . . . thanks for putting the time in.

[bioengine]

Bucket,
Due to privacy agreements with tour players, I can't mention names.
Over the years the boys have provided evaluations to at least 4 former number 1 players in the world over the years.
Interesting enough.
They all had 6-M-1 starting form the ground. This was measured.
They all had an awesome kinetic link (6-M-1).
at impact their hips were open between 20 to 25 degrees.
Hips and shoulders were perpendicular to their spine at impact. So hips and shoulder were square to each other at impact.
With minimal right lateral bending.
Then all had good muscular loading. Fire and load muscle in right sequence in swing.
The way they fired their body in sequence was all very similar.
All had ground forces and stable lower body mechanics, which stabilized at impact, actually their hip counter torque at impact.
Once the upper body was square to their hips at impact and club was released the hips and shoulder turned to finish position as together as one.

Like all these guys above appear to be similar.

This is what is interesting, their geometry all looked different,
even though their physics was the same, they created similar movement patterns. One thing which was the same is their sequence or kinetic link to start the downswing were the same. ( 6-M-1)

Although their plane work around the axis of their spine.

Is interesting even though their physics were identical their geometry appeared different. There swing all looked unique and different to each other.
I thinks it's pretty cool.
Primarily we focus on is creating the right physics and movement patterns. Then create training programs for each person so they can develop effective movement patterns.
Basically what we do is screen a golfers to measure their movement patterns, then create a program to improve movement patterns to create the right physics and develop a kineticlink (6-M-1

[12 piece bucket]

Bucket,
Due to privacy agreements with tour players, I can't mention names.
Over the years the boys have provided evaluations to at least 4 former number 1 players in the world over the years.
Interesting enough.
They all had 6-M-1 starting form the ground. This was measured.
They all had an awesome kinetic link (6-M-1).
at impact their hips were open between 20 to 25 degrees.
Hips and shoulders were perpendicular to their spine at impact. So hips and shoulder were square to each other at impact.
With minimal right lateral bending.
Then all had good muscular loading. Fire and load muscle in right sequence in swing.The way they fired their body in sequence was all very similar.
All had ground forces and stable lower body mechanics, which stabilized at impact, actually their hip counter torque at impact.
Once the upper body was square to their hips at impact and club was released the hips and shoulder turned to finish position as together as one.

Like all these guys above appear to be similar.

This is what is interesting, their geometry all looked different,
even though their physics was the same, they created similar movement patterns. One thing which was the same is their sequence or kinetic link to start the downswing were the same. ( 6-M-1)

Although their plane work around the axis of their spine.

Is interesting even though their physics were identical their geometry appeared different. There swing all looked unique and different to each other.
I thinks it's pretty cool.
Primarily we focus on is creating the right physics and movement patterns. Then create training programs for each person so they can develop effective movement patterns.
Basically what we do is screen a golfers to measure their movement patterns, then create a program to improve movement patterns to create the right physics and develop a kineticlink (6-M-1

Very good . . . . so focusing on the similarities exclusive of geometry (which I think is significant at least to the curvature of the ball) . . . .

I highlighted some of what you mentioned in terms of similarities . . .

1. When you say the hips and shoulders are perpendicular to the spine . . . .what do you mean there?

2. As far as the hips and shoulders, was the center of the hip turn in front of the center of the shoulder turn? If so how much?

3. When you say the hips and shoulders were square . . . you mean open the same amount?

4. Minimal lateral bending . . . is that bending to the right with the spine?

5. Could you elaborate on muscle loading?

As to geometry, to me the geometry differences are very significant maybe not interms of generating speed BUT almost everything interms of determing trajectory, start line and curvature. If you consider the differences in grip type and where the arms of the players I posted are in relation to the ball the release motions are vastly different. These players all hit vastly different "stock" shots as well as a result of the different launch conditions produced by their respective geometry.

No question the ball responds to speed generated by the similarities you mentioned that you have studied. But it also responds to the particular face path angle of attack, angle of approach and ascent produced by the different geometries.

But I'm very interested in similarities that you have found.

[Yoda]

Great stuff, guys.

Listening!

[bioengine]

Thanks I look forward to your reply . . . . I don't disagree with the angles piece necessarily . . . However, I think if you look at swings like Snead vs. Hogan vs. Nelson vs. Jack vs. Palmer vs. Buck they all had very dynamic but very different pivots and sequencing . . . much to do with different ball flights . . . the pivot can have MAJOR implications on launch conditions via differences in the angle of approach and angle of attack.













That being said there are probably common demoninators as well . . .

Good discussion . . . thanks for putting the time in.

Very good . . . . so focusing on the similarities exclusive of geometry (which I think is significant at least to the curvature of the ball) . . . .

I highlighted some of what you mentioned in terms of similarities . . .

1. When you say the hips and shoulders are perpendicular to the spine . . . .what do you mean there?

2. As far as the hips and shoulders, was the center of the hip turn in front of the center of the shoulder turn? If so how much?

3. When you say the hips and shoulders were square . . . you mean open the same amount?

4. Minimal lateral bending . . . is that bending to the right with the spine?

5. Could you elaborate on muscle loading?

As to geometry, to me the geometry differences are very significant maybe not interms of generating speed BUT almost everything interms of determing trajectory, start line and curvature. If you consider the differences in grip type and where the arms of the players I posted are in relation to the ball the release motions are vastly different. These players all hit vastly different "stock" shots as well as a result of the different launch conditions produced by their respective geometry.

No question the ball responds to speed generated by the similarities you mentioned that you have studied. But it also responds to the particular face path angle of attack, angle of approach and ascent produced by the different geometries.

But I'm very interested in similarities that you have found.

Yeah ball flight will be different everyone compresses the ball different so they are going to create different spin rates and ball flights. Another factor is also club fitting kick points,shaft flex and lofts etc.

Q1 Ok picture this T the horizontal line represents the shoulders and vertical live represents the spine.
For the hips turn the T up side down again horizontal line are hips and vertical are spine. Hips and shoulder are perpendicular to the spine.

Q2 Hips aren't in front at all at impact. They are square to each other at impact. On 2D video cause sometimes true impact is in between frames. 2D can't pick this up at all. You need to be able to measure ball collision and body rotational speeds to gather this information. But when measured this is what occurs. Down side of 2d video can't measure speed or movement patterns.

Q3 Yeah that's right on good player or people who have good movement patterns between 20 to 25 degrees open left of target line. The hips and shoulders are open the same (square) belt buckle and sternum are in line.

Q4 Minimal lateral bending is your tilt or bending to right at impact, very important this stabilizes at impact doesn't continue to lateral bend. The straighter spine better the rotation and better transfer of speed to next body segment.

Q5 Muscular loading is loading and firing muscles groups in the golf swing. There are two things which drive 6-M-1
Conservation of momentum and muscular loading. Muscular loading power of fires conservation of momentum in each body segment.

We measure the muscles loading and firing in the golfswing.
We measure how effectively you loaded them and how well you fire your muscles.We look at if you loaded and fired your muscle groups in the right sequence and if you fired them at the right time.

We teach people how to train there body to create conservation of momentum and how to load and fire their muscles. through training they learn how to do this naturally when they play..

myself I have 6-M-1, conservation of momentum, I know how to load and fire my muscles right. I can have my hips and shoulders square at impact, my hips and shoulders are perpendicular to my spine. This why my back doesn't hurt.
I call compress the golf ball pretty good and very well known for my striking abilities.

[12 piece bucket]

Yeah ball flight will be different everyone compresses the ball different so they are going to create different spin rates and ball flights. Another factor is also club fitting kick points,shaft flex and lofts etc.

Q1 Ok picture this T the horizontal line represents the shoulders and vertical live represents the spine.
For the hips turn the T up side down again horizontal line are hips and vertical are spine. Hips and shoulder are perpendicular to the spine.

Q2 Hips aren't in front at all at impact. They are square to each other at impact. On 2D video cause sometimes true impact is in between frames. 2D can't pick this up at all. You need to be able to measure ball collision and body rotational speeds to gather this information. But when measured this is what occurs. Down side of 2d video can't measure speed or movement patterns.

Q3 Yeah that's right on good player or people who have good movement patterns between 20 to 25 degrees open left of target line. The hips and shoulders are open the same (square) belt buckle and sternum are in line.

Q4 Minimal lateral bending is your tilt or bending to right at impact, very important this stabilizes at impact doesn't continue to lateral bend. The straighter spine better the rotation and better transfer of speed to next body segment.

Q5 Muscular loading is loading and firing muscles groups in the golf swing. There are two things which drive 6-M-1
Conservation of momentum and muscular loading. Muscular loading power of fires conservation of momentum in each body segment.

We measure the muscles loading and firing in the golfswing.
We measure how effectively you loaded them and how well you fire your muscles.We look at if you loaded and fired your muscle groups in the right sequence and if you fired them at the right time.

We teach people how to train there body to create conservation of momentum and how to load and fire their muscles. through training they learn how to do this naturally when they play..

myself I have 6-M-1, conservation of momentum, I know how to load and fire my muscles right. I can have my hips and shoulders square at impact, my hips and shoulders are perpendicular to my spine. This why my back doesn't hurt.
I call compress the golf ball pretty good and very well known for my striking abilities.

Interesting stuff . . . . . In your training exercise . . . . are the "golfy"? Do they mimic a "golf like" pivot? Or do you work on the separate components lateral, vertical and rotary separate?

thanks.

B