High-tech mobility analysis diagnoses the golfer’s swing defect

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Waving a golf club consistently is a daunting task, but it is nearly impossible when you are limited by mobility. The problem is that many golfers struggle even without knowing it.

The story of one such student is highlighted below. Fortunately for him, he was guided by one of the smartest minds in the game, Tom Stickney, a golf teacher.

Continue reading As Stickney explains how he used Proscreen AI to diagnose students’ travel restrictions to put him on a better swing path than ever before.

As you get older, it becomes increasingly difficult to move your body, generate speed and place yourself in a solid basic position during the swing. Due to this reality, disadvantages are often achieved. It is these swing defects that are caused by the physiology of poverty that even hinder the world’s best golfers. Second, because these problems are impossible to “see” most teachers try to place students in positions that cannot be physically acquired, which leads to improvements in pauses.

Over time, some organizations in other sports focused on using functional sports screens to test athletes’ abilities, but it was not widely used in golf training until the TPI created by Dr. Greg Rose and Dr. David Phillips. They developed a series of “tests” of subjective movements that will show lecturers to the extent to which their students can move their bodies. Whether it’s weak points (whether it’s weak points) in terms of stability or mobility, a workout plan can be developed based on these tests so that players can eliminate this flaw and get better over time.

With the advent of new video-based 3D motion analysis and AI products, the market has launched subjective and measurements to screen golfers. Now, for the first time we are able to map the golfer’s mobile screen in any case and show them how much they actually move. This provides us with a numerical baseline for players’ ranges of movement, mobility, and stability over different body segments, and these results can be compared over time to see how the player’s body reacts as it continues to stretch, exercise, or do anything needed to do for improvement.

Here is the five-minute test protocol I used, one of my students screened one of my students the following actions: golf pose, bracket rotation on the golf course, down-regulated rotation on the lower golf course, elevated rotation, spanning hips, internal hip rotation, external hip rotation, external hip rotation, back bend, outer shoulder rotation, shoulder bend and shoulder bend and single leg balance.

These tests show that the golfer’s ability to “move” in the three sports planes the golfer needs to move into and will show us any flaws they may have.

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When evaluating the player’s swing mechanism, it was clear that they were struggling with impacts on left shoulder mobility and limited left hip mobility. These interconnected problems greatly affect their overall swing performance. The left shoulder mobility problem is caused by kicking during backward movement, which undermines the necessary positioning for effective shooting. When the player struggles with his left shoulder, the arm tends to lift and push, resulting in a disadvantageous club position. This misalignment not only hinders them from building a strong contact capability, but also complicates the transition to the hem.

The more complicated issue is the player’s limited left hip mobility. This limitation further exacerbates the pressure transfer problem during the swing. When players try to initiate downward movement, they tend to transfer more weight to their left hip and left heel, creating a smaller, narrower posture through the batting area. Unlike elite golfers who maintain an elevated posture through the batting area, the player’s lower body movement is limited to a lack of swing power and fluidity.

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Addressing left shoulder and left hip mobility issues is crucial for the player’s improvement. By enhancing shoulder mobility, they can achieve more effective takeaway and club position, which is essential for a successful swing. In addition, increasing hip mobility will promote better stress transfer and promote more dynamic declines.

Ultimately, addressing these interconnected mobility issues will lead to a more consistent, more powerful swing that allows players to perform best in the course. Focusing on these aspects of the game can change their overall performance and enhance their enjoyment of the sport.

Through Proscreen’s KAMS testing protocol, we found that diagnosing left shoulder and left hip mobility issues affecting this player’s swing mechanism became easier. This objective evaluation simplifies the process of identifying specific failures that may not attract attention. Ultimately, the KAMS test emphasizes the importance of precise evaluation, allowing us to effectively locate and address player performance challenges.

As always, players and coaches have two options to choose once they get the analysis results – if the golfer is unwilling to exercise, work on the body of the gym or on the “swing defect”. Obviously, exercise will be the best option for TPI proof, but it is well known that some people refuse to go to the gym, so the only way we can effectively wield is to address our physical weaknesses. But if we cannot determine that functional exercise inefficiency, we cannot effectively teach our golfers.

Tom Stickney is the headmaster of the musical instruments of Jonathan Landing Club in Jupiter, Florida and is a 100 golf teacher. He can be contacted at tom@jonathanslanding.com.