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- 2. Science and Art of the Golf Swing Reeves Weedon Fellow of PGA Head Professional, Hartsbourne CC
- 3. The Phase Seven Swing The Lower Body Swing We teach in metaphors:
- 4. What is The Phase 7 Swing? • A geometric learning system to create a right forearm plane throughout the golf swing. • There are 7 Phases to the golf swing • In = 4 Out = 3
- 5. Philosophies of The Phase 7 Swing • Requirements of the golf swing (Loft, Load, Pressure) • Axis Tilt Removed (Arms below right shoulder) • Mass X Velocity = Momentum (X - Factor)
- 6. Philosophies of The Phase 7 Swing • Gravity • M.O.I (Small) • Any Grip (Strong, Weak, Neutral)
- 7. Pivot Where is behind the ball? • Front to Back Weight Shift Toe / Heel Transverse Body Plane • Still Head & Dynamic Balance = Pivot • Right Side behind the Ball
- 8. Pivot Where is behind the ball? • Opposites Bending - Straitening Up - Down In - Out • Ground Force Dynamic Kinematic Sequence • Newton’s Three Laws of Force and Motion
- 14. • Front to back / back to front weight shift • Feels down to up • Left leg pushes / right leg pulls against the ground • The ground powers the swing • What is heavy going up is light coming down • Value the clubs weight •Arms are dead (legs move the arms) The Lower Body Swing: “The flow of energy through a system acts to organize that system.” Morowitz, Harold J. (1968). Energy Flow in Biology: Biological Organization as a Problem in Thermal Physics. Academic Press.
- 15. • Conservation of angular momentum • Mass • Flow guarantees no blockages • Flexion and extension of the legs rotates what's above • Good players spring up • Fewer injuries • Golf's first lesson should be without a club: leg drill should be the very first introduction to golf • The power creates the swing shape The Lower Body Swing:
- 17. Conclusions No two people swing the golf club in exactly the same way. To be maximally effective as a performer or coach requires scientific understanding combined with experience. “The flow of energy through a system acts to organize that system.”