Further. Straighter. Higher.
Consistently.
One more swing to analyze. Another well-known Indian golfer who has had many victories over the last couple of decades. See Gaurav Ghei’s swing and rate its efficiency, as an exercise in understanding what makes a golf swing more- or less- prone to inefficiency and, thus, simultaneously to injury. Click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5lRw-nZl7U
The 50th Hero Indian Open and the swings of the famous golfers who participated in it This event is one of the major’s of the now very busy and heavy-weight Professional Golf Tour of India. The 50th anniversary saw every leading Indian player participate (except Jeev Milkha Singh). […]
Debunking Golf Myths 1 – The X-Factor ALL HUMAN MOVEMENT takes place when muscles act across joints to move skeletal segments (ie bones). A simple example – the bicep (brachii) muscle lies on either end of your elbow. When (via signals from the brain) the bicep muscles contract or shorten, they pull the forearm bones […]
Suzann Pettersen – Solheim Cup Star – uses The Minimalist Golf Swing (eventually) As Suzann Pettersen plays a practice round in preparation for the 2013 Solheim Cup, it is obvious from her swing that it is not co-incidence that she is the highest ranked European player – her swing is a completely Minimalist Golf Swing […]
What will Tiger do next? What he will do next we do not know. What he should do, is first sue Butch Harmon. Then sue Sean Foley. Butch should be held responsible for the exacerbation of his knee injury (see knee injury in the ‘walking the talk’ section of this blog). Sean for his recent […]
When does GOLF become G.O.L.F? What makes GOLF into G.O.L.F – a Game Of Limitless Frustration? When you, as a golfer, have a muscle called the Latissimus Dorsi (LD – which sadly, you do). The LD has also been nicknamed the ‘ass wiper’ muscle. If you stand upright and put your arm behind your back […]
Should Tiger be the Favorite for the 2013 Open Championship? You be the judge: Tiger played with pain in his elbow at Merion and will go into the Muirfield Open without having played much competitive golf in between. Can he win, should he be the favorite. YOU be the judge, with an informed opinion. Below […]
Golf Swing BIO-mechanics Explained This post is dedicated to all the people I’m ‘meeting’ for the first time, via the newly-joined GOLF BIOMECHANISTS facebook group. BIO-MECHANICS involves two parts – the biological system (in this case the human golfer) and the study of that system in terms of mechanics. The whole golf world talks of […]
Tiger Woods Knee and now Elbow (or is it wrist) Injuries See the post before this one first, please. It is NOT about Tiger. He IS the most supreme athlete in the world, one whom a worthy coach could make into a super-human performer. Worthy meaning one who has at least a basic understanding of […]
The US Open and Tiger Woods One MGSS fan texted, “hey I was looking forward to your comments on the US Open, as I enjoyed your remarks after the Seniors’ Championship so much” So, my friend Tom, my response is, “Tiger did not win”, why would I care about the rest of the field. I’d […]
Further. Straighter. Higher.
Consistently.