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Physical principles for the golf swing
Dave Tutelman
-- Sept 1, 2014
Over
the past decade, sports development and instruction has really gotten
on the bandwagon of basing its work on scientific principles. Those
principles have been there and occasionally used for decades, but now
it is going mainstream. People with backgrounds in biomechanics,
physics, and engineering today have the responsibility of speaking to
golf coaches and instructors -- and the coaches and instructors have
the symmetrical responsibility of understanding the science.
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 This article is for the purposes of laying the groundwork for
discussion of the golf swing as a mechanical process. I am writing it
in preparation for one or more articles on the swing itself. I am
trying to pitch it to a level where a diligent student who is not a
scientist or engineer can understand it. As more technology is
available to instrument a golfer's performance or a club's
characteristics, it becomes more important -- soon probably mandatory
-- to know this stuff in order to teach golf or fit golf clubs in a
modern setting.
This article is hardly complete.
I will be working on it over the coming months. The outline is my
intent for the full article, but I have discovered that writing the
article (and especially asking for comments from smart people) changes
what is there. So here is my intent. I will be updating it, and turning
this outline into a table of contents with links as I go. If the item is not a link, then that section has not yet been started.
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- Statics
- Dynamics
- Linear motion
- Angular motion
- Curved motion and radial forces
- Biomechanics
- Muscles and joints
- Force-velocity curves
Please feel free to send me constructive comments, corrections, and things I have left out. I can't promise I'll agree, but I'll consider all suggestions.
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modified -- Sept 1, 2014
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