Assessment of planarity of the golf swing based on the functional swing plane of the clubhead and motion planes of the body points.
Sports Biomech
; 11(2): 127-48, 2012 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the functional swing plane (FSP) of the clubhead and the motion planes (MPs) of the shoulder/arm points and (2) to assess planarity of the golf swing based on the FSP and the MPs. The swing motions of 14 male skilled golfers (mean handicap = -0.5 +/- 2.0) using three different clubs (driver, 5-iron, and pitching wedge) were captured by an optical motion capture system (250Hz). The FSP and MPs along with their slope/relative inclination and direction/direction of inclination were obtained using a new trajectory-plane fitting method. The slope and direction of the FSP revealed a significant club effect (p < 0.001). The relative inclination and direction of inclination of the MP showed significant point (p < 0.001) and club (p < 0.001) effects and interaction (p < 0.001). Maximum deviations of the points from the FSP revealed a significant point effect (p < 0.001) and point-club interaction (p < 0.001). It was concluded that skilled golfers exhibited well-defined and consistent FSP and MPs, and the shoulder/arm points moved on vastly different MPs and exhibited large deviations from the FSP. Skilled golfers in general exhibited semi-planar downswings with two distinct phases a transition phase and a planar execution phase.
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Asunto principal:
Equipo Deportivo
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Rendimiento Atlético
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Golf
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Revista:
Sports Biomech
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA ESPORTIVA
Año:
2012
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos