Introduction to Golf Rehabilitation and Performance: 90 Percent Mental, 90 Percent Physical: Summary 48 • Handicap (relative to par)/index (accounts RELEVANT ANATOMY
for course rating/slope): Handicap allows for those who are not of equal playing skill to play together fairly by adjusting the par/ score Anatomy of a Golf Club • Grip : Where your hands go on the club • Shaft : Metal or graphite • Hosel : Area of the shaft just above the club head • Head : Where you want to make contact with the ball • Face : Face of the club—consists of a flat surface that is meant to strike the ball. The angle at which that surface is inclined, called the loft, varies from club to club; the putter will see a completely flat face while a wedge will see a pronounced angle that will send the ball on a high flight path • Toe : Specific region of the clubface that is located between the sweetspot and the very end of the club • Sole : Located at the bottom of the clubhead and consists of the area located between the heel and the toe, and between the leading and trailing edges • Leading edge : The area where the clubface meets the sole • Trailing edge : The area where the sole meets the back of the clubhead • Bounce : The angle formed by the line of the sole of the club in relation to the line of the ground. Wet conditions = more bounce, firm/dry conditions = less bounce • Loft : The angle formed by the intersection of the line of the clubface and the line of the shaft Shot Physics • Ball behavior will depend on face angle relative to swing path relative to the target • Swing considerations: ○ Path : Direction the club is being moved ○ Face : Angle of the face when club hits the ball ○ Target : Line that is chosen between where golfer is and where they want to hit ball
Foot/Ankle • Regions:
○ Forefoot ○ Midfoot ○ Rearfoot ○ Ankle
• Actions:
○ Tibial rotation ○ Dorsiflexion ○ Plantarflexion
○ Inversion ○ Eversion
○ Internal rotation (IR) ○ External rotation (ER) ○ Supination/pronation
Hip • Regions :
○ Femoroacetabular joint: Femur + Innominate (acetabulum)
• Actions :
○ Internal rotation (IR) ○ External rotation (ER)
○ Adduction ○ Abduction ○ Flexion ○ Extension
Thorax • Regions/components : ○ Thoracic spine ○ Ribs ○ Sternum • Thoracic spine actions : ○ Flexion ○ Extension ○ Side bend (left/right) ○ Rotation (left/right)
• Rib actions :
○ Bucket handle—lower ribs ○ Pump handle—upper ribs
Shoulder • Regions/components :
○ GH joint ○ Humerus ○ Scapula (glenoid)
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