Introduction to Golf Rehabilitation and Performance: 90 Percent Mental, 90 Percent Physical: Summary 50 Swing Analysis • Two main viewing angles : 1. Face on (FO) 2. Down the line (DTL) • Four checkpoints : 1. Initial takeaway (club at or below belt level) : ■ Wide takeaway (FO) ■ Want to see club head outside the hands (DTL) 2. Top of backswing : ■ L shoulder to or past the ball (FO) ■ Want to see L arm through R shoulder (DTL) 3. Impact :
○ Helpful intervention for golfers who slice the ball Follow-through Issues: • Show the gum (right foot) : Work through follow through and push completely into left side to see whole bottom of right shoe and “show me gum on bottom of shoe” ○ Appropriate for someone who has difficulty rotating hip to the left side because of limited left hip IR and right ER • Club under right heel : Take a wedge and place the clubface under the right heel. The goal is for the club to fall during downswing and follow through to show they are shifting weight better to right side ○ Appropriate to use for a patient who has issue with transferring weight to the right side Hip Limited Hip IR/Adduction/Extension: • Wall hinge ○ Belt buckle left: Using their belt buckle and verbal cuing to turn belt buckle to the left ○ Touch chair with right butt ○ Foam roller/chair drill (avoid sliding) • Backswing (consider right hip) : ○ Belt buckle right: Using their belt buckle and verbal cuing to turn belt buckle to the right ○ Touch chair with right butt: Place chair directly behind your stance; goal is to push chair away with right hip ○ Reach left knee toward ball: Verbal cue to “point left knee toward ball” ■ Appropriate for patient who use more adduction/genu valgus motion at knee instead of hip rotation • Box squat with reach • Single leg dead lift Swing Integration (Hip IR): • Downswing (consider left hip) :
■ Look for the L back pocket (DTL ■ Look for the backwards “K” (FO)
4. Follow-through :
■ Back foot on toe ■ Belt buckle to target
INTERVENTIONS (refer to video for demonstration of each) If there are no movement capacity limitations, the client would likely benefit most from working with a golf coach. If movement limitations exist: 1. Intervene to improve movement limitation 2. Create specificity with the new movement capability Preferred Warm-up • T-walk around • Shoulder points • 9–3 pendulums Foot and Ankle Limited Subtalar Inversion/Eversion: • Manual therapy • Self-mobilization • Heel rockers Downswing Issues: • Water bottle drill (inside left or outside right foot) : Set up your target line and place water bottle just outside/in front of target line. Goal is to avoid hitting water bottle during your downswing:
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