The first report of an extensive study on the golf swing was just released, so that an analysis can be presented here. The report is of particular importance because it confirms the material presented in the last two chapters.
The research in question is being conducted by Dr. Raymond Snyder, head of Physical Education at UCLA, and his assistant in the same work, Mrs. Nanette Me-Intyre. Dr. Snyder and Mrs. Mclntyre are both golfers and they wanted to clarify certain theories about the golf swing.
They were ably assisted by touring professionals who willingly placed their swings "on the scale" and in front of an accurate background.
An ingenious arrangement of two scales, arranged so that the player had one foot on each scale, was placed in front of a cross-lined background. Motion pictures taken at 64 frames per second registered every motion of the player, every position of the club, and disposition of the weight from the start to the finish of the golf stroke.
The first point of the investigation was to determine whether golfers did shift their weight during a golf swing, and, if so, how much.
The findings were that each and every one of the players shifted his weight to the right foot for the back-swing and reshifted his weight to the left foot for the downswing and follow through. And what might be a most surprising thing to many golfers is the fact that the same consistency of weight shift took place when these golfers each played three shots with a #8 iron.
A rather startling claim was made in presenting this report: that while all the golfers eventually wound up on their left foot at the end of the stroke, the greater percentage-28 out of 42 on the wood shots 33 out of 42 on the iron shots showed more weight on their right foot at the point of impact with the ball. continue analysis of UCLA golf research...