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Guide to the Golf Swing

Guide to the Golf Swing is for the keen golfer interested in understanding the fundamentals of the golf swing, as the basis for improving his or her game. The Guide outlines the key movements in the swing, how to perform them, the joints and muscles involved,and the physics of the individual movements. It also outlines how the movements work together. It concludes with practice and exercise tips.

Guide to the Golf Swing
[PDF] Full Document consisting of 15 chapters and 107 pages

Guide to the Golf Swing
[HTML] Full Document covering 15 chapters

Introduction
[HTML] outlines the content and approach of the Guide

Anatomy, Physics and the Swing
Chapter 1
discusses the interaction of anatomy and physics in the golf swing

Cocking and Uncocking the Wrists
Chapter 2
discusses the wrist component of the golf swing

Rotating the Forearms
Chapter 3
addresses the forearm rotation component within the golf swing

Moving the Upper Arms
Chapter 4
discusses how to use the upper arms

Rotating the Upper Arms
Chapter 5
talks about the rotation of the upper arms in the shoulder sockets

Moving the Shoulder Sockets
Chapter 6
talks about how to move the shoulder sockets

Twisting and Untwisting the Spine
Chapter 7
addresses how to use the spine within the swing

Moving the "Hips"
Chapter 8
discusses how to make the hip socket rotate within the swing

Spinal Tilt
Chapter 9
discusses the little understood spinal tilt movement in the swing

Some Elementary Physics
Chapter 10
discusses the applicability of elementary physics to the golf swing

Physics and the Swing's Movements
Chapter 11
applies elementary physics to the previously discussed basic movements in the swing

Modeling the Swing
Chapter 12
provides a basic model of the swing

Applying the Golf Swing Model
Chapter 13
applies the basic model of the swing to key questions related to the swing

Applying the Movements
Chapter 14
gives ideas about how to apply ideas in the Guide to your swing

Exercising for the Golf Swing
Chapter 15
provides some basic exercises related to the movements in the swing

Guide to the Putting Stroke

Guide to the Putting Stroke [PDF} applies many of the themes in the Guide to the Golf Swing to the putting stroke. It examines various ways one can stroke a putt against factors relevant to effectiveness.

Guide to the Putting Stroke
Full document
PDF version consisting of 8 chapters.

Guide to the Putting Stroke
Full document
HTML version consisting of 8 chapters.

Introduction
Chapter 1
outlines the approach taken in the guide

Putting Stroke Criteria
Chapter 2
outlines the criteria to be used to evaluate the different types of stroke

Wrist Only Stroke
Chapter 3
describes and assesses the wrists-only stroke

Lead Arm Stroke
Chapter 4
describes and assesses the lead arm stroke

Shoulder Socket Stroke
Chapter 5
describes and assesses the shoulder socket stroke

Spinal Twist Stroke
Chapter 6
describes and assesses the spinal twist stroke

Spinal Tilt Stroke
Chapter 7
describes and assesses the spinal tilt stroke

Summing Up
Chapter 8
reaches a conclusion

Other

Golf Model XLSX Spreadsheet
the spreadsheet used in the Guide to the Golf Swing to calculate the effect on minimum club head speed of the various movements in the golf swing.

Golf Swing Speed Diary
provides a daily summary of practice sessions which use a radar device that measures swing speeds to test a variety of ideas in the Guide to the Golf Swing

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