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PART 3
This Podcast features a conversation between golf instructors about their innovative approach to golf coaching, which focuses on analyzing a golfer's unique movement patterns and matching those patterns to appropriate swing mechanics. They identify nine distinct swing profiles, based on how a golfer's upper and lower body move, arguing that understanding these profiles enables instructors to tailor their teaching to each golfer. They stress the importance of respecting a golfer’s natural movements and building their swing from the ground up, rather than fixing every perceived flaw. The video also highlights how technology like Sportsbox AI can be used to assess a golfer's movement patterns and provide data-driven insights into their swing.

Upper and Lower Body Movement Patterns in the Golf Swing:
The movement patterns of the upper and lower body explain different golf swing profiles by showing how various body styles move during the swing and how these movements affect the golf shot.

Here are some ways upper and lower body movement patterns explain different swing profiles:

● Arm Style:
How the arms fold during the swing has a major impact on the overall profile. There are two main categories:

• OnTop golfers: Elbows pull inward with minimal wrist rotation. They tend to stand closer to the ball, with lower hands and a stronger left-hand grip.


• Under golfers: Show more wrist rotation but less elbow movement, standing farther from the ball with a larger sway gap.

● Leg Style:
Similar to arm style, how the legs move during the swing influences the overall profile.

• Rear-Post golfers: Shift their weight longer onto the right leg and rotate more around the right hip.


• Front-Post golfers: Shift their weight earlier onto the left leg and rotate more around the left hip.


• Center-Post golfers: Move between both legs, with more up-and-down movement in the pelvis.

● Combination of Arm and Leg Styles:
The combination of arm and leg styles creates nine different swing profiles, each with distinct movement patterns that affect factors like sway gap, hand path, clubhead path, and shot shape.

These are general trends, with many exceptions to the rules. Ultimately, the best way to understand one's swing profile is by working with an experienced golf instructor and using technology like motion capture and launch monitors.

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