LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Bio Mechanics Thread: Bio Mechanics View Single Post #50 08-03-2009, 11:27 AM 12 piece bucket Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Thomasville, NC Posts: 4,380 Originally Posted by bioengine What does Homer base his work on Newton's Laws. In Golf Biomechanics we apply Newton's Laws. Homer talks in mecahanical aspects in hinges and levers, coming from an engineering back ground. Homer has great information. Homer has theories and very good theories, although he doesn't tell you application or how to train or how to make the theories work in practice. So how do you teach TGM and how do you apply it? In order for geometry work you need physics. A plane can't fly without an engine. Sure there are biomechanic companies which just do pure research. There are also others which look at how movement patterns work and research ways to build programs how to train the body how to create correct movement patterns. Ok how do you expect someone to get on plane and achieve a flat left wrist if they have a huge lateral slide. Club can't move on plane if it has no axis to move around,Homer says a pivot. Which is your body. If your arms are decelerating due to the lateral slide. How do you prevent them from breaking down and scoping. Teach them plane line and educate hands? when you have no pivot.(your body) Or how about simply teach them how to create better lower body mechanics. Create ground forces and hip rotation so they get rid of the lateral slide. Then they have a pivot,then you can get the club on plane and achieve a flat left wrist. Here's my question how can you teach someone golf when you don't understand how the human body functions. how your body moves, how your body creates speed, how the muscles work and what your body limitations are so you don't get injuries and so you don't teach people to move your body in ways it's not designed to. My question is how can you apply homers work. The Pivot(human Body) is the foundation of homers work. So how can you apply homers work when you don't understand how the human body (PIVOT) works. Good luck, I'd been around TGM all my life and taught TGM as well. I soon learn the that we need a pivot. I hope one day you all come to realize this as well for the better of the game we all love. The Game of Golf OK so a couple of things here . . . . 1. I'd say the first piece again is how the club works. There are plenty of people with crappy pivots that can still play golf because instinctively they know how the face and the club works. But I will agree with you that a functioning pivot certainly is important. 2. Sure we want to understand something about how the body works agreed. So let us define a few parameters to again focus the discussion. How much slide? How much turn? And we talk about that . . . in relation to what? The ball? Also . . . . what plane? The plane angle requires different components in the pivot wouldn't you say? Is there an "optimum" plane from a biomechanics standpoint? What type of shot are you trying to hit? Does that have different pivot requirements? __________________ Aloha Mr. Hand Behold my hands; reach hither thy hand 12 piece bucket View Public Profile Send a private message to 12 piece bucket Find all posts by 12 piece bucket