Regarding the hips and shoulders being open the same amount at impact I have a ques. Does this then mean that the hips need to turn more in the back swing than x-factor type instruction tells us? Or are the shoulders and hips matching up at impact as a result of the shoulders catching up to the hips?
On the back swing separation or x factor is a myth and not important, all that matter is separation between the hips and upperbody is created on the downswing.
The biggest mistake the X- factor boys made is they don't understand how the body functions.
What they don't understand is why you create separation between the hips and upper body on the downswing. And how you achieve this either.
It's not important to how much your turn your hips in relation to your upper body.The reason you create separation is to elongate the muscles group from the hips to upperbody. The elongation stretches the muscle groups. This also releases a chemical energy which makes the muscles fire. To activate this you only initially need to turn the hips 5 to 10 degrees. Important, once you created separation the lower body must stabilize, so you can you fire the upper body straight away.
If you maintain separation for two long the chemical energy turns into heat. It must be loaded and fired straight away or you lose loading and firing of the muscles.
Th Mistake the x-factors boys made is they don't understand this. They tell you you turn your hips as far left as possible lagging the upper body as long as possible.Ok you have the stretch effect. But the chemical energy has turned to heat, cause you held the stretch to long and haven't loaded and fired your muscles straight away, Now you have lost the chemical energy from holding the stretch to long, the muscles can't load and fire. You have lost the loading and firing of the muscles ,the engines which drive conservation of momentum.
Other two holes with their theory is that they don't understand the lower body must stabilize at impact,this allow you to load and fire your muscles in the upper body. also the lower body stabilizing transfer speed the hips have created to the upper body.(conservation of momentum).
So with their theory you have already lost conservation of momentum and you lost your engine which creates speed loading and firing of the muscles.
The last one is they don't realize they are injuring people. when the upper body is lagged behind and the hips are turned left to much this puts huge rotation torque on the spine. This puts huge forces on the spine and cause lower back injuries.
They don't understand the limitations spine.
It's like Rosey at TPI he's a chiro that's it, he has no biomechanics background, He creates his theories off his chiro background.
Kinematic sequence. Mean to ignore the laws of motion.
So he doesn't understand the laws of human motion and how the body functions or moves and the physics behind it all.
x-factor boys are coming from a mechanics background(golf coaches) they don't understand either the laws of human motion and how the body functions or moves and the physics behind it.
When ever reading up on biomechanics look at their background first.
Last edited by bioengine : 08-06-2009 at 06:55 AM.
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