If you want to really get good at this game, you’ll need to have a basic understanding of the swing motion as it relates to the movement of specific muscles and muscle groups. What these muscles are doing and when they are doing it in the golf swing is referred to as kinetic swing movement. Kinetics is the study of human movement through our muscles. As it relates to the golf swing, we are moving our body in a specific way all the while our muscles are being pulled and fired in a particular sequence to deliver the most powerful, effective and efficient hit to a golf ball.

Maximizing your Kinetic Technique is about developing your muscles through training, strengthening and stretching in such a way that makes them readily adaptable to good swing mechanics. This can be akin to kneading dough or preparing prior to its use. You cant expect an athletic swing if your muscles are not able to sustain the correct positions or movements in the swing. You’’ll need to knead your muscles or prepare them for it. Nowadays there are golf swing biomechanists, state of the art technologies and fitness trainers out there. Unless you are a top ranked Tour Professional and care to spend the excess money to refer to all these Gurus you’ll need to narrow your search down to one mentor that can get you one the right path. You cant do this on your own. Even if you are an expert in golf swing bio-mechanics and kinetics you cant see your own swing. a professional can and will be able to easily show you and train you forward. Below is a three part guide to follow with questions you’ll need to ask in finding the right person to help you Maximize Your Kinetic Technique.

1. Find a Swing Doctor with a specialty in kinetics. You’ll need someone in the business with a solid understanding of golf swing kinetics. Ask him/her upfront if they work on kinetics in their lessons. Find out what type of credentials they have. Are they a PGA Professional? a good starting point is http://www.pga.com/profinder/. It is a database of golf professionals and searchable by location. Asl them if they have any other certifications of expertise? The PGA also offers many continuing study classes and certifications for professionals in the areas of golf instruction. Titleist has the TPI Performance Institute that certifies professionals into the area of fitness of the golf swing. http://www.mytpi.com/joinMyTPI.asp Most top-rated golf instructors in the industry today will have some type of additional training in the area of kinetics to be considered worthy as your general practitioner.

2. Find out if they have a charting or progress system to develop their students along. Just like fitness trainers have a system, so should your golf instructor. It is nearly impossible to reach your goals without a plan or a maps. A lot of pros I know are using internet sites with portals to communicate to their students lesson plans and progress. A popular system now is smarterlessons.com. Smarterlessons allows students to login to an account, sign up for lessons, see note and videos from their last lessons, etc. I myself have a website that utilizes a personalized student/instructor communication vehicle. Sending videos, specific lessons assignments and schedules are essential my relationship with my students and this is all available to them online – www.bertgesgolf.com.

3. Find someone using some cutting edge diagnostics to support their lessons. A good teacher might be able to see and detect good kinetics with his/her trained eye, but the only way you’ll ever get to see it yourself is through video, print-outs and charts. It is just a good idea to have some data to be able to verify your status and make a plan of progress. high speed video or other technologies to compare or help you to develop better swing kinetics. Below is a list of some of the best of the best technologies in swing diagnostics. Your instructor should have access to at the very least one of these trusted toolsbelow. This is not a comprehensive list but a good start.

- Video Analysis-

• V1 Golf is the leader in video analysis. www. v1golf.com ( This is the one I currently use)

• Astar. another solid video analysis program. http://www.astarls.com/

- Motion or Movement Detection-

• Kvest – sophisticated technology to determine, detect and progress proper body motion in the golf swing. www.kvest.com

• Model Golf – Model golf has a swing model based on hundreds of Tour Professionals. You can compare you swing to this model through their software. www.modelgolf.com

• Golf Tec – They use their gswing system to turn physical movement into fact-based feedback. www.golftec.com

Remember, the key to all of this is to find the right person with the right tools. Do a little research and even print this article out for future reference. It will be worth the effort. Good luck and happy golfing!

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