DOI at Birdwood Golf. Teaching, Fitting, TrackMan, and all things Golf. Sometimes I write for GolfWRX. GoHeels!
Charlottesville, VA
Joined June 2011
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Hopefully more players will be open to it. The balls not moving and there are some potential advantages for it. However it’s a little like t(e granny shot in bball. Too many people think it’s too outside the box
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One of my favorite images of the universe. If you held a grain of sand at arms length up to the sky and then pointed a telescope to that patch this is what you see. Most of these dots are GALAXIES! 🤯🤯
👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/
ALT The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.
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.@SashoMacKenzie @Ehenrik rereading paper on th vs fb putters. Am I correct this graph shows a max of .01 newtons and a total of about .015 newtons of torque applied by a TH putter? Can you put that amnt of force into perspective? A quick google suggests that’s one gram of force?
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As always such cool stuff. Makes you wonder if we are hitting the ground 1 inch behind the ball on normal short game shots off of grass without that intention then why are we told to have an intention hit 2 inches behind the ball in bunkers??
Playing around with some FOCAL motion capture data of chips from real grass. At this frame rate we can see how the attack angle changes approaching the ball, the effect of initial ground contact and the dual forces around impact of the ball and the ground. #WedgeScience
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Why not just putt heads up
A characteristic of the best putters in the world is they tend to keep more focus on the hole while setting up.
Just as a basketball player or QB focus on their target and not the ball, looking at the hole more than the ball or putter head can help a golfer with alignment and speed control.
🎥: Golf Level 3
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Geometry in the golf swing is the most overrated, over valued, and over sold part of golf instruction
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I’m ok with “screens” in golf and think it has its place. However I think the best screen is a golf swing. Why? Fixed screens are missing a few components that I think can affect things. Context, intent, and momentum
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PSA - a divots depth, location, length isn’t compression. Attack Angle isn’t compression. Spin loft is
Completely agree. Often other golf instructors ask me why I care about the “science” of the golf swing. Because it has given me insight into what actually matters. IMO my job is mostly preventative care. Making sure players don’t go down the wrong rabbit hole.
I’ll say it again…
The most important thing I have learned about golf swing mechanics is what not to teach as opposed to what to teach.
It’s very freeing.
I just don’t find myself putting pivots in straight jackets and wrists in casts.
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.@paulwood79 @Ehenrik with adjustable weights in a driver, as a fitter, how much can I move the cg of a driver heel to toe by changing the std weight position? Also if I add say 10g of weight how much would it move the cg back? I have no clue. 1 millimeter? Half an inch?
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Some thoughts on why this game is so hard and maybe what we need to prioritize in order to improve performance. Shoutout to @mfinneygolf for a “new” to me portion of this information
