If you’re going to speed train, it’s important to understand the underlying physical dynamics and potential risks. Learn more from Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Michael Jacobs.
Part 2: Tension / Compression / Shear
Want to know if speed training will help your game—and if you’re doing it correctly? Start with this series from Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Michael Jacobs.
Part 1 - Assessing your feet and lifting your heel
The Science of the Golf Swing Simplified.
An overview of Alpha, Beta and Gamma Forces and Torques.
Follow up to a discussion in Post Modern Golf Group
What are the rotations that happen in the golf swing according to real 3D?
Questions and Answers with Michael Jacobs: Arms and Club during a golf swing
Using the Science of the Golf Swing to look at Matt Wolf's Swing
Linear momentum is the product of mass and velocity. When you analyze the linear momentum of the various segments of a good player—and how those values relate to each other—you get what might be a very different understanding than you currently have about the swing.
Michael Jacobs describes how is ‘lag’ is being utilized in high performance golf swings.
The hub path is defined as the path of travel your hands move on during your swing. Every player has a slightly different hub path, and the hub path you have is a good indicator of how efficiently you transfer the energy from your body into the club at the ball.
Jacobs 3D Animation of Kinetic Energy Globes
Jacobs 3D Kinetic Energy Globes of Nelly Korda
Jacobs 3D simulation:
Nelly Korda’s velocity of each body segment
A Jacobs 3D animation of Padraig Harrington’s Mass Center Speed & Direction
A discussion on Nelly Korda and Padraig Harrington’s golf swing, the linear momentum of their rib cage and arms.
Michael Jacobs breaks down the complexity of the shoulder joint and how it is actually a combination of 3 joints.
Jacobs 3D Golf welcomes the new book - Science of the Golf Swing. In this first show of 2019, Michael introduces the book and the kinetic drivers of force.
Using the Jacobs 3D Full Body Model to explain how the lead arm moves relative to the chest on the backswing.
Michael Jacobs describes the concept of Parametric Acceleration.
Fun with Torque
I always like to perform “real-world” experiments to see if what we’re finding in the research matches the felt experience. This video demonstrates what happens in the interaction between you and the golf club. It might challenge what you may have heard about the way players push and pull on the handle down near the ball. It can be a heavy lift to absorb this material, so we broke the video into two parts!
Michael Jacobs explains a key component of force in a golf swing, Alpha Force.
The continued fascination with a shallowing “lay down” move in a golf swing gets unrevealed in this classic video.
The golf world is fascinated with “shallowing the club.”
Michael Jacobs describes the kinetics of shallowing.
Michael Jacobs, author of the Science of the Golf Swing, breaks down the dynamics of Brooks Koepka's swing from slow motion video.
Improve Your Takeaway with Understanding Force and Torque
