Effect of 6-iron club properties on thorax and pelvis rotation at key events of the golf swing

Betzler, N; Brown, S; Wallace, E S; Otto, S R; Shan, G

Abstract

Various previous studies analysed trunk alignment at key events of the golf swing, but in most cases players swung only one type of golf club or clubs from different categories (for example a driver and a 5-iron). However, a better understanding of how players adapt their swing to different design variations of a single type of club could improve the design and club fitting process. Hence, the aim of this study was to analyse whether golfers adapted their swing kinematics when swinging 6-irons with different mechanical properties. Five skilled male golfers performed four swings with each of ten different commercially available 6-irons. To characterise swing kinematics, thorax and pelvis rotation were recorded using an optical motion capture system (Vicon v8i, f=250 Hz, 12 cameras, Oxford Metrics. U.K). Temporal swing characteristics did not change significantly depending on the club used, but significant variations (P

Citation

Betzler, N., Brown, S., Wallace, E. S., Otto, S. R., & Shan, G. (2008). Effect of 6-iron club properties on thorax and pelvis rotation at key events of the golf swing. In Science and Golf V. Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, 455-461

• Conference Name: World Scientific Congress of Golf V
• Start Date: Mar 24, 2008
• End Date: Mar 28, 2008
• Acceptance Date: Mar 24, 2008
• Publication Date: Mar 24, 2008
• Deposit Date: Oct 27, 2016
• Pages: 455-461
• Book Title: Science and Golf V. Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf
• ISBN: 978-0-9788734-1-7
• Keywords: Golf swing, golf clubs, 6-irons,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/393761