By Dr. Matthew M. Rosman, GSEM
Director, The Golfing Machine Division of Biomechanics and Sports Science

By Dr. Matthew M. Rosman, GSEM
Director, The Golfing Machine Division of Biomechanics and Sports Science

Information goals for this series:

• Defining: Incongruity, Congruity, Learning, Wisdom, Feedback, Habit, Pattern, Skill, Motor Learning, Sensory and Motor Function, and TGM-BIA™ Fusion.
• Understanding the brain-body relationship.
• Understanding how a habit is formed.
• Applications to the Authorized Instructor and Golfer.

It has been a robust year of growth for The Golfing Machine.  TGM launched a brand new website as well as expanded the educational video library in concert with the Biomechanics and Sports Science branch launching a new companion website (www.biagolf.com).  Now TGM is pleased to announce the upcoming release of a new BIA™ instructional manual early this fall.

“Golfer P.A.R.-formance™ for Maximal Driver Performance”, is designed to serve a dual purpose as a continuing education resource for both Authorized Instructors and their golfer students.  The new manual includes descriptions, activities, progressions, customization, and a reference section with photographs as well as a brand new “Sway Factor™ diagram”.

BIA Swing Rehab and Skill Recovery™ programming helps the special needs category of golfer re-learn and re-program dormant or lost skills in a manner that complies with both the correct mechanics of the swing and the current biomechanics of the golfer.  The premise is that even though an injury may have been “fixed”, the golf swing is still “broken”.  Because the golf swing is a motor skill that relies on able joint function and muscle resilience, special population golfers need help in recovering feel, rhythm, timing, and efficiency after a layoff and with a body that is now different than its pre-injured version.  Using the old blueprint or traditional blueprint of the biomechanics of a golf swing may no longer be possible or might even aggravate a medical or musculoskeletal condition. This category of golfer must be addressed in an entirely different manner. The swing once used in the past may no longer be possible to use now.  Or, the swing required to use now must focus on: