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

Mr. Kelley describes the properly designed Central Stroke Pattern in The Golfing Machine, 7th edition, 1-H, as an “ocean liner”.  He states in 1-H:

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

As instructors our expectation is that we can help golfers acquire and build golf skill though the lesson experience.  This means that “wobble”, “snares”, “execution errors” and other assorted aberrant performance displays may be detected and corrected utilizing specific Golfing Machine components to create a more effective and proficient Central Stroke Pattern.

This raises several interesting questions:

•    Can a golfer with biomechanical dysfunction(s) execute a functional Central Stroke Pattern?
•    If every golfer participating in golf has some element of dysfunction (ranging from mild to significant) present in their biomechanical structural system, then how is it possible to build functional golf skill into a biomechanical system where dysfunctions of some measure exist?

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

Many golfers often express concern to their instructors or to other golfers as to how hard it is to “change old habits”.  This common theme prevails in complaints of “fighting a hook”, “trying to tame a slice”, “battling the yips”, “swinging harder than I want to”, and so, on. Despite “best intentions”, these golfers execute motions that commonly feature personal, distinct, consistent, and persistent, aberrant motor pattern traits often identified as their personal “swing signature”.

This re-occurring, redundant, dominant, display of the less than desired, specified, stroke pattern characteristics of motion only mildly varies from, what Mr. Kelley describes in Chapter 2-0 (The Golfing Machine, 7th Edition), as the “accustomed manner” of execution.  For example, “accustomed manner” based golfers who are plagued by a “slice” persistently always retain a core version of a specific, personal “slice” execution, aberrant pattern.  While, “accustomed manner” based golfers who are plagued by a “hook” persistently always retain a core version of a specific, personal “hook” execution aberrant pattern.  

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

The magazine Popular Mechanics published an article on their website (May 21, 2014) written by William Herkewitz entitled, “The Science of the One-Inch Punch, Physiology and neuroscience combine to explain Bruce Lee’s master move.” (http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/the-science-of-bruce-lees-one-inch-punch-16814527)  

In this article, Mr. Herkewitz states: