Week 8

Discussion Forum 5

This week's class discussion is titled "Golf Address/[Your Name]."

In Discussion Forum 5, start a discussion topic titled "Golf Address/[Your Name]." In your posting, please address the following question.

Post your response by Wednesday of Week 8. Read and reply to at least two of your classmates' responses by Friday of Week 8.

One of the purposes of our studying the concepts related to kinesiology is to learn how to apply them to the analysis of motion.

Our discussion string for this module starts with the following question:

Golf is an activity that begins its motion with the athlete in a stationary position called address. Many individuals in the golf world believe that the golfer’s performance suffers if he/she is not in the proper address position before beginning the back-swing.

Question:

  • How would you modify the postural analysis principles and procedures to analyze the golfer at address?