WO2006081414A2 - Method for teaching a golf swing using simple thought imagery and very limited body awareness - Google Patents
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- This invention is related to the teaching of the golf swing to players of all skill levels; including those just learning how to play the game, and those with playing experience.
- the description and accompanying drawings presented herein are oriented for a right-handed golfer.
- BACKGROUND ART in general, training someone to hit a golf ball requires teaching that person a series of skills. These include: how to grip a club; stance and posture when addressing the ball: ball position relative to the person's stance; backswing; and, forward or through swing.
- Teen who has spent any time trying to learn the game soon begins to understand that there are a plethora of different teaching methods. Different approaches are advocated in any number of different books and magazines, television shows, videos and DVDs.
- the hands must pass over the right foot, but not more over the toe than the heel; except that the left side of the right foot is tilted off the ground, but not too far.
- the hands are high and the club shaft points along a line parallel with the ground (and if it's a downhill lie the shaft is supposed to be pointed downhill, too). Now, pause at the top of the swing and count one. Then, jerk the left arm straight down like a bell ringer yanking a belfry rope, but don't uncock the wrists too soon, and pull the left hip around in a circle, but don't let the shoulders turn with the hips because they have to be facing the hole.
- the method of the present invention is easy to learn and master for golfers of all skill levels, especially newcomers to the game. It also greatly reduces the amount of practice time required to learn and maintain a good golf swing. The method does not guarantee that every shot or stroke will be "perfect", but it does produce acceptable results to golfers of all skill levels by applying the same method to each golf shot.
- the present invention referred to as Golfs Magic LinesTM is a method for greatly simplifying the teaching of golf.
- the method is advantageous in that it is oriented to reducing the enormous number of things a golfer has been taught to think about to no more than two or three.
- a student can quickly learn about certain reference lines which he then can use to sharply limit his focus on every golf swing from a full shot with a driver to a short putt with a putter.
- the golfer learns about a pivot line plane (Pivot Line awareness), a gripping line (Hand Line awareness), head position (Nose Line awareness), and weight transfer (Toe Line awareness).
- a pivot line plane Pane Line awareness
- a gripping line Hand Line awareness
- head position Nose Line awareness
- weight transfer Toe Line awareness
- the method of the invention connects a golfer's brain, eyes, hands, and lower torso together in a coordinated fashion. Once the golfer understands and experiences using these natural reference lines and swing thoughts, they begin to produce a fundamentally sound and repeating golf swing. These core reference lines are used in every golf swing, from any location on a golf course, and from any lie, to produce an acceptable result. As such, the method of the invention has the advantage of greatly reducing the complex manner in which golf is ordinarily taught with, over time, the core swing thoughts becoming powerful auto-suggestions.
- Fig. 1 illustrates the four lines of golf according to the method of the invention
- Fig. 2 illustrates a golfer's setup and stance using the lines
- Fig. 3 illustrates the relation between a golfer and the various lines during his backswing and forward swing
- Fig. 4 is a representation of a first sheet used by a golfer during practice or play and on which is shown the various lines used with the method;
- Fig. 5 illustrates a golf swing from the address through finish positions showing the relative positions of the lines throughout the swing
- Fig. 6 is a representation of a second sheet used by a golfer during practice or play and on which is shown the various lines used with the method.
- the method of the present invention for teaching a golf swing takes four basic reference lines and incorporates them into two or three key swing goals.
- the first reference line is a visual line referred to as the pivot line PL which a golfer can readily visualize as he swings. It is generally accepted that during a golf swing, a golf ball B is merely an incident in the way of the club head as the club is swung along an intended line of flight. However, it has been well demonstrated that a golfer makes a different, more relaxed, practice swing than the swing he makes when confronted with actually hitting the golf ball.
- the pivot line plane is a vertical plane extending upwardly from the ground at the point where the clubface arrives at ball at impact. It is a natural plane for a golfer's eyes to focus on, his body to pivot around, and his hands to return squarely to at impact.
- the next line used in the method is referred to as the hand line HL.
- Hand line HL is naturally felt when the player grips a golf club.
- Hand line awareness is a feeling of the line or seam formed in the fingers and palms of both hands when the club is gripped.
- the grip can be any grip used by a golfer; these typically being referred to as the interlocking, overlap or Vardon grip, and baseball or ten finger grip. Because these grips are well-known, they will not be described in detail. In general, however, for a proper grip, when viewed by the golfer from above, 2 or 3 knuckles of the golfer's left hand are usually visible by him when the clubbed is gripped, and the thumb of the left hand is set just to the right side of the grip. The grip then rests in the fingers and palm of the right hand when it is placed on the club, and the right hand thumb generally points toward the golfer's right shoulder. When gripping the club, the arms hang down naturally from the shoulder, and both the arms and hands are relaxed. With respect to the method of the invention, it has been found that the hand line concept works particularly well with people who use a ten finger grip, because it provides the most power from the right hand.
- Focused awareness and feeling the hand line HL is a key of the method of the invention. Narrowing a golfer's awareness to the hand line has been found to be more important than trying to think about the club head, or the club's swing path. This is because there is a neurological connection between the hand line and the brain, as opposed to the club head and the brain, since the hands are in contact with the grip of club and not the head of the club. Accordingly, the hand line serves to focus the golfer's mind on one key body part, rather than number of correct body motions. With a proper grip, the hands and club face are properly aligned with each other and hand line HL provides a natural reference for aligning the hands and club with the ball's intended line of flight.
- a third lines is the nose line NL, which is a naturally occurring reference line formed by the golfer's nose. Nose line NL provides a simple reference line by which the golfer aligns his head position at address, and then manages his head movement throughout the swing. During setup, the golfer simply sets his nose line to the right of pivot line PL.
- Toe Line FL provides another reference line (in addition to nose line NL) which facilitates the golfer keeping his weight behind the ball during a swing.
- toe line FL awareness can be incorporated into the golfer's core swing thoughts to encourage a natural body rotation.
- a key segment of the swing path has been referred to as the target line. This is indicated TL in Fig. 1.
- This line defines the direction between ball B and an intended target point TP. For most golfers, it is commonplace to set up to swing along this target line and focus on hitting the ball with a swinging club. The result, most often, is to send the ball in an unintended direction.
- pivot line PL is visualized as a perpendicular line 90° to the intended line of flight (target line TL).
- the pivot line plane PLP shown in Fig. 1 passes vertically beneath the ball across the target line, and provides a natural pivot plane axis for the body to turn around. In Fig. 2, this plane would extend into the paper from pivot line PL and orthogonal to the target line.
- neither target line TL nor golf ball B are an integral part of the golfer's mental awareness. Rather, the golfer is fully immersed in the idea of starting and returning the natural seam in his hands, hand line HL, straight along (into) pivot line PL, thus allowing his body to follow and turn into his backswing, as shown in Fig. 3, in a natural fashion.
- hand line HL is substantially parallel to, and overlays pivot line PL.
- the pivot line PL is readily incorporated into various training aids such as the reminder sheet shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 and which include the core visual lines, core body reference lines, and core swing tasks to which the golfer limits his concentration.
- the reminder sheet shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 which include the core visual lines, core body reference lines, and core swing tasks to which the golfer limits his concentration.
- the method of the present invention is conveniently broken down or separated into two-phases.
- the first phase is the setup phase.
- hand line HL is set to be even with pivot line PL or the pivot line plane PLP.
- the person's nose line NL is set behind the pivot line, and the person's right foot toe line FL is firmly planted..
- the second phase of the method is the swing phase.
- the position of hand line HL changes throughout the backswing and forward swing as the club is moved first back and up and then forward and down.
- nose line NL remains, at all times, behind the pivot line. Only after the hand line passes through the pivot line (i.e., the ball has been struck), and as hand line HL continues to the left and upwardly, does nose line NL pass the pivot line, as the head naturally releases toward the target.
- the advantages of the method of the invention compared to traditional methods of teaching the golf swing is that all the complexities of the swing are reduced to four simple reference lines and two or three simple swing goals (swing thoughts). Again, these are the "pivot line” PL which the player can readily visualize as he addresses his ball, the "hand line” HL which the player can readily feel once he grips the club, the "nose line” NL which the player can readily sense and encourages him to maintain the proper relationship of his head to the ball, and the "toe line” FL by which the player can readily sense his weight transfer throughout the swing.
- the "pivot line” PL which the player can readily visualize as he addresses his ball
- the "hand line” HL which the player can readily feel once he grips the club
- the "nose line” NL which the player can readily sense and encourages him to maintain the proper relationship of his head to the ball
- the "toe line” FL by which the player can readily sense his weight transfer throughout the swing.
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