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You must first know why…
             then feel how…
                      and then do it correct over and over.

There are three primary developmental steps that you must transform to turn your golf swing into a correct and repeatable motor task. 

Learning the complex skill of swinging a golf club correctly is done the same way you learned to write.  First, you must begin with an understanding of the correct movement patterns of swinging a golf club.  This is followed by training the brain and body to recognize and “feel” the correct motion of the swing.  And thirdly, and very importantly, one must execute this new high-speed motor skill with a high number and percentage of correct repetitions until it becomes almost automatic…like writing. Faulty sensor information creates a faulty motor activity and inconsistent movement patterns. Another important factor to remember is that high skilled activity can only be developed if the neuromuscular system is working properly.

The Process:

• Step one: The understanding or cognitive stage can be characterized by the awareness of all the movements you are trying to coordinate. 

• Step two: The important feeling or kinesthetic awareness stage is the part of the swing development where one can take the cognitive information, and with accurate and immediate feedback, allow the brain and body to “feel” the proper movement. 

• Step Three: The over trained or automatic stage is achieved when the mind and body are able to perform the desired movement with a high level of consistency and accuracy.  This is accomplished after successfully performing high numbers of correct swing movements were the desired action becomes subconscious and consistent making it almost… automatic. 

Proper supervision and feedback from the golf instructor to the student is critical for motor learning development yet more often that not the information is inaccurate or used improperly. Computer aided real-time motion capture and real-time biofeedback training provides accurate and consistent feedback for the golfer and makes the instructor more effective.