Move your head, hurt your golf game. (Biomechanics).Biomechanics The study of the anatomical principles of movement. Biomechanical applications on the computer employ stick modeling to analyze the movement of athletes as well as racing horses. Biomechanics experts have found that certain golfing grips can lessen less·en v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens v.tr. 1. To make less; reduce. 2. Archaic To make little of; belittle. v.intr. To become less; decrease. head and eye movement during putts. Limiting these motions improves one's game, suggests George K. Hung, a biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. engineer at Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. in Piscataway, N.J. Hung and his colleagues tested seven right-handed novice golfers as they putted from 3 and 9 feet. The volunteers wore a helmet with sensors that relayed head and eye movements to a computer. The scientists also monitored body position. From each distance, the volunteers putted 20 balls with a conventional grip (right hand below left), 20 cross-handed (right hand above the left), and 20 with the right hand only. The sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. data show that the conventional grip elicits greater motion in the right shoulder than do the other grips. That, in turn, causes more head movement, which begets more eye movement as the golfer stays focused on the ball. One-handed or cross-handed putting results in less shoulder and head movement, Hung says. While little difference in performance emerged from the 3-foot putts, Hung reports that the novices sunk significantly more putts from 9 feet using the cross-handed grip than they did with the conventional grip. --N.S. |
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