title: Patterns of weight shift in the swings of beginning golfers.
abstract: Weight-shift patterns of 30 beginning golfers swinging a driver and an eight iron were examined. Results indicated that 84% of these golfers swinging a driver and 73% swinging an eight iron exhibited weight shifts which did not conform to the commonly prescribed weight-shift pattern in which weight moves from a centered position at address to a position in which weight is predominantly on the rear foot at the top of the swing and then is transferred to the front foot at impact.
authors.affiliation: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koslow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D006055:Golf / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014892:Weight Perception