I’m sure you’ve heard about bio-mechanics; fancy words such as ‘coefficient of restitution’ & ‘radius of gyration’ without really understanding the concepts behind it. This article should help shine some light on the most basic concepts in bio-mechanics and demonstrate their application to golf. Rotation & X-factor You may have come across this idea before,… Read more

Fitness plays such an important role in my life, and an integral part of my golf structure, that I think I might be quite good at teaching others the benefits of sports and fitness — Rory Mcllroy I’m sure you know that being ‘fit’ has its perks in day-to-day life, for instance it becomes much… Read more

Firstly, I’m back. I faced some problematic technical issues which involved my old laptop shuffling off the mortal coil, but this has been solved. Obviously. Anyway, back to the article at hand. This is probably the most debated topic when it comes to golf, as there are two main contradicting schools of thought when it… Read more

Now, if you remember, smash factor describes the ‘efficiency’ of the strike. If you ever forget the formula for smash factor, you can easily derive it from the formula for efficiency. Efficiency = Useful energy output / input energy The formula for smash factor is very similar, with useful energy output being ball speed, and… Read more