The Locker Room Blog
Power Requires Movement Options
By Jim Fanara, CSCS
In sports and life, joints need movement options to produce force and avoid injury. Without options, the neuromuscular system can’t effectively produce force.
That’s because limits in range of motion often require joints and soft tissue:
- to work at end ranges to perform specific movements
- defer to compensating movement patterns to make up ...
The Golf Swing is Like a 100-Meter Sprint
By Jim Fanara, CSCS
A golfer should generate power like a world class sprinter reaches top speed in a 100-meter race. That means using less muscular effort and more reflexive action to increase power to reach top club head speed.
Here’s what I mean.
A sprinter uses a large amount of muscular effort to explode out of the blocks.
The first few steps...
Improving Stability Often Requires Improving Mobility
By Jim Fanara, CSCS
To generate power in the golf swing or any sports movement, joint stability is essential.
Injuries are one way that joints become unstable.
For example, multiple shoulder separations can stretch connective tissue, reducing the force needed to separate the joint again.
However, injuries are not the only cause of join...
Want to Improve Driving Distance, Increase Your Backswing
By Jim Fanara. CSCS
Most golf instructors would say that one way to improve driving distance is to get more backswing rotation. No one drives 345 yards with half a backswing. The clubhead needs distance to impact to build up speed. The farther the clubhead is from impact the more time there is to develop speed.
Poor Everyday Posture ...
Want Increased Driving Distance, Then Understand F-18’s and Aircraft Carriers.
By Jim Fanara, CSCS
The club head is the only surface that can put built up energy directly into the golf ball. The higher the club head velocity at impact, the more energy is transferred to the ball. If swing fundamentals keep the club path and club head heading in the right orientation, higher velocity will resul...
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