Debunking Golf Myths 1 – The X-Factor

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ALL HUMAN MOVEMENT takes place when muscles act across joints to move skeletal segments (ie bones).

A simple example – the bicep (brachii) muscle lies on either end of your elbow. When (via signals from the brain) the bicep muscles contract or shorten, they pull the forearm bones towards the upper arm bone, creating a bend in your elbow joint.

Is the golf swing a HUMAN MOVEMENT? YES.

Then the main thing we need to understand is which muscles act to move joints in which directions.

EVERYTHING ELSE (swing plane, across the line shaft, open clubface – even the gripping of the club’s handle) can be boiled down to what HUMAN MOVEMENT caused the club to get into which position – it’s not telegram number list some magical fairy wand that can move about all by itself!

In 1992, George Peper, longtime editor of Golf Magazine revealed The X-Factor to a golf world hungry for ball-striking improvement, and said, “Millions of words have been written about how to hit a golf ball. It’s rare, therefore, to come across a completely original contribution to the wisdom of instruction, but that is exactly what Jim McLean has produced in the X-factor. With the assistance of Sportsense swing computers, McLean has done beyond mere theory and shown actual proof of a more powerful way to swing.” [see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE8ODf3IeAU]

What is the X-Factor? In the words of discoverer Jim McLean (according to the video link pasted above) it is the ‘gap’ or ‘differential’ between hip and shoulder turn at the top of the backswing. It ‘creates explosion going forward’.