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Insight - Force Vs Pressure Plates
Pressure plates give an average of vertical force. The limitations in the pressure plate data is that you don't know what combination of pressure vs actual weight transfer created the presented numbers. Force plates can be great for providing useful data, but the most common force plate (swing catalyst) is a single plate system. This means that it has some challenges with interpreting data changes. By knowing what the numbers mean, you have a better chance avoiding confusion from grand claims.
Pressure plates give an average of vertical force. The limitations in the pressure plate data is that you don't know what combination of pressure vs actual weight transfer created the presented numbers. Force plates can be great for providing useful data, but the most common force plate (swing catalyst) is a single plate system. This means that it has some challenges with interpreting data changes. By knowing what the numbers mean, you have a better chance avoiding confusion from grand claims.
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This golf smart insight is understanding pressure plates versus forced plates.
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So pressure plates, forced plates, there are different ways of measuring how
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the feet interact
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with the ground.
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Now golf instructors have long talked about how you want to have your feet
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working against
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the ground, how you want your swing to start from the ground up.
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We've got cool ways to potentially measure it, but you need to understand how
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each of
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these systems is measuring either pressure or force so that you don't get too
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confused
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by the information that you get back from the analysis.
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So first let's talk about pressure plates.
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The most common one would be body track, but pressure plates are just taking
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where my body
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is pressing into this mat and then averaging it.
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So let's say I've got kind of a scale, right?
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If I've got my feet along this scale, I could have 100% on the right, I could
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have 100%
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on the left.
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I could have my body over here, but be pushing down with the trail foot and it
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would shift
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this way along the scale where I could be over here and pushing down with that
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front
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foot and have it shift towards the target.
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So it's not really looking at where my weight is or where my mass is, it's
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looking at where
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I'm pressing.
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So for instance, I could be in a good driver position and have this foot almost
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off the
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ground so it would show that 100% of my pressure is over on the front foot.
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That could be a little confusing if you saw someone who is in this position and
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they said
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that they had 100% of their weight in that front foot.
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So pressure plates is really just taking the average of how I'm pushing down
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and putting
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it in this left to right scale.
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The next step up would be looking at force plates.
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So a force plate would be looking at something like a swing catalyst.
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So swing catalyst is able to see the direction and the amplitude of where I'm
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pressing.
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So they will typically, the swing catalyst is one plate and that's an important
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thing
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to understand because since it's a one plate system, it basically takes what
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both of my
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feet are doing and then presents the net sum, not what each foot is doing.
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The next wave will be in order to really see what each foot is doing, you need
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two different
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force plates.
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So in the pressure example, I could be pushing, let's say I'm pushing, I'm just
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standing here
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so my weight is in the center just like this.
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Well, I'm pushing down and this doesn't know if I'm pushing down in any
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different direction.
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It's just measuring how much I'm pushing down.
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A force plate, similar to a swing catalyst, would be able to tell me how much
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or what
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direction I'm pushing.
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Now the problem is, again, because it's one plate, let's say it's looking at
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the amount
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of left to right movement.
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I don't know if let's say I'm here in my setup and then as I go to take away,
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it says that
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I am applying a force in that direction which propels my body in this direction
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.
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I don't know if I'm doing it because I'm pushing with the left foot or if I'm
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pushing
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with the right foot.
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So the easy kind of way to see where this complication could come up would be
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if you're
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looking at the amount of twisting.
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So the torque graph or the torque data will show you how much my body is
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creating, let's
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say torque in the right direction in order to propel myself in the leftward
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direction.
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So it doesn't necessarily, or it doesn't know if it's because I'm twisting my
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right
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foot, twisting my left foot, I could be pushing linearly and creating that
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torque.
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There are lots of different combinations that could create the exact same
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pattern.
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So what we really need is what the research laboratories have which is
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individual platforms
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underneath each foot.
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So then I could see with this one foot, is it pushing to the left, to the right
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, where
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is the pressure within the foot, what direction am I pushing, what amplitude,
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or what magnitude,
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it would give me a whole lot of information.
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So you want to be careful with interpreting too much from these force graphs
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because especially
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with like a body track or a swing catalyst, the way that they are currently
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measuring,
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there's a lot that could be misinterpreted by either the practitioner or by
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your body.
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So if I say get all your pressure into your lead foot, you may think that you
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have to
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shift your weight, it could be just pushing harder.
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If I say that you need to twist against the ground more because you're not
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twisting enough,
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I'm not telling you, hey, to do it from the right foot, to do it from the left
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foot, to
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do it from a force couple, I'm hoping that you'll be able to match the data in
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the proper
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way and that's not always the case.
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So if you like the way that we analyze and break down the current trends in
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golf instruction,
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you'll love our concept videos and drill videos inside the membership area at
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golfsmartacademy.com.
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This golf smart insight is understanding pressure plates versus forced plates.
2
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.290
So pressure plates, forced plates, there are different ways of measuring how
3
00:00:10.290 --> 00:00:11.200
the feet interact
4
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:12.440
with the ground.
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:16.850
Now golf instructors have long talked about how you want to have your feet
6
00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:17.600
working against
7
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.040
the ground, how you want your swing to start from the ground up.
8
00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:24.490
We've got cool ways to potentially measure it, but you need to understand how
9
00:00:24.490 --> 00:00:24.920
each of
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.030
these systems is measuring either pressure or force so that you don't get too
11
00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:30.720
confused
12
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:34.160
by the information that you get back from the analysis.
13
00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:36.360
So first let's talk about pressure plates.
14
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:41.560
The most common one would be body track, but pressure plates are just taking
15
00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:43.400
where my body
16
00:00:43.400 --> 00:00:47.160
is pressing into this mat and then averaging it.
17
00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:54.360
So let's say I've got kind of a scale, right?
18
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If I've got my feet along this scale, I could have 100% on the right, I could
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have 100%
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on the left.
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I could have my body over here, but be pushing down with the trail foot and it
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would shift
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this way along the scale where I could be over here and pushing down with that
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front
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foot and have it shift towards the target.
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So it's not really looking at where my weight is or where my mass is, it's
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looking at where
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I'm pressing.
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So for instance, I could be in a good driver position and have this foot almost
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off the
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ground so it would show that 100% of my pressure is over on the front foot.
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That could be a little confusing if you saw someone who is in this position and
33
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they said
34
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that they had 100% of their weight in that front foot.
35
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So pressure plates is really just taking the average of how I'm pushing down
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and putting
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it in this left to right scale.
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The next step up would be looking at force plates.
39
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So a force plate would be looking at something like a swing catalyst.
40
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So swing catalyst is able to see the direction and the amplitude of where I'm
41
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pressing.
42
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So they will typically, the swing catalyst is one plate and that's an important
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00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:06.400
thing
44
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to understand because since it's a one plate system, it basically takes what
45
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both of my
46
00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:19.600
feet are doing and then presents the net sum, not what each foot is doing.
47
00:02:19.600 --> 00:02:24.110
The next wave will be in order to really see what each foot is doing, you need
48
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two different
49
00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:27.520
force plates.
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So in the pressure example, I could be pushing, let's say I'm pushing, I'm just
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standing here
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so my weight is in the center just like this.
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Well, I'm pushing down and this doesn't know if I'm pushing down in any
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different direction.
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It's just measuring how much I'm pushing down.
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A force plate, similar to a swing catalyst, would be able to tell me how much
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or what
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direction I'm pushing.
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Now the problem is, again, because it's one plate, let's say it's looking at
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the amount
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of left to right movement.
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I don't know if let's say I'm here in my setup and then as I go to take away,
63
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it says that
64
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I am applying a force in that direction which propels my body in this direction
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.
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I don't know if I'm doing it because I'm pushing with the left foot or if I'm
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pushing
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with the right foot.
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So the easy kind of way to see where this complication could come up would be
70
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if you're
71
00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.400
looking at the amount of twisting.
72
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So the torque graph or the torque data will show you how much my body is
73
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creating, let's
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say torque in the right direction in order to propel myself in the leftward
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direction.
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So it doesn't necessarily, or it doesn't know if it's because I'm twisting my
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right
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foot, twisting my left foot, I could be pushing linearly and creating that
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torque.
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There are lots of different combinations that could create the exact same
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pattern.
82
00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.930
So what we really need is what the research laboratories have which is
83
00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:08.400
individual platforms
84
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underneath each foot.
85
00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:16.800
So then I could see with this one foot, is it pushing to the left, to the right
86
00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:17.160
, where
87
00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:21.740
is the pressure within the foot, what direction am I pushing, what amplitude,
88
00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:23.280
or what magnitude,
89
00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:25.600
it would give me a whole lot of information.
90
00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:32.070
So you want to be careful with interpreting too much from these force graphs
91
00:04:32.070 --> 00:04:32.960
because especially
92
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with like a body track or a swing catalyst, the way that they are currently
93
00:04:37.710 --> 00:04:38.680
measuring,
94
00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:43.740
there's a lot that could be misinterpreted by either the practitioner or by
95
00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:44.720
your body.
96
00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.990
So if I say get all your pressure into your lead foot, you may think that you
97
00:04:47.990 --> 00:04:48.440
have to
98
00:04:48.440 --> 00:04:52.360
shift your weight, it could be just pushing harder.
99
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If I say that you need to twist against the ground more because you're not
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twisting enough,
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I'm not telling you, hey, to do it from the right foot, to do it from the left
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foot, to
103
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do it from a force couple, I'm hoping that you'll be able to match the data in
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the proper
105
00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:09.800
way and that's not always the case.
106
00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.580
So if you like the way that we analyze and break down the current trends in
107
00:05:13.580 --> 00:05:14.720
golf instruction,
108
00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.490
you'll love our concept videos and drill videos inside the membership area at
109
00:05:18.490 --> 00:05:19.920
golfsmartacademy.com.
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Insight - Force Vs Pressure Plates
Pressure plates give an average of vertical force. The limitations in the pressure plate data is that you don't know what combination of pressure vs actual weight transfer created the presented numbers. Force plates can be great for providing useful data, but the most common force plate (swing catalyst) is a single plate system. This means that it has some challenges with interpreting data changes. By knowing what the numbers mean, you have a better chance avoiding confusion from grand claims.
Pressure plates give an average of vertical force. The limitations in the pressure plate data is that you don't know what combination of pressure vs actual weight transfer created the presented numbers. Force plates can be great for providing useful data, but the most common force plate (swing catalyst) is a single plate system. This means that it has some challenges with interpreting data changes. By knowing what the numbers mean, you have a better chance avoiding confusion from grand claims.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This golf smart insight is understanding pressure plates versus forced plates.
2
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.290
So pressure plates, forced plates, there are different ways of measuring how
3
00:00:10.290 --> 00:00:11.200
the feet interact
4
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:12.440
with the ground.
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:16.850
Now golf instructors have long talked about how you want to have your feet
6
00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:17.600
working against
7
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.040
the ground, how you want your swing to start from the ground up.
8
00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:24.490
We've got cool ways to potentially measure it, but you need to understand how
9
00:00:24.490 --> 00:00:24.920
each of
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.030
these systems is measuring either pressure or force so that you don't get too
11
00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:30.720
confused
12
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:34.160
by the information that you get back from the analysis.
13
00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:36.360
So first let's talk about pressure plates.
14
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:41.560
The most common one would be body track, but pressure plates are just taking
15
00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:43.400
where my body
16
00:00:43.400 --> 00:00:47.160
is pressing into this mat and then averaging it.
17
00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:54.360
So let's say I've got kind of a scale, right?
18
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If I've got my feet along this scale, I could have 100% on the right, I could
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have 100%
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on the left.
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I could have my body over here, but be pushing down with the trail foot and it
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would shift
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this way along the scale where I could be over here and pushing down with that
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front
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foot and have it shift towards the target.
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So it's not really looking at where my weight is or where my mass is, it's
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looking at where
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I'm pressing.
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So for instance, I could be in a good driver position and have this foot almost
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off the
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ground so it would show that 100% of my pressure is over on the front foot.
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That could be a little confusing if you saw someone who is in this position and
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they said
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that they had 100% of their weight in that front foot.
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So pressure plates is really just taking the average of how I'm pushing down
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and putting
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it in this left to right scale.
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The next step up would be looking at force plates.
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So a force plate would be looking at something like a swing catalyst.
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So swing catalyst is able to see the direction and the amplitude of where I'm
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pressing.
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So they will typically, the swing catalyst is one plate and that's an important
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thing
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to understand because since it's a one plate system, it basically takes what
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both of my
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feet are doing and then presents the net sum, not what each foot is doing.
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The next wave will be in order to really see what each foot is doing, you need
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two different
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force plates.
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So in the pressure example, I could be pushing, let's say I'm pushing, I'm just
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standing here
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so my weight is in the center just like this.
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Well, I'm pushing down and this doesn't know if I'm pushing down in any
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different direction.
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It's just measuring how much I'm pushing down.
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A force plate, similar to a swing catalyst, would be able to tell me how much
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or what
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direction I'm pushing.
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Now the problem is, again, because it's one plate, let's say it's looking at
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the amount
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of left to right movement.
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I don't know if let's say I'm here in my setup and then as I go to take away,
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it says that
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I am applying a force in that direction which propels my body in this direction
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.
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I don't know if I'm doing it because I'm pushing with the left foot or if I'm
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pushing
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with the right foot.
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So the easy kind of way to see where this complication could come up would be
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if you're
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looking at the amount of twisting.
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So the torque graph or the torque data will show you how much my body is
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creating, let's
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say torque in the right direction in order to propel myself in the leftward
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direction.
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So it doesn't necessarily, or it doesn't know if it's because I'm twisting my
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right
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foot, twisting my left foot, I could be pushing linearly and creating that
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torque.
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There are lots of different combinations that could create the exact same
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pattern.
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So what we really need is what the research laboratories have which is
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individual platforms
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underneath each foot.
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So then I could see with this one foot, is it pushing to the left, to the right
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, where
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is the pressure within the foot, what direction am I pushing, what amplitude,
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or what magnitude,
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it would give me a whole lot of information.
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So you want to be careful with interpreting too much from these force graphs
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because especially
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with like a body track or a swing catalyst, the way that they are currently
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measuring,
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there's a lot that could be misinterpreted by either the practitioner or by
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your body.
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So if I say get all your pressure into your lead foot, you may think that you
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have to
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shift your weight, it could be just pushing harder.
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If I say that you need to twist against the ground more because you're not
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twisting enough,
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I'm not telling you, hey, to do it from the right foot, to do it from the left
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foot, to
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do it from a force couple, I'm hoping that you'll be able to match the data in
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the proper
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way and that's not always the case.
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So if you like the way that we analyze and break down the current trends in
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golf instruction,
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you'll love our concept videos and drill videos inside the membership area at
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This golf smart insight is understanding pressure plates versus forced plates.
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So pressure plates, forced plates, there are different ways of measuring how
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the feet interact
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with the ground.
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Now golf instructors have long talked about how you want to have your feet
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working against
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the ground, how you want your swing to start from the ground up.
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We've got cool ways to potentially measure it, but you need to understand how
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each of
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these systems is measuring either pressure or force so that you don't get too
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confused
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by the information that you get back from the analysis.
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So first let's talk about pressure plates.
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The most common one would be body track, but pressure plates are just taking
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where my body
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is pressing into this mat and then averaging it.
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So let's say I've got kind of a scale, right?
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If I've got my feet along this scale, I could have 100% on the right, I could
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have 100%
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on the left.
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I could have my body over here, but be pushing down with the trail foot and it
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would shift
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this way along the scale where I could be over here and pushing down with that
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front
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foot and have it shift towards the target.
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So it's not really looking at where my weight is or where my mass is, it's
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looking at where
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I'm pressing.
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So for instance, I could be in a good driver position and have this foot almost
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off the
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ground so it would show that 100% of my pressure is over on the front foot.
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That could be a little confusing if you saw someone who is in this position and
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they said
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that they had 100% of their weight in that front foot.
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So pressure plates is really just taking the average of how I'm pushing down
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and putting
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it in this left to right scale.
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The next step up would be looking at force plates.
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So a force plate would be looking at something like a swing catalyst.
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So swing catalyst is able to see the direction and the amplitude of where I'm
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pressing.
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So they will typically, the swing catalyst is one plate and that's an important
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thing
44
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to understand because since it's a one plate system, it basically takes what
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both of my
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feet are doing and then presents the net sum, not what each foot is doing.
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The next wave will be in order to really see what each foot is doing, you need
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two different
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force plates.
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So in the pressure example, I could be pushing, let's say I'm pushing, I'm just
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standing here
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so my weight is in the center just like this.
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Well, I'm pushing down and this doesn't know if I'm pushing down in any
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different direction.
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It's just measuring how much I'm pushing down.
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A force plate, similar to a swing catalyst, would be able to tell me how much
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or what
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direction I'm pushing.
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Now the problem is, again, because it's one plate, let's say it's looking at
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the amount
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of left to right movement.
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I don't know if let's say I'm here in my setup and then as I go to take away,
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it says that
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I am applying a force in that direction which propels my body in this direction
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.
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I don't know if I'm doing it because I'm pushing with the left foot or if I'm
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pushing
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with the right foot.
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So the easy kind of way to see where this complication could come up would be
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if you're
71
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looking at the amount of twisting.
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So the torque graph or the torque data will show you how much my body is
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creating, let's
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say torque in the right direction in order to propel myself in the leftward
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direction.
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So it doesn't necessarily, or it doesn't know if it's because I'm twisting my
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right
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foot, twisting my left foot, I could be pushing linearly and creating that
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torque.
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There are lots of different combinations that could create the exact same
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pattern.
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00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.930
So what we really need is what the research laboratories have which is
83
00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:08.400
individual platforms
84
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.000
underneath each foot.
85
00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:16.800
So then I could see with this one foot, is it pushing to the left, to the right
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00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:17.160
, where
87
00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:21.740
is the pressure within the foot, what direction am I pushing, what amplitude,
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00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:23.280
or what magnitude,
89
00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:25.600
it would give me a whole lot of information.
90
00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:32.070
So you want to be careful with interpreting too much from these force graphs
91
00:04:32.070 --> 00:04:32.960
because especially
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00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:37.710
with like a body track or a swing catalyst, the way that they are currently
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00:04:37.710 --> 00:04:38.680
measuring,
94
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there's a lot that could be misinterpreted by either the practitioner or by
95
00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:44.720
your body.
96
00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.990
So if I say get all your pressure into your lead foot, you may think that you
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00:04:47.990 --> 00:04:48.440
have to
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00:04:48.440 --> 00:04:52.360
shift your weight, it could be just pushing harder.
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If I say that you need to twist against the ground more because you're not
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twisting enough,
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I'm not telling you, hey, to do it from the right foot, to do it from the left
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foot, to
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do it from a force couple, I'm hoping that you'll be able to match the data in
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the proper
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way and that's not always the case.
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So if you like the way that we analyze and break down the current trends in
107
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golf instruction,
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you'll love our concept videos and drill videos inside the membership area at
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golfsmartacademy.com.
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