Recent content by Richard Franklin

In a few weeks I will be embarking on an overseas trip. As of now, I have several teaching arrangments in India and a couple in South Africa. If there are any forum members that will be in the below countries at concurring times let me know. I will have my Flightscope and KVEST and would be...

I am in the process of acquiring either the AMM 6D Walkabout or K-VEST. I would appreciate instructors and/or students lending some first hand experiences with either of the apparatuses. I am leaning toward the Walkabout sheerly for its greater depth of information attainment. However, I have...

I was fortunate enough to be a part of Brian and Mikes golf school this weekend.. The following is a stream of consciousness from 30,000 feet on my away back to Chicago. - 12 sensor motion capture is ridiculously impressive. The breadth of coverage is astounding; there is quantified values for...

I would very much like to hear what instructors that contribute to this forum have to say about TOPPING. More specifically, WOMEN that TOP. Root causes? Best fixes? and maybe just some general discussion on instructing women... Thanks in advance

Amongst many things shared at ASII, I found what Rob Neal said about the "pivot sequence" on the downswing particularly interesting. Paraphrasing what he said: "If a golfer is strong enough in the back and posterior shoulder, a move (mimicing a tug/pivot like crazy) from the top is IDEAL...

Player A hits a drive with a FACE ANG. 2 DEG and a PATH 0.. That player contacted the ball .5 inch of the heel, which according to Trackman CLOSES the face 2 deg. Does the original data displayed by Flightscope/ Trackman account for this off center "twist"? Also, if a heel hit closes the...

The VSP of a swing is measured by tracking the sweetspot's "verticality" 3 feet before AND AFTER impact. Doesn't that make the measurement misleading? EXAMPLE : A player is "underplane'' or shallow pre impact. BUT post impact the club "exits" relatively high. Doesn't the second half negate the...

What would be significant factors causing a swing (with a 7 iron) to register a VSP around 72 degrees and rightward path of around 8 degrees? (right handed golfer)

With all that new science has taught us about how to maximize clubhead speed is it fair to assume the following: 1. Strong hands and wrists are more important than once thought due to their role in applying well timed and maximum torque (I recall Search for the Perfect Swing concluding that...

I recently purchased a Flightscope and am confused on something.. Can someone explain why a clubpath number would be different from the calculation of the HSP number + or - the AA? Shouldn't that be an exact equation everytime?