Big Booger
December 19th, 2006, 07:20 AM
A physics buff gets injured and can't play golf... so what does he do during his infirm time? He decides to apply his profession to his passion and comes up with a physics answer to a great golf swing, complete with diagrams and explanation that should help you with your own golf strokes.
CIO (Check It Out):
http://www.physorg.com/news85663321.html
An excerpt:
Even the most able golfers experience occasions when a ball hit deliberately with little effort inexplicably travels further than expected,” said White, of technology company Industrial Research Ltd. in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, to PhysOrg.com. “But there is an explanation. A double pendulum model, which represents the golf swing reduced to its simplest elements, explains this effect and how to make a swing more efficient.”
CIO (Check It Out):
http://www.physorg.com/news85663321.html
An excerpt:
Even the most able golfers experience occasions when a ball hit deliberately with little effort inexplicably travels further than expected,” said White, of technology company Industrial Research Ltd. in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, to PhysOrg.com. “But there is an explanation. A double pendulum model, which represents the golf swing reduced to its simplest elements, explains this effect and how to make a swing more efficient.”