Biomecaswing was established in 1998 in The United States through a collaboration between David Leadbetter and Jean Jacques Rivetest with an aim to close in on the problem that a group of professionals connected to David Leadbetter Academy at Championsgate Florida have in making a swing and to eventually optimize their performances.

Since the summer of 2005, JJ Rivet in association with Adidas, had made a unique fitting centre unique to Europe in Terre Blanche, this has concept attracted many European golfers. In the USA the most assiduous are Nick Price, Charles Howell III or Ian Poulter. Due to Raphael Jaquelin the best French professional in the world ranking, the association between Biomecaswing and the golf techniques coaching run by Alain Alberti is now up and running smoothly.

Originally created for professional players this concept has now extended itself towards amateurs because it enables one to see how each golfer can adapt to Newton’s law. This law enforces an optimal swing the way it’s meant to be morphologically performed. After analyzing each mouvement and detecting any technological faults, two cases are then presented:

Any errors maybe rectified by the individual playing only on his most able muscle group? This is a valid solution. When there is no physiological fault, then the individual’s body movement when performing a swing should be changed in a way in which to adapt to the player.

The Biomecanic analysis is used to define the different action possibilities on different parts of the body and analyze the different physiological strengths and weaknesses of each person through a number of cads the same as those used for certain people who are preparing for an Olympic games event or in the area of the posture. Amongst these evaluation systems we can summon up the APAS (kinematics analysis of movement), Huber from the company LPG (analysis of the imbalance and coordination of muscles), and platforms from Technoconcept.

Traditionally a static analysis is made preliminary to a vigorous analysis, where the portion of muscle used with the force of gravity analysis We are then able to establish a vital evaluation sheet which will be used in any discussions between the coach and the biomechanicien to make a profile of the pupil’s swing by pressing only on his adaptive capabilities and by not giving him movements that he is unable to perform.

Indeed how many golfers from beginners to professionals will one day say to themselves “Its all very well taking lessons but I’ll never be able to do the movement shown by my coach” There could be plenty of reasons going from inattention to incapability. There is no solution if the individual is inattentive, lacks belief or is simply uninterested. On the other hand why not do what everyone else does; just be yourself we can’t all be like Tiger Woods. There isn’t an obligatory biotype to be a golf champion.

There are of course the problems associated with the changes in the body due to ageing, but no one has a perfectly balanced body
we all have maybe one leg or arm shorter or longer than the other or the after effects of one accident or another. All of these handicaps
whether small or large, will have an influence on the performance of the golfer and could disrupt their swing even with really good
players. We have seen flaws even with Nick Price, Lee Westwood, Jean Van de Velde and many others.

In the past, certain professionals like the dearly departed Michel Damiano were intelligent enough to know that you can’t teach the same techniques to every player so he designed a coaching method which adapts to the students morphology and handicaps. In Fayence, the Biomecaswing, uniquely to Europe, is open to professionals of course as well as amateurs who wish to improve on their swing (there are already sportsmen like Patrick Viera, David Ginola, Kevin Keagan and Juta Kleinschmidt winner of Paris-Dakar) or for golfers suffering from quite serious physical handicaps and therefore are unable to follow a regular golfing lesson. It’s golf coaching made to measure!