TPI Level 1 Exam with accurate detailed ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
answers
What is Chicken Winging? - correct answer✔✔-Breakdown of the lead elbow through
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impact are ||//|\\||
-Makes it difficult to develop SPEED and POWER, hurts outside elbow ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
How to do a video analysis of Chicken Wing? - correct answer✔✔-Draw a line from center
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of lead shoulder to center of lead wrist at impact (face-on camera)
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-should bisect from lead arm, shoulder, to wrist ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-IF lead elbow/wrist are bent then chicken wing
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What are the physical causes of Chicken Wing? - correct answer✔✔1. LEAD ARM
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STRENGTH/LEAD SHOULDER FLEXIBILITY ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
~CW will develop if arm is unable to rotate around shoulder
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TESTS: 90/90 Test and Lat Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
2. DOWNSWING OUT OF SEQUENCE/OVER THE TOP
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-Check for over the top swing characteristics ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
~~Could also be caused by path to body action ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
TO FIX: swing the club with lead and trail hands separately to learn their role in
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downswing
What is Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔Premature release of wrist
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angles during downswing thru impact. ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
, -WILL CAUSE LEAD WRIST TO BE CUPPED AT STRIKE ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-Adds loft to face = LOSS OF POWER AND CONSISTENCY ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Casting: if clubhead/lead forearm are straight line before impact ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Scooping: Clubhead passes hands thru impact ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
How to do a Video Analysis of Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔Face
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on Camera ||//|\\||
1. Draw horizontal line through hips of golfer on both sides
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2. stop video when hands are below hip line at address
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Early Release: If clubhead is below/level with hip line ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Scooping: After impact, lead hand stays on top of trail hand ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
OTHER WAY: If the angle between lead arm and club shaft has increased ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Physical Causes of Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔1. WRIST ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
FLEXIBILITY
Test: Wrist Four Way Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
2. FOREARM/GRIP STRENGTH
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Test: Dynamometer Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
3. LOWER BODY DYSFUNCTION: If it doesn't initiate sequence of power, upper body will
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try to compensate
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Tests
POOR HIP MOBILITY: Lower Quarter Rotation Test & Pelvic Rotation Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
POOR ANKLE MOBILITY: Overhead Deep Squat Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
answers
What is Chicken Winging? - correct answer✔✔-Breakdown of the lead elbow through
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impact are ||//|\\||
-Makes it difficult to develop SPEED and POWER, hurts outside elbow ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
How to do a video analysis of Chicken Wing? - correct answer✔✔-Draw a line from center
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
of lead shoulder to center of lead wrist at impact (face-on camera)
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-should bisect from lead arm, shoulder, to wrist ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-IF lead elbow/wrist are bent then chicken wing
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
What are the physical causes of Chicken Wing? - correct answer✔✔1. LEAD ARM
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
STRENGTH/LEAD SHOULDER FLEXIBILITY ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
~CW will develop if arm is unable to rotate around shoulder
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
TESTS: 90/90 Test and Lat Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
2. DOWNSWING OUT OF SEQUENCE/OVER THE TOP
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-Check for over the top swing characteristics ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
~~Could also be caused by path to body action ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
TO FIX: swing the club with lead and trail hands separately to learn their role in
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
downswing
What is Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔Premature release of wrist
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
angles during downswing thru impact. ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
, -WILL CAUSE LEAD WRIST TO BE CUPPED AT STRIKE ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
-Adds loft to face = LOSS OF POWER AND CONSISTENCY ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Casting: if clubhead/lead forearm are straight line before impact ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Scooping: Clubhead passes hands thru impact ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
How to do a Video Analysis of Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔Face
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on Camera ||//|\\||
1. Draw horizontal line through hips of golfer on both sides
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
2. stop video when hands are below hip line at address
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Early Release: If clubhead is below/level with hip line ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Scooping: After impact, lead hand stays on top of trail hand ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
OTHER WAY: If the angle between lead arm and club shaft has increased ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Physical Causes of Casting/Early Release/Scooping? - correct answer✔✔1. WRIST ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
FLEXIBILITY
Test: Wrist Four Way Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
2. FOREARM/GRIP STRENGTH
||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Test: Dynamometer Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
3. LOWER BODY DYSFUNCTION: If it doesn't initiate sequence of power, upper body will
||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
try to compensate
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Tests
POOR HIP MOBILITY: Lower Quarter Rotation Test & Pelvic Rotation Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
POOR ANKLE MOBILITY: Overhead Deep Squat Test ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||