Greg Spencer

Through a practical lens, mechanical efficiency is probably best understood as a bandwidth—rather than a single razor-thin target. Within that range, athletes can still move effectively, sustainably, and safely without always hitting the singular “most efficient” form.

...But now players will be solving with knowledge... and basing their answers on knowledge as opposed to guessing... and they will be applying a shared understanding instead of each player trying to solve in a different way. End.

As someone who trained Charley during this time period (21/22) I think can provide some context. She’s never really trained with goal of “golf performance” although her coach will say she swings it better when little stronger + more stable. She has natural swing speed from when young and hitting driver as hard as she can and playing with guys etc We know now just how important training speed when young is. Charley was ahead of the curve here! A lot of why she trains is because she enjoys it and likes the challenge + mental benefits it provides. Nothing wrong at all with that. Exercise benefits go far beyond the course! In our sessions she was doing jumps, med ball work, squats, trap bar deadlifts etc Whilst many wouldn’t consider these “golf specific” that’s generally a terrible term. Lots of transfer over to golf performance in these moves. “Golf fitness” training in terms of mimicking swing and doing circus tricks is a load of rubbish, spot on! Think transfer over to performance rather than mimicking motion. Her training now is more Hyrox based. Whilst I wouldn’t class that as “most efficient” for a golfer it still has decent amount of mobility, strength, power and obviously plenty of conditioning all of which are very useful attributes for golfers.

"I think golf training is a load of... rubbish" Charley Hull yesterday.