ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the phenomenon of the kinematic sequence, followed by reference to the scientific work that underpins the idea. In golf, one hears a discussion of the kinematic sequence in relation to swing efficiency. The chapter focuses on the ensuing kinematics during the downswing rather than during transition or backswing. In golf, it would be difficult to argue that the body would be trying to create maximum efficiency during the downswing. The chapter shows the kinematic sequence of a highly skilled, professional golfer. It discusses the possibility of stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) being present in the golf swing, and there is some evidence for that phenomenon within the kinematic sequence graph. In the scientific literature, proximal-to-distal patterns of motion are those movements of a linked kinematic chain in which the movement commences with the proximal link, by the onset of torques that cross the appropriate joints, and continue distally along the chain.
