Hey now, not that kind of size fellas. Sorry, but had to use the most clickbaity title I could.
The year of facemasks, lockdowns, canceled sports, and tragedy in every part of the world. If you're reading this, you remember, so we don’t need to relive that year. Then came the savior; no, it wasn’t the scientist who created a vaccine in record time or the government currently failing to distribute the vaccine. It was the “mad scientist,” the “hard-swinging Texan” Bryson Dechambeau.
You’re about to get into a six-part series on “Does Size Matter?” yeah, I made the title to get clicks. Some smart people told me to make this a six-part series instead of a 10,000-word dump, but let me know if you disagree. Now let’s get into some fun.
When golf resumed in 2020, a curious phenomenon happened, not only was the “mad scientist” Bryson DeChambeau, a great golfer, but he was driving the ball 40 yards further. With the physique of a real power athlete. He looked like an athlete, not some chain-smoking alcoholic sorry, Joh daily, or an 18-year-old skater sorry, Ricki Fowler.
I was intrigued to see if this would pass along to other golfers, but how much would it help him improve his performance, and what would the reaction be. I would love to talk about this training, can’t really as I have no idea what he did besides gaining weight.
At first, many in the golf community were very skeptical of his weight gain with quotes from Ricky Fowler as such “The long-drive guys, obviously, have a lot of speed, but they can get away with 1 in 8 [drives] in the grid; 1 in 8 won’t do very well out here on Tour,”. However, after Winning the U.S. open, you can’t argue with his results.
Below you can see his gains in 2020, his weight gain, and his performance improvement. After his 2020 U.S. Open win, you couldn’t argue that he was a better golfer, but was it because he gained weight and started hitting the ball further?
Many would argue, including many players on tour would argue that Golfing Distance doesn’t correlate to improvement in your golf game. I’m no expert in golf analytics or stroke gained per round. Data Golf did an excellent write-up on strokes gained for driving distance. Indicates that in today's game, off-the-tee performance accounts for more of the variance in overall performance than any other category(7)”. Read that again… Yes, Driving distance matters.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably not a professional golfer, so don’t care about the strokes gained for PGA tour players. I get it, and you want something that applies to taking your buddy’s money on the weekend.
I got you, in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, “How well does club head speed correlate with golf handicaps?” which concluded that “Golfers with a lower handicap (i.e., a better skill level) had faster clubhead speeds than higher handicap golfers. Linear regression analysis found clubhead speed to be highly correlated with a handicap (r= 0.950)” (8), which is a high correlation between handicap and distance off of the tee, so it pays for all levels to hit bombs. There you go; not only does shooting bombs help PGA tour players, but it will also help the weekend warrior. Hopefully, that is enough for you to keep on reading.
What the hell does size have to do with this? Keep on reading in part two.
You might also ask, Why can I talk about rotation? Well, that is a good question; https://www.therotationalhub.com/about
Citations
1. Alex Ehlert (2020): The correlations between physical attributes and golf club head speed: a systematic review with quantitative analyses, European Journal of Sport Science, DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2020.1829081
2. Institute of Sport and Recreation Research New Zealand, School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; and 2 Centre of Physical Education Across the Lifespan, School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
3. Lovera and Keogh. “The Anthropometric Profile of Powerlifters: Differences as a Function of Bodyweight Class and Competitive Success.” The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. (2015).
4. Brechue and Abe. “The Role of FFM Accumulation and Muscle Architecture in Powerlifting Performance.” European Journal of Applied Physiology. (2002).
5. Stone, Michael & O’Bryant, et al. “Using the Isometric Mid-thigh Pull in the Monitoring of Weightlifters: 25+ Years of Experience”
6. Stone, Michael & O’Bryant, et al. (2019). “Using the Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull in the Monitoring of Weightlifters: 25+ Years of Experience”. 19-26.
8. School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. 2Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. 3NSW Injury Risk Manag
9. Hellström, J. (2008). The Relation between Physical Tests, Measures, and Clubhead Speed in Elite Golfers. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 3(1_suppl), 85–92. doi:10.1260/174795408785024207
10. Elizabeth J. Bradshaw, Justin W.L. Keogh, Patria A. Hume, Peter S. Maulder, Jacques Nortje & Michel Marnewick (2009) The Effect of Biological Movement Variability on the Performance of the Golf Swing in High- and Low-Handicapped Players, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 80:2, 185-196, DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599552
11. Keogh, J. W., Marnewick, M. C., Maulder, P. S., Nortje, J. P., Hume, P. A., & Bradshaw, E. J. (2009). Are Anthropometric, Flexibility, Muscular Strength, and Endurance Variables Related To Clubhead Velocity in Low- And High-Handicap Golfers? Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 23(6), 1841–1850. doi:10.1519/jsc.0b013e3181b73cb3
12. “Zatsiorsky, V.M. (1992). Intensity of strength training facts and theory: Russian and Eastern European approach. National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal, 14 (5). 46-57.” States that there are two mechanisms to becoming strong:
13. Oranchuk, D. J., Mannerberg, J. M., Robinson, T. L., & Nelson, M. C. (2018). Eight Weeks of Strength and Power Training Improves Club Head Speed in Collegiate Golfers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 1. doi:10.1519/jsc.0000000000002505
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