PHED 25A: SWING ANALYSIS
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
| Heading | Value |
|---|---|
| Effective Term: | Summer 2023 |
| Units: | 1 |
| Hours: | 3 laboratory per week (36 total per quarter) |
| Advisory: | This course is included in the Individual Sports family of activity courses. |
| Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Area VII: Lifelong Learning |
| Transferable: | CSU/UC |
| Grade Type: | Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass) |
| Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the skills necessary to execute a fundamentally sound golf swing
- Demonstrate the ability to recognize and correct swing faults.
Description
Using Swing Solutions video technology, the student will identify and correct individual golf swing flaws and design drills to develop skills to improve golf strokes.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Identify ball flight laws as they affect swing mechanics and execute drills that will improve swing efficiency
- Demonstrate the ability to recognize and correct swing faults
- Demonstrate, with competence, the golf skills necessary to play competitive golf
- Demonstrate an improvement in scoring
Course Content
- Swing analysis
- Grip, set up, alignment, posture, and ball position
- Ball flight laws: speed, centerness of contact, path of club head, angle of approach, and club face at impact
- Follow through and balanced finish
- Tempo, timing, and rhythm of swing
- Practice sessions
Lab Content
- Grip, set up, alignment, posture, and ball position
- Follow through and balanced finish
- Tempo, timing, and rhythm of swing
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
1. Swing Solutions' high tech digital video training system, driving range, golf clubs, balls.
2. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous internet and email access.
2. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous internet and email access.
Method(s) of Evaluation
Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:
Physical skills and techniques will be assessed by direct instructor observation
Participation in required practice sessions
Completion of personal golf profile report
Method(s) of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:
Lecture
Demonstration
Video analysis
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
Faldo, Nick. A Swing for Life: Revised and Updated. 2013.
Although this text is older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, it remains a seminal text in this area of study.
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
- Optional readings include golf periodicals (such as Golf Digest)
- Optional out-of-class assignments include watching golf tournaments
Discipline(s)
Physical Education