A golfer at Kinetics Hub mid-downswing, wearing a full set of reflective motion-capture markers, tracked by overhead optical cameras in the lab.

Golf · Biomechanics

Your swing, in three dimensions.

Motion capture, force plates and movement screening — the data behind the changes that actually improve your game.

A practitioner calibrating the motion-capture cameras in the Kinetics Hub lab before a session.
Lab setup

What's involved

Inside a biomechanics assessment

You arrive, change, and we place reflective markers at key points on your body — the same setup used in university biomechanics research. Ten cameras track every marker at 1000 frames a second while you swing, alongside dual force plates measuring how you load and transfer power through the ground.

There's no discomfort and no guesswork on your end — just swing as you normally would. We do the rest, then walk you through exactly what the data shows.

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What's included

Everything in your session

01Motion capture analysis
02Force plate data
03Movement screen
04Plain-English written report
05Technical and physical programme

Example output

How you generate power from the ground up

Ground reaction forces from a real driver swing in the Kinetics Hub lab, measured by dual force plates at 1000 Hz. The lines show when force peaks and how it moves through the swing, not just how big it is.

-0.5-50 00 0.550 1100 1.5150 Force (BW) Free moment (N·m) 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 Time (s) 1 2 3
  • Vertical force (Fz) left axis · first peak 1.62 BW
  • Horizontal force (Fy) left axis · first peak 0.19 BW
  • Free moment (Tz) right axis · first peak 119 N·m

Order of first peaks

  1. 1Horizontal force 0.89 s
  2. 2Free moment 1.05 s
  3. 3Vertical force 1.10 s
Low-pass filtered (4th-order zero-lag Butterworth, 10 Hz cut-off). Vertical and horizontal force read on the left axis (BW = body weight); free moment reads on the right axis (N·m). Both are drawn to scale. The numbered marker is each force's first major peak.

Example output

Watch your weight shift through the swing

Where your weight sits under both feet, seen from above, frame by frame. Drag the slider or press play to trace the combined centre of pressure from takeaway to the finish.

  • Combined COP path
  • Lead foot COP (FP1)
  • Trail foot COP (FP2)
Frame–
Phase (approx.)–
Vertical load split
Lead –Trail –
Combined free moment–
Load on lead foot
Combined free moment

Event frames are estimated from the force traces only (no club or marker data), so treat them as approximate. Plates were not zeroed before this trial, so absolute forces read low and single-foot COP is unreliable when that foot carries little load. Single-foot dots are hidden below 50 N. Frames 1402 to 2718 of the original trial.

Who this is for

Built for a specific kind of golfer

01

Golfers with a persistent technical fault they can't resolve.

02

Players seeking measurable speed or distance gains.

03

Coaches wanting objective data on a student.

Sessions & pricing

Choose your depth

Three session lengths, from a focused single-question assessment through to a full physical and biomechanical profile.

~1 hour

Assessment + Feedback

£325 was £410

A focused biomechanical snapshot of one performance question — driver swing speed, strike consistency, or wedge distance control — guided by consultation with you and your coach.

  • Targeted 3D motion capture and/or force-plate assessment
  • Comparison against normative values and professional technique
  • Interactive digital report with actionable priorities

~4–6 hours

Golf MOT

£825 was £995

Our most comprehensive assessment — full physical screening plus 3D biomechanical analysis across your full bag, from driver to wedge, with a targeted intervention and retest built in.

  • Full physical screen (mobility, stability, strength, power)
  • 3D motion capture across driver, long iron, mid iron, short iron and wedge
  • Targeted intervention, retest, and evidence-based coaching priorities

Founding-member pricing — a limited number of discounted places (shown above) are available across all Kinetics Hub services before standard pricing applies.

+5MPH Median clubhead speed gain
1000HZ Force plate sample rate
12WEEKS Recommended programme block

Platform

Your biomechanics data, in your pocket

A golf performance app is coming — your biomechanics data, in your pocket, so you can track what's changed between sessions without waiting for the next report.

Be first to try it

We're building the golf performance app now. Get in touch and we'll let you know as soon as it's ready.

Get in touch

Limited assessment slots each month

Book your golf biomechanics assessment

Lab time depends on both our schedule and the University of Chichester's, so booking starts with a free 20-minute call to agree a slot. A refundable £50 deposit holds your place for it — credited toward your assessment if you book, refunded if you don't.