GOLFTEC Diagnoses Chris's Shoulder Tilt. He Feels Correct. He Is Not. Proprietary Tech Catches The Lie.
GOLFTEC used its proprietary OPTIMOTION technology to analyze a golfer named Chris who was hitting fat, thin, and topped shots despite feeling like his swing was correct. The diagnosis pointed to poor shoulder tilt as the root cause of inconsistent contact and reduced ball speed. The player's own proprioception, his internal sense of body position, was lying to him.
This demonstrates the proprioceptive blind spot. Humans cannot reliably self-assess motor patterns because what a movement feels like and what it actually looks like are two different things. External measurement systems, whether OPTIMOTION or a consumer camera, reveal the gap between perception and reality. This principle applies far beyond golf. Any skill where you think you are doing something correctly but produce poor results likely suffers from this exact disconnect.
GOLFTEC, using their proprietary OPTIMOTION motion analysis technology to diagnose swing flaws in a golfer called Chris whose felt experience did not match his actual biomechanics.
- Prop your phone at waist height on a table or tripod and record yourself performing any physical movement you believe you do well, whether a golf swing, a squat, or even your posture while typing.
- Watch the recording in slow motion and compare what you see to a reference video of correct form from YouTube. Note at least one discrepancy between what you felt and what the video shows.
- Attempt the movement again while consciously correcting that one discrepancy. Record again. The second video will confirm whether your correction matched reality or introduced a new error. This is the feedback loop that OPTIMOTION automates.