From an S&C lens, Cam Youngβs power pause creates a deliberate transition that maximizes lower-body force production by allowing full weight shift and GRF development before upper-body rotation begins.
The pause enhances stretch-shortening cycle efficiency through increased X-factor separation (hip-shoulder dissociation), storing elastic energy in the core and obliques for higher rate of force development during the downswing.
Most golf coaches will say this is obvious, but a lot of people donβt understand WHY he does the pause vs say a flowy swing like Rory McIlroy.
By enforcing proper proximal-to-distal sequencing, the technique prevents energy leaks, enabling greater total-body impulse and peak clubhead speeds, mirroring plyometric and Olympic lift principles where controlled countermovement amplifies power output.
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