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Golf Terms Acronyms Abbreviations & Glossary

SITD has so much to offer the golf student as well as being an environment for theorists to exchange and debate ideas.
A golf glossary that could be occasionally linked-to in thread discussions (after it's buried) could help improve newcomers comprehension who are following along.

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Below are some starter categories with a few examples to get things going. Don't worry about alphabetical order for now.

Swing
AOA - Angle of attack
BS - Back Swing
CF - Centerfugal
CP - Centripetal
DOCF - Diametrically Opposed Circular Forces
DS - Down Swing
DTL - Down the Line view
FO - Face On view
OTT - Over The Top
PL - Plane Line
ROM - Range of Motion
TL - Target Line
etc.

Body Planes


Anatomic Locations
Medial - towards the center line of the body.
Lateral - away from the center line of the body.
Distal - further from the body.
Proximal - closer to the body.
Anterior - the front of the body
Posterior - the back of the body
Dorsal - the top
Plantar - the bottom (no not 'that' one)
etc.

Hands / Wrist / Arms

etc.

Feet / Ankles



etc.

Physics / Bio-Mechanical Associated
Ground Forces - (ground reaction force / GRF) Equal to the person's weight, an equal and opposite ground force is exerted by the ground on the person.-Link
etc.

Ocular Dominance
Sometimes called 'Eye Dominance' is the tendency to prefer visual input of one eye to the other.
Right Eye Dominant -
Left Eye Dominant -
Cross-Dominance - It has been asserted that cross-dominance (dominant eye is on one side & the dominant hand is on the other) is advantageous in sports requiring side-on stances. However, it's 'claimed' that recent studies have shown this to be untrue.
etc.

Positions
Ten Positions of the Golf Swing:
P 1 ) The address position
P 2 ) Club shaft parallel to ground (backswing)
P 3 ) Left arm parallel to ground (backswing)
P 4 ) Club shaft parallel to ground (top of swing)
P 5 ) Left arm parallel to ground (downswing)
P 6 ) Club shaft parallel to ground (downswing)
P 7 ) Impact
P 8 ) Club shaft parallel to ground (followthrough)
P 9 ) Right arm parallel to ground (followthrough)
P10) Club shaft parallel to ears (finish)
P U ) Your swing (what friends are thinking)
Q - Why use these numeric assignments in discussions ?
A - It is a simple way to compare images of golfers from any era regardless of style. 
etc.

Putting
Optimal Putting - Geoff Mangum, Putting Coach and Theorist - Link
The Stroke of the Future - Craig Foster - Link
etc.

Slang
Goat Humping - Thrusting forward with hips, (minus the goat).
YIPS - You Interrupt Putting Stroke
etc.

Disciplines / Theory / Techniques
ABS - John Erickson, Advanced Ball Striking
BGST - Dariusz Jedrzejewski, Biokinetic Golf Swing Theory - Link
C-Motion / PushSlap - LEE COMEAUX
GolfAus - Bradley Hughes - Australian Professional Golfer, Tour Winner, & Instructor - Link L2 L3
MORAD - Mac O'Grady Research And Design / Mankind's Objective Research And Design
MPMIG - Martin Ayers - Professional Golf Instructor, Swing Theorist - Link
Sevam 1 - Mike Maves, Author, Swing Coach, - the classic video series that started it all - Link L2
TGM - The Golfing Machine (Yellow Book)
The Putting Zone - Geoff Mangum - Link
etc.

Equipment
- Wedges:


etc.

SITD related - (Secret In The Dirt Related)
MPMIG - Most Powerful Move In Golf - Link
The Reality of Putting - Link
etc.

(you get the idea)