Revised January 10, 2024

Before reading this EBook, please view this brief video so that you have an understanding of the goal of training. You will note as you proceed through this training manual that there are "links" in a total chain that need to be practiced independent of hitting balls. These links are then integrated into a total routine as described in this video.

This EBook Will Cover:

  1. The 3 Core Zones Evolution

  • The 5 Sub-Regions of each Core Zone

  1. How to determine the Wright Balance® Dominant Core Zone for Your Student via Propagation of Force and Power Testing
  2. How to set the Handle Size by Core Zone
  3. Left to Right Zone Balance Training
  4. Heel to Toe Balance by Zone

  5. The evolution from the 8 inch stance width ranges to the Origin of the 15 Sub-Region Stance Widths

  6. How to Do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express
  7. How to square the hips 100% of the time

  • Fingers / Toes Taped and the Propagation of Force

  1. How to Aim the Putter at a precise target 100% of the time
  2. How to Aim the irons at a precise target 100% of the time
  3. The 5 Sub-Regions Within Each Zone

  • changes in Carrying Angle in each of each of the 5 of 15 Sub-Regions

  1. Changing The Dominant Zone Load for Recovery, Pain Management & Rest
  2. Identifying the Vertical and Horizontal Core Cells
  3. Knee Pronation / Supination Correction with the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express

You will no longer need the body measurements of your athlete, student or client to set the 9 Wright Balance® Stance Widths. You will use the 15 Wright Balance® Stance Widths (5 Sub-Regions in each Zone) to determine the handle size that "recruits" all 5 sub-regions for each Core Zone. This video demonstrates how to determine the proper handle size. Note, the strategy shown in this video uses the 9 Stance Widths from the measurements used in the past. As noted you no longer need to do measurements. Simply use the Wright Balance® 15 Sub-Regions (5 in each Core Zone) to determine the handle size for that Zone.

Be certain that you test the grip size 2 or 3 times for each Zone; have your student step to another Zone while holding the handle in a particular Zone and observe changes in their hip line from square to open or closed. For example, if you are setting the Anterior Zone handle size, your student will have a square hip line while standing on one of the five Wright Balance® Stance Widths of the Anterior Zone (Red). Have them step to one of the 5 stance widths of a different Zone and note the rotation of their hips. This process will validate the correct handle size and demonstrate to your student the importance of the placement of their measured hand on the exact spot marked on their handle.

The Stance Widths for Each Zone

The Wright Balance® 4-Way Express is done in a SINGLE, predictable stance width or all of the 5 stance widths for each Core Zone as follows. >

REMEMBER the sub-region stance width where you finish the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express has a specific carrying angle that matches that sub-region AND the carrying angle increases as the stance width within a Zone gets wider.

Depending on what activity in which your student is engaged determines the last Stance Width they use when doing the Wright Balance® Express with the ideal handle size.

REMOVE ANY RINGS On YOUR FINGERS OR TOES

1. The Anterior Core Handle Size (Marked in Red) recruits the Anterior Core using the Wright Balance® vinyl strip with the 15 sub-regions marked. Use the stance widths marked in RED to recruit the Anterior Zone. If you are playing golf as an Anterior Zone (RED) player, use the stance width that sets your carrying angle at 163 degrees (no less than 161) or as close to that as possible.

2. The Interior Core Handle Size (Marked in BLACK) recruits the Interior Core when using the Wright Balance® vinyl strip with the 15 sub-regions marked. Use the one of 5 sub-regions that sets your carrying angle at 155 degrees (no more than 157 or less than 152) or as close to that as possible.

3. The Posterior Core Handle Size recruits the Posterior Core when using the Wright Balance® vinyl strip with the 15 sub-regions marked in blue. Use one of 5 sub-regions that sets your carrying angle at least 148 degrees (never greater) or as close to that as possible.

ANTERIOR ZONE

Your student will notice that their balance experienced at ground level in the Anterior Zone (heel to toe) will always be forward. However, depending on the stance width used for the Wright Balance® Express, their weight will be either toward the toes when the narrowest Anterior Zone stance width is used (RED) or toward the back of the balls of the feet where they their weight moves a little less toward the balls of the feet but still forward as shown in this illustration. This heel to toe balance change is subtle but measurable on a balance plate. Additionally, the carrying angle increases as the Core Zone stance width used gets wider. These subtle changes have implications for what stance width to use for maximum ground reaction force for the Anterior Core Zone.

REMEMBER: The last sub-region stance width used when doing the Wright Balance Express is the balance and carrying angle for the remainder of your workout, play and day to day activities. The last stance width used is always were the carrying angle and stance balance will remain until the Core Zone is disrupted or you change the last stance width used in any Core Zone when doing the Wright Balance® Express. **

My Anterior Core Zone Carrying Angle by Stance Width

If you are attending the Wright Balance training or online participation you have a vinyl strip with the stance widths marked RED, BLACK and BLUE. I have not listed those Stance Widths to protect the proprietary nature of this content. This vinyl strip is copyrighted and a patent has been filed on the number sequencing.

There are 5 Stance Widths in each Core Zone. As noted, if I do the Wright Balance® Express at the narrowest Anterior Core Stance width, that creates a very shallow carrying angle (forearm close to my body when my hand is rotated forward). Here is a list of MY carrying angle changes by stance width, narrowest to widest.

  1. 167.5 degrees
  2. 163 degrees
  3. 160 degrees
  4. 154 degrees
  5. 151 degrees

Note: The 1 through 5 Anterior Zone results above are specific to me and nobody else. This is simply a summary to show changes in carrying angle by stance width

This hypothetical Anterior Zone golfer doing the Wright Balance® Express would ideally end on stance width #2 above when doing all 5 of the Anterior Zone stance widths creating a 163 degree carrying angle OR use only that stance width to do the Wright Balance® Express.

My Interior Core Zone Carrying Angle by Stance Width

As noted above, there are 5 Stance Widths in each Core Zone. If I do the Wright Balance® Express at the narrowest Interior Core Zone Stance width, that creates a shallow carrying angle. As the 5 Stance widths get wider, the measured carrying angle is wider in each stance width. Here is a list of Interior Zone carrying angle changes by the 5 Interior Zone stance widths, narrowest to widest. Again, these carrying angle measurements are specific to me. Every student is different.

  1. 161 degrees
  2. 157 degrees
  3. 154 degrees
  4. 152 degrees
  5. 150 degrees

Note: The 1 through 5 Interior Zone results above are specific to me and nobody else. This is simply a summary to show changes in carrying angle by stance width

This hypothetical Interior Zone golfer doing the Wright Balance® Express would ideally end on stance width #3 above creating a 153 degree carrying angle or use only that stance width to do the Wright Balance® Express.

My Posterior Core Carrying Angle by Stance Width

As noted, if I do the Wright Balance® Express at the narrowest Posterior Core Stance width, I will have the
shallowest carrying angle for my Posterior Zone. Here is a list of Posterior Zone carrying angle changes by stance width, narrowest to widest. This list shows the narrowest to widest stance width in the 5 sub-regions.

  1. 155 degrees
  2. 152 degrees
  3. 149 degrees
  4. 146 degrees
  5. 141 degrees

Note: The 1 through 5 Posterior Zone results above are specific to me and nobody else. This is simply a summary to show changes in carrying angle by stance width

The hypothetical Posterior Zone golfer doing the Wright Balance® Express would ideally end on stance width #4 above creating a 146 degree carrying angle or use only that stance width to do the Wright Balance® Express.

Determining the Dominant Zone Without Measurements

A simple way to determine Zone (Core) Dominance is to place a piece of tape on the Upper Core Power Spot as shown here on one hand and on the fingertip (around the fingernail) of the opposite hand.

The simplest way to test Zone dominance is to have your student grip their lead thumb as a golf grip and swing to the top WITHOUT a club. Stand under their trail arm at the top of the swing and test power by capturing the player's hands in your palm and then ask them to start their downswing. Resist and push up on the player's hands. You won't be able to budge them in their dominant zone.

If they have no power when the tape is on the Anterior Zone spot, move the tape to the Interior Zone power spot and repeat the power test. If they still have no power in the Interior Zone, move the tape to the Posterior Zone power spot. Your student will have power in only one of these three tape (Core Zone) conditions. Leave the tape on the fingertip and only move the tape to a different power spot on the opposite hand.

Why would you want to determine the Dominant Zone without doing measurements?

I have had several emails and calls over the past several years from Wright Balance® Professionals saying that they were having difficulty determining the Dominant Core Zone of a student due to multiple Stance Widths from the 9 we used to use showing a square hip line or they weren't able to discern which of the 9 Stance Widths had a precisely square hip line.

Using the method described above will confirm or, at the very least, identify the dominant Core Zone. If your student has the greatest power when the power spot tape is on the Upper Core (Anterior Zone) power spot, you will find their balance over the balls of the feet as shown below.

If your student has the greatest power when the power spot tape is on the Middle Core (Interior Zone) power spot, you will find their balance just behind the balls of the feet and forward of the center of the arches as shown below.

If your student has the greatest power when the power spot tape is on the Lower Core (Posterior Zone) power spot, you will find their balance is over the center of their arches as shown below.

Once you find your students Dominant Core Zone you will note that their arms and hands hang exactly the same.

If you are fitting handle size for the Dominant Zone, you can immediately test the using the 5 Stance Widths of that Zone and test which of the 5 Stance Widths is their Dominant Zone and fit their handle size to that Zone. Remember, when testing handle size, tape on both hands should be removed.

If you are coaching a team and you want to get an understanding of how your athletes use the ground for Power or where their Core Physical Load resides, test for their Dominant Zone. You will be able to group your athletes by Core Zone for performance and they can train together within their groups.

Assume you have a student who arrives for a one time 1 hour lesson and they aren't interested in more than a swing lesson.

BE CERTAIN YOUR STUDENT REMOVES ANY RINGS ON THEIR FINGERS OR TOES.

Place tape on a fingertip of one hand and, begin with tape on their Upper Core Power Spot of the opposite hand.

BEFORE TESTING POWER, ASK YOUR STUDENT IF THEY HAVE ANY NECK, BACK, ARM OR SHOULDER PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT BE AGGRAVATED BY THE TESTING.

To determine the dominant Core Zone without the Power Test, use a bar, bungee and a lined mat. Use the 8 inch stance width strategy described in this EBook using 8 inches for the Anterior Core Zone, 10 inches for the Interior Core Zone and 12 inches for the Posterior Zone. Once you know the dominant Core Zone, use the 5 Stance Widths of their Dominant Core Zone to determine their handle size and for the Wright Balance® Express exercise.

The following is a link to an EBook describing how to test the 8 inch stance width range.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/stance-width-range/

When you test power as described above the results will tell you exactly how they should be using the ground and and the position of their feet for ideal balance. You can also teach them the proper sequencing of motion for their Dominant Core Zone.

Determining Core Zone Dominance will also give you a fast track to understand where your students physical load has been, how they likely have been swinging the club and the Stance Width Zone to set their grip size.

How to do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express

Taping the Power Spots for Exercise and Performance

To understand why taping power spots works, please see this EBook on propagation of force.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/how-power-spots-create-propagation-of-force/

We have made significant inroads with regard to understanding how to tape the Power Spots. Tape ONLY one fingertip of each hand. More specifically, the tape would be placed on any fingernail of both hands (2 total) but no lower on the finger. Taping the fingernails of ONE finger on each hand is one of the latest Wright Balance® breakthroughs. THEN, place a piece of tape on the power spot of the Core Zone being recruited on any one finger. Now you have 2 toenails or 2 fingernails covered with tape on their Dominant Core Zone power spot of each hand.

It was discovered and tested across 55 subjects that taping ONE fingernail of each hand has the SAME Affect as taping 3 Power Spots of one finger on each hand. Subsequently, taping the toenails of ONE toe on each foot as shown in the illustration below also has the same impact.

The taping of the fingernails / toenails of ONE finger / toe on each hand or foot and the Core Zone power spot on one hand should be done not only for the Wright Balance® 4 Way Express but also during any activity or exercise that follows the Wright Balance Express. When this is done following the Wright Balance Express, the carrying angle is the same on both sides creating maximum power and equal application of force in all activities.

Athletes in hot humid climates complained that the taped fingernails would not stay on during practice or competition. That led to the discovery of taping ONE toenail on each foot effected the same change as taping fingernails on each hand.

The following video shows you how to do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express. Be certain you have taped one fingernail or toenail of each hand or foot and the power spot of the Core Zone you are recruiting during the exercise. You will have the same carrying angle on both sides which will create the equal application of force on the left and right side.

Note: This video was shot prior to the research on covering one fingernail of each hand. You will see the use of finger sleeves in this video. Taping the fingernail or toenail has the same impact on the Core.

Please view this video before proceeding, especially if you are going to be modifying the Carrying Angle or working on a cross over where you will have the greatest rotation (Posterior Zone) in a static position and the ideal

Latest Discovery as of November, 2023

When doing the Wright Balance® Express, the last Core Zone sub-region stance width used is the only sub-region that demonstrates disruption when tested. For example, if you end on the Anterior Zone number 3 sub-region and run or lift weights or just carrying on your normal daily activities, when tested, the only sub-region that shows changes is the number 3 sub-region. This observation h s
implications for isolating and training specific Core Zones and the precise sub-region. This process will also be explored for rest, or relieving stress and pain by "moving" to a different Core Zone and sub-region.

Additionally, when training, you want the same carrying angle on the left and right side. This is accomplished by taping both the left and right hands or feet and the Core Zone power spot of 1 or both hands. Leave your hands taped this way following the Wright Balance® Express and you will have equal application of force in all activities.

Handle Size, Stance Width & Heel to Toe Balance

Note: Grip the handle when doing the Wright Balance® 4 Way Express like a baseball bat. ALWAYS place the measured hand on the bottom with the middle finger of the measured hand covering the handle size for the Core Zone you are recruiting and your Stance Width on the Corresponding Core Zone.

**{Use the Stance Widths from the Core Zone...**all 5 or 1 of the 5) for the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express for the Anterior Zone, Interior Zone or Posterior Zone. Matching Handle Size to the Core Zone is imperative to create a balanced Core. Any Handle Size that does not match the Wright Balance® Zone Stance Widths when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express will completely disrupt the Core in all planes of motion.

I would encourage you to color code the handle size (Red = Anterior Zone; Black = Interior Zone; Blue = Posterior Zone) and use the Wright Balance® vinyl strip with the Core Zones and 15 sub-regions marked when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express.

  1. Place tape on one fingernail of the left hand and one fingernail of the right hand or one toenail of the left and one toenail of the right foot as shown here.

  1. Place a piece of tape on the corresponding power spots on each hand so you have, for example 2 pieces of tape on the toes and one piece on the Core Zone power spot of each hand.
  1. Do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express in your dominant the Core Zone using 1 or all 5 Stance Widths with the matching handle color / size.
  1. Remember, the Zone where you end the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express is the Zone where you will have the physical load and corresponding heel to toe balance in all activities.
  2. Wright Balance® Professional, Kevin Mooney observed that after, for example, doing the Wright Balance® Express in one of the 5 Anterior Zone stance widths that moving tape to lower core Power Spots created a movement of balance toward the heels. However, the carrying angle remained the same as the last Anterior Zone stance widths where the Wright Balance® Express was last done.
    Note: If this observation of balance movement changes with movement of taped power spots is verified, it suggests there is another 135 subregions to be tested in the Wright Balance® fitness research and application.

Further Testing for Proof of Concept

  1. Test the planes of motion after doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express matching the handle size to any Core Zone. THEN, Use a Handle Size on the incorrect Core Zone. For example, use the Anterior (Red) stance width while holding the Interior(Black) or Posterior (Blue) handle size. Retest Planes of motion and note the total disruption of your Core.

  2. Correct the Core disruption by matching the colors of the Stance Width and handle size. After you correct the Core disruption from 1 above, remove the tape from one fingernail or toenail. This is to demonstrate left to right training of your Core in any Zone. Do the Wright Balance® 4 Way Express with that one fingertip or toenail covered. Test the planes of motion. Note that when you test the planes of motion and you apply pressure to a power spot of one finger of the hand without the tape, your Core is disrupted.

This video demonstrates the left to right division of the Core within any one Zone. This video was shot before we discovered that covering a fingernail or toenail impacts the 3 subregions of any one Zone. Thus you will note that finger sleeves are used in this video covering the 3 power spots of both hands.

Reset your Core with tape on your fingernails or toenails and place tape on the power spots of each hand that also match handle size. Again, match the handle (Zone) colors to the Stance Width colors as follows. Anterior (Upper) Core: Ideally you have color coded the handle size and Stance Width. Your smallest handle size (red) is held with the middle finger of the measured hand wrapped around the handle with the other hand on top. Use any one of the 5 Stance Widths marked red on the Wright Balance® vinyl strip (Anterior Zone Stance Width) when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express. Add knee flex upon completing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and note that your weight is forward over the balls of your feet in all Stance Widths as shown here.

You have 5 stance widths in each Core Zone. The wider the stance width used in the Anterior Zone (Red), the further back over the balls of the feet you will find your balance. Your carrying angle and foot strike changes depending on which of the 5 stance widths used for the Wright Balance® Express.

When you use the narrowest stance width of the Anterior Zone, your weight will be toward your toes and your carrying angle will be in the mid to high 160 or low 170s. When you use the widest stance width of the Anterior Zone when doing the Wright Balance® Express, your carrying angle will be in the mid to low 150s and your balance line will be toward the back of the balls of your feet.

NOTE: Recall that the ideal carrying angle for the Anterior Core player is in the 163 to 165 range. Now you are able to choose which stance width for your student to use or finish on when doing the Wright Balance Express to "bioengineer" the ideal set up. Regardless what Zone you are training remember that as the carrying angle gets wider (forearm moves away from your body), the player's grip gets stronger and as the carrying angle gets narrower, the player's grip gets weaker. The thigh angle is always the same as the carrying angle. So, grip and posture must be RELEARNED as the carrying angle changes.

Interior (Middle) Core Zone: Your middle handle size (black) is held with the middle finger of the measured hand (lead hand in the golf swing) wrapped around the handle with the other hand on top and the stance width is 16 inches when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express. Add knee flex upon completing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and note that your weight is between the balls of your feet and the center of your arches in all Stance Widths as shown here.

When you use the narrowest stance width of the Interior Zone, your weight will be just forward of the center of your arches and your carrying angle will be in the high 150s to the low 160s. When you use the widest stance width of the Interior Zone to do the Wright Balance® Express, your carrying angle will be in the low 150s and your balance line will be toward the back of the balls of your feet as shown here.

Posterior (Lower) Core: Your Posterior (Lower) Zone handle size (black) is held with the middle finger of the measured hand wrapped around the handle with the other hand on top and the stance width is 18 inches when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express. Add knee flex upon completing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and note that your weight is over the center of your arches in all Stance Widths as shown here.

Proof of Concept

This video demonstrates how EACH of the 4 positions of the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express impacts the planes of motion by testing one position at a time.

Why is this important? Proof of concept is the foundation of Wright Balance® research and training / teaching. When you can show your student "proof of concept", you have moved from a description of a process to learning through experience. Experience is the measurement of truth. Your student will use these proofs of concept to test their learning in your absence.

Keeping the Hips Square When Playing

Another recent breakthrough eliminated the Lower Body (hip line) during play. As I noted in the video, I believed that a square hip line, 100% of the time regardless of grip strength, was the "Holy Grail" of the golf setup. It was not the "Holy Grail". However, the ability to eliminate the hip line as a variable at address set the stage for teaching grip and understanding how grip, arms position on the chest wall and posture impacts shoulder rotation, all things covered in the next EBook.

The Process of Setting the Hip Line Square is Simple:

Do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express with 2 fingernails or 2 toenails taped (one on each hand or foot). Following the Wright Balance 4-Way Express remove ONE of the pieces of tape so you have only one fingernail or one toenail taped as shown here.

When you plan to play or practice following the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express, I would suggest using tape on one toenail of each foot. It is difficult to keep the tape on a fingernail during play, especially in humid weather. 3M medical tape on your toes will last over several days in showers. As the 3M tape becomes wet, it adheres as it dries. It is quite easy to remove and change and it is out of your way during play.

When you leave tape on your toenails or fingernails following the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and leave the tape on the Core Zone power spots of each hand, your misses on the course will be more on your alignment line. However, you must work on grip, arms position on the chest wall and posture to maximize shoulder rotation and promote the proper set and release of the club. Otherwise your misses will be online but thin or fat.

These videos show the impact of leaving the tape on 2 fingers vs 1 finger on a square hip line.

Left Side to Right Side Core Training

Our research has uncovered the fact that the Core Zones are not just horizontal and vertical but both the horizontal and vertical planes are divided left to right as shown here.

This video will explain why it is important to tape one fingernail on each hand when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express.

Additionally, when working out, finish the Wright Balance® 4 Way Express in the Core Zone subregion you wish to train. Once you do the Wright Balance® Express you You can use any stance width you wish to train, wide or narrower. Test the disruption of the core following exercise by dropping your hands, as shown below, You will note that no matter what stance width of the 5 subregions you used when you exercised, the only Core Zone disrupted was specific to the last stance width you used when you did the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express.

>NOTE: Let me say that again. Stance Width during exercise DOES NOT MATTER. Following each exercise you do, if you test for balance using your hands drop or bar and bungee during the planes of motion tests, you will notice that the only subregion that is disrupted is the last stance width you used when doing the Wright Balance 4-Way Express.

Stated another way, following the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express, the last Core Zone Stance Width you used (Anterior -Red; Interior - Black; or Posterior - Blue) you will find that is the Zone of your physical load and your balance. For example, if you end the exercise in the Anterior Zone, your weight will be "forward" over the balls of your feet as shown below.

If you end the exercise in the Interior Zone, your weight will be forward of the center of your arches and behind the balls of the feet as shown below.

If you end the exercise in the Posterior Zone, your weight will be "back" over the center of your arches as shown below.

Pain, Soreness, Fatigue and Recovery

If your athlete / student has pain, it is likely in the region where their lifetime Core load (Dominant Core Zone) is. If the pain is a result of soft tissue injury, relief is relatively fast by simply doing the Wright Balance® 4 Way Express in all 3 Zones and ending on a non dominant Zone. Note: You can isolate the Core Zone, the Core Subregion and the plane of motion to determine the precise origin of the pain. You can do the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express in the subregion and precise exercise. You can also do one of the Wright Balance® 4- Way Express exercises specific to the Core Zone subregion for strengthening and pain relief. This process of diagnosis and treatment will be covered in the Wright Balance® fitness seminar.

This video is with Wright Balance® professional, Jeff Shaw. Jeff discusses his pain and sleep history and the impact of moving from his dominant Core Zone (Anterior Zone) to a non-dominant Core Zone (Posterior Zone) and the impact that had on pain and sleep.

RECOVERY

If you are working with athletes, recovery is best accomplished following performance or a workout by doing the Wright Balance® Express in all 3 Zones and ending on a non-performance or a Zone you didn't use for your workout. Any training program should be done with toenails or fingertips taped while using the 5 Stance Widths of each Core Zone.

IMPORTANT: If the athlete wears a piece of tape on one fingernail of each hand, they are recruiting and training the 3 sub-regions of the Zone where they last did the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express. If they wear no tape on either hand while working out or performing, they are training / using only 1 sub-region on 1 side of the body. To be certain that the 3 subregions of the Core Zone you are training are "covered" on both the left and right side, wear a piece of tape on the fingernail of EACH hand or one toenail on EACH foot as shown below.

The following illustrations show how finger sleeves and tape were used in the past to cover the 3 power spots on each hand. These strategies work.

However, as noted above, with the continued emergence of Wright Balance® technology, it was discovered that taping fingernails and toenails have the same impact by recruiting all 3 subregions in the Core Zone being trained.

I am adding the content below to clarify for Wright Balance Professionals their prior learning. If you are new to Wright Balance, the discussion of the finger sleeves will only confuse you. I suggest you bypass that discussion as it is no longer pertinent.

How do the Finger Sleeves Work?

This is a question you are likely asking and your students will ask as well. The Wyss Institute at Harvard Medical has demonstrated what they describe as the propagation of force through a cell's cytoskeleton when they applied pressure at one focal point on that cell. That is the description in a microcosm. That, I believe is what is happening in a macrocosm when pressure is applied to the Wright Balance® Power Spots.

This EBook link is dedicated to a summary of the process of the propagation of force when using tape on various power spots.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/how-power-spots-create-propagation-of-force/

CORE ZONES

Below is a summary of a time line of the discovery of the Core Zones

The first image shows 3 Core Regions. This illustration is from 2010. It is the first Wright Balance illustration of the Core.

By 2014, Wright Balance® redefined the Core, all on the horizontal plane, as having 9 Regions.

In 2019 Wright Balance® began to explore the left to right differences in training the Core. The Pandemic slowed this research during the lockdown.

By 2021 the Core had been redefined on both the horizontal and vertical plane as having 3 Zones. This short video is a 3D animation of the 3 Zones.

And the following is an illustration of the Anterior, Interior and Posterior Zones

In 2022, the 3 Zones were broken down further showing the 3 sub-regions of each Zone. If you enlarge your screen, you will see the 3 sub-regions of each Zone.

As these Zones were being defined, the Wright Balance® 4- Way Express and the relationship between handle size and Stance Width, finger sleeves and left to right Core training was discovered.

Later in 2021, I observed that if you wear one finger sleeve on one finger of each hand when you work out, you will be training the Core Zone where you ended the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and the 3 sub-regions of that Zone. If you wear no finger sleeves, you are training only one sub-region on one side of the body.

Changing Heel to Toe Balance Within Each Zone

In the following 2022 illustration that each Core Zone has 3 Subregions, also anterior, interior and posterior.

March, 2022 I wrote an EBook on the 8 inch stance width range as a strategy to determine dominant Core Zone. That strategy can still be used when the player has a neck or shoulder issue that would be impacted by the strength test when swinging the arms and hands to the top of the swing and applying resistance to downward force, our most recent strategy to determine core dominance. Here is a link to that EBook.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/stance-width-range/

2023 Research Breakthrough

In early 2023 I explored the use of taping one fingertip and a power spot on the opposite hand and learned that power was present only in the dominant Core Zone as identified by the power spot. I tested this process in Seoul Korea with 85 KLPGA professionals in June, 2023. I was able to accurately determine 100 percent of the time the dominant Core Zone using the tape on one fingertip and power spot on the opposite hand.

In July, 2023 I began testing a mathematical expansion of the 8 inch stance width range and found that it was a simpler way to determine dominant Core Zone and grip sizing than doing any measurements. Each subregion can be activated following the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express in any one of the 5 stance widths of each Zone.

Following the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express where you end on the Anterior (Red) Zone number 3 of the 5 subregions. Your weight will be centered over the balls of your feet as shown in this illustration.

...you will note that your weight moves to a maximum forward position as shown in the following illustration if you end on number 1 of the 5 subregions. You will feel your weight toward your toes.

Recall this image

We now have 5 subregion stance widths instead of the 3 shown here.

If you apply pressure to your "Lower Core Power Spot" (7 in the anterior zone) as shown here...

...your weight will subtly move back toward the center of your arches.

Depending on which power spot on your middle finger the grip crosses when you grip the club, you will impact your forward balance when in the Anterior Zone. IF your club grip crosses a power spot that does not match your last Wright Balance 4-Way Express stance width, your hips will open or close, putter through driver.

Correction of Knee Pronation or Supination

In our earlier videos we showed a way to correct knee pronation or supination holding a grip parallel to the ground. THAT EXERCISE IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.

Knee Pronation or Supination is corrected by doing the Wright Balance 4-Way Express. As a reminder, this is the configuration of the body prior to the Wright Balance 4-Way Express.

If you add knee flex and, without turning your hips or shoulders, lean your head to your right so your eyes are over your right foot and note the position your right knee relative to the center of your right foot.

Then, again without turning your hips or shoulders, lean to your head to the left so your eyes are over your left foot and note the orientation of your left knee relative to the middle of your right foot.

Here is a video on how to check knee pronation / supination.

You will note that either your left or right knee rotates in or out relative to the center of your foot. If your knee rotates in toward your body center (midline) that is referred to as knee pronation. If your knee rotates away from your body, it is referred to as supination. The pronation or supination is generally on the same side of your body as the raised hip and lower shoulder.

Following the Wright Balance 4-Way Express, knee pronation or supination is corrected and the shoulders and hips level as shown in the illustration below.

I would encourage you to discuss the importance of the correction of knee pronation and the impact on balance while standing, walking, running and/or exercise with your student. A sudden move while running, walking or lifting will place unnecessary stress on the supinated or pronated knee causing a strain, sprain or tear.

The Origin of Core Changes: WHY?

You, at some point if not already, will ask yourself what creates these changes in the Core from pelvic rotation to changes in heel to toe balance with the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express, tape and the subtle application of force. At the very least, you will have students who ask you that same question. I have asked that same and similar questions repeatedly over the years of my research.

We are quantum beings. The same laws of physics that apply to the universe apply to our bodies as well. There are biophysicists (for example, Nobel Laureate, Roger Penrose) now who are exploring our consciousness in the Quantum Mechanical realm of a new discipline, Quantum Biology. There are many branches of Quantum Biology. Is Wright Balance® one of those branches? That remains to be determined with further research.

When it comes down to it, nobody understands quantum mechanics. This has been the case since the days of Einstein and subsequently Richard Feynman, etc. Einstein referred to the observable changes in the Universe of bi-location as "spooky action at a distance". Our science is on the verge of moving us into quantum computing without fully understanding quantum mechanics.
The following is a "speculation" of WHY these changes occur in the body with the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express and then the subsequent application of mild pressure for fitness and performance.

It “appears” that the Power Spots on the fingers are a "macrocosm" of work done by researchers from Harvard Medical at the cellular level. It is believed that the Power or Finger Spot application of pressure propagates through the Core to create changes in balance, depending on the location of the focal point of force and the Core Zone that is being recruited.

This EBook is dedicated to exploring the propagation of force through the body when matching power spots are set to handle size and stance width when doing the Wright Balance® 4-Way Express.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/how-power-spots-create-propagation-of-force/

Updated January 2, 2024

GOLF

The Holy Grail for Putting post Wright Balance 4 Way Express

Waggle for Sequencing

Lead and Trail knee when testing sequencing

Grip Pressure

Posture

Grip