We analyzed the relationship between the cooperative actions of golf swings and the differences in swing trajectory. To extract cooperative actions from different swings, we acquired swing data in an experiment on an experienced golfer who swung with two different trajectories. We measured the swings with motion capture system (VICON). We built an observance matrix from the collected positional data and conducted singular value decomposition (SVD) on it. The SVD yielded the cooperative actions as independent modes. Next, we compared the cooperative actions of different swing trajectories in the main mode. The results indicate that the analysis of the golf swing could be divided into a dominant behavior and an accompanying behavior.
