Every Smart2Move certified coach learns a 4-step process for analyzing a force plate session and translating the data into a coaching intervention. This process is the backbone of the S2M methodology and the reason certified coaches can consistently produce results that observational coaching alone cannot achieve.
Understanding this process is also the best way to understand what makes S2M Intelligence different from every other AI tool in golf coaching. Kimi does not generate generic advice. It is built on this specific analytical framework, applied to real force plate data.
Step 1: Identify the primary GRF deviation
The first step is to look at the force plate data and identify which GRF variable is most significantly outside the expected range for a player at this level and with this swing pattern.
This is not about finding everything that is wrong. It is about finding the primary deviation, the one that, if corrected, will have the most downstream effect on the other variables. In most swings, there is a hierarchy of cause and effect in the GRF data. Fixing the primary deviation often resolves secondary issues automatically, because those secondary issues were compensations for the primary problem.
The primary deviation is almost always a timing issue, a magnitude issue, or a coordination issue between the two feet. Identifying which one it is, and which axis it is on, determines everything that follows.
Step 2: Identify the cause in the kinetic chain
Once the primary GRF deviation is identified, the second step is to understand where in the kinetic chain it is originating.
A vertical force timing issue, for example, could be caused by several different things. It could be a lack of ankle stiffness, which prevents the player from creating a fast, efficient ground contact. It could be a hip loading pattern that is sequencing too late. It could be a sequencing issue further up the chain that is causing the player to compensate at the ground.
Identifying the cause, not just the symptom, is what allows the coach to prescribe the right intervention. Two players with the same vertical force timing deviation may need completely different drills depending on where the cause is located in their kinetic chain.
Step 3: Select the appropriate drill
The third step is to select a drill from the S2M library that directly addresses the cause identified in step two.
The S2M drill library is organized by GRF category and kinetic chain segment. Each drill is designed to train a specific ground force pattern, not a specific swing position. The coach is not looking for a drill that makes the swing look different. They are looking for a drill that trains the ground force pattern that will produce the desired change in the GRF data.
This is where the BioForce training aids become directly relevant. The Force Pedal is designed to provide sensory feedback for specific GRF patterns that are otherwise very difficult to train without force plates. When a player uses The Force Pedal during a drill, they can feel the ground force feedback that tells them whether they are executing the pattern correctly.
Step 4: Measure the change at the next session
The fourth step is to measure. Not to observe, not to estimate, but to take a new force plate reading at the next session and compare the data directly to the baseline.
This step is what closes the loop and makes the S2M process genuinely scientific rather than experiential. The coach knows exactly what they prescribed, they know what they expected to change, and they can see from the data whether it changed. If it did, they move to the next priority. If it did not, they return to step two and reassess the cause.
This is the cycle that produces consistent, measurable improvement. And it is the cycle that S2M Intelligence is built to support, making each step faster and more precise so the coach can focus entirely on the human side of the coaching relationship.