Wow! Great video, Mr. Steiner! I'll be working on the concept later this morning because I'm aware that I've always had problems "shifting my weight". Focusing on the hips instead may well be the answer!
Conventional wisdom on ideal swing mechanics changed in the 1960 due to the success of Jack Nicklaus whose swing style different from that of Hogan, Snead, Nelson and others who learned with Hickory shafted clubs and took the club back with a hips, shoulders and hands all moving together with a lateral shift of hips back and straightening of the back leg which turns the hips very much like the piston and connecting rod turns the crankshaft in an engine. Hogan would square his back foot, even adding an extra metal spike in his shoe so the foot would not slip, and open his front foot 22°, but then flare his feet / \ inside of his shoes to “pre-torque” his lower body. He did that so in the backswing during the first 45° of hip and shoulder rotation the muscles in the back thigh and buttock were stretched and loaded like a torsion bar, loaded with power he unleashed in the downswing. The difference, between doing that and just turning the hips without any resistance is amazing, especially with partial swing shots because the hips get locked and loaded before the club force cocks the wrist and swings the club head mass up. The swing style of Nicklaus, which became the norm for instruction to this day, was to start the backswing with shoulders and hands first, keeping bend in both legs which creates resistance to turning. In the 1990s and early 2000s Tiger Woods had a widely imitated swing style in which actively resisted rotation of the hips in the backswing, instead trying to get as much rotation of shoulders past hips (the X factor) as possible. Two spinal fusions later Tiger realizes that perhaps wasn’t the best long term swing strategy and so have other pros who have gone back and read Hogan’s Five Lessons like I did and concluded that all things considered his technique works better. It certainly does for recreational golfers who lack a pro’s superior athletic coordination.
I love this video Bobby. I go back to this in my mind quite often.
Looks like a good drill and great advice regarding the right knee action.
I can’t wait to try this drill!
Love your thoughts and observations tied to logic..Stressdr
Thank you, Martin!
Wow! Great video, Mr. Steiner! I'll be working on the concept later this morning because I'm aware that I've always had problems "shifting my weight". Focusing on the hips instead may well be the answer!
How did it go?
bobby, enjoying your intelligence! should this work out okay with driver as well ? or should it be done as a drill with irons only?
Conventional wisdom on ideal swing mechanics changed in the 1960 due to the success of Jack Nicklaus whose swing style different from that of Hogan, Snead, Nelson and others who learned with Hickory shafted clubs and took the club back with a hips, shoulders and hands all moving together with a lateral shift of hips back and straightening of the back leg which turns the hips very much like the piston and connecting rod turns the crankshaft in an engine. Hogan would square his back foot, even adding an extra metal spike in his shoe so the foot would not slip, and open his front foot 22°, but then flare his feet / \ inside of his shoes to “pre-torque” his lower body. He did that so in the backswing during the first 45° of hip and shoulder rotation the muscles in the back thigh and buttock were stretched and loaded like a torsion bar, loaded with power he unleashed in the downswing. The difference, between doing that and just turning the hips without any resistance is amazing, especially with partial swing shots because the hips get locked and loaded before the club force cocks the wrist and swings the club head mass up.
The swing style of Nicklaus, which became the norm for instruction to this day, was to start the backswing with shoulders and hands first, keeping bend in both legs which creates resistance to turning. In the 1990s and early 2000s Tiger Woods had a widely imitated swing style in which actively resisted rotation of the hips in the backswing, instead trying to get as much rotation of shoulders past hips (the X factor) as possible. Two spinal fusions later Tiger realizes that perhaps wasn’t the best long term swing strategy and so have other pros who have gone back and read Hogan’s Five Lessons like I did and concluded that all things considered his technique works better. It certainly does for recreational golfers who lack a pro’s superior athletic coordination.
Bobby. My back swing is not right. Check it out. My swing is half but I still hit it 300 +
That’s a great swing!