I have to say that this is one the most elegant swing on tour. But after watching it a few time I have to admit that there is slight difference compare the new breed of player ( bombers ) on tour. Face on at about 5.04 after he makes his strong lateral shift his left femur is kind of resisting the pelvic rotation. It is like it is still in internal rotation instead of moving externaly like D.J , Bubba, Justin Thomas , Gary Woodland. So his left hip doesn't move around internaly and away from the target. Less pelvic rotation more hand rotation thought impact ( highter rate of closer of the club face). Watch just after impact how fast the crest of his glove disappear compare to the same player I've mentionned earlier. But his swing is still one of the most beautiful of his era.
The connectedness of his swing might be that he might be flexing his stomach muscles during the downswing, and by doing so he might be connect his lower body movement to his upper body movement.
Yes I think I was missing something. I played golf yesterday and barely shot below 100. After reviewing Ben Hogan's and Sam Snead's swing I noticed their left lead knee gets more bent during their back swing, and then on the down swing the left lead knee begins to straighten somewhat before impact. I guess this allows the club head to travels straight down the line towards the target,.Of course I can't prove my theory about my observations, but as of now those are my thoughts.
Don't complicate the game too much. Snead himself said if some of his pupils thought about bringing a fork to their mouths the same way they think about taking the club back, they'd starve to death.
I see the golf swing as a series of simple sequence of muscle that are activated on a skeleton by the brain. I usually develop theories that compensate for a slice by the Driver and hook on the sand wedge. My current tactics that somehow achieve these theories are as follows. Combining several observations, set up with the toe behind the ball, and somewhat upright in posture meaning as the club starts back it starts back on what it feels like would be an upright swing path. During the backswing several things happen. As I take the club back without cocking the wrist yet, I begin to gently and slightly bent more at the waist and so as the back swing progresses it should feel like the club path is now on a slightly flatter swing plane. And as the backswing happens my left knee starts benting towards the ball. As the club gets parallel to the ground in the backswing I begin to cock my wrist but the cocking of the wrist is not completed until about the top of the backswing. As the downswing starts perhaps the wrist cock increases slightly but that is purely theorectical. Because I am slightly more bent at top of backswing than at setup, when I start my downswing my shoulders contibute a little more power than they would have had I would have remained in the same posture as I had at address. In theory at the start of the down swing some would get the body slightly closer to the ground during the first part of the downswing. As I reach the impact area, but before impact, my left knee which was bent more towards the ball during the backswing, now begins to slightly straighten and push off of the ground. At the same time my right trail side of my body starts coming around my lead left foot and will begin to move towards the target. It has not been determined if my waist begins to straighten thus making my upper body move away from the ground before impact, during impact or after impact. This might vary of whether I am hitting different types of shots and what club I am using. My posture at setup may change with different club, and the muscles used in sequence and to what degree they are used may vary with the different clubs. I usually have to correct for a slice with my driver and correct for a push with my short irons, with the exception of the putter which I seem to pull my short putts and push my long shots. If I am thinking that my setup is not bent at waist enough and stand to close to ball, I can straighten up my waist on the follow through my pivoting around my lead left leg and then rotating the right trail side of my body around towards the target which should relieve pressure from my lower back during the follow through. In theory I might finish a shot with my weight on my left lead leg and maybe slightly leaning towards the target with my upper body, which should vary on the club and type of shot. The goal for me is to enjoy the outdoors, hit as many shots that come off as I planned. When I do practice swings, I always face the target so that people don't think that I am about to swing into them. I also always wait until all of golfers are far enough out of the way so that there is no chance of hitting them with a wild shot. The other thing I do is never activate the gas powered motor on my golf cart when someone near by is making a golf stroke whether putting or hitting a driver. The goal is to have a swing that is powerful and yet minimized stress on my knees, hips, and lower back. I guess a golf course is like a church too me, and all golfers become family to me and it becomes easier for my not to judge people when I am at a golf course, and so golf course feel kind of homey to me.
Also I should add this. I am adding one component to the paragraph directly below. During my back swing as left knee bents more, and my club goes back, and I bent at the waist a little more towards the ground as the back swing goes, allow my torso and head rotate about the vertical axis in a clockwise direction so that my head moves slightly away from the target and my head due to rotation about the vericle axis moves slightly further away from the target line. By doing this I am allowing potential for head momentum towards the target in the down swing which will help carry my body towards the target in the follow through. Also by doing this it prevents my hips from swaying away from the target. Thus on my downswing my head move on an arc that rotates counter clockwise and gets higher as my left knee straightens, but my head gets higher maybe after impact area. This means that my upper body and head leads the downswing, both the head and neck and upper body would be moving on and arc rotating in the counter clockwise direction about a vertical axis. All of this paragraph is done to reduce tension in the body as a whole, and position the upper body at the top of the body such that on the downswing the upper body and neck and head travel on an arc parallel to the ground in such a way that my club head and hands will travel on said inside out arc before impact and also my upper body and neck and head will establish momentum on said arc that allows them to lead the downswing and lead the follow through such that on the follow through I am balance on my lead left foot and leg with my hip slightly bent such that my upper body is tilted slightly towards the target. Thus the swing is somewhat reminisant of Arnold Palmers swing in his elderly years. Doing all of these things allows my right trail knee to remain somewhat bent at the top of my backswing. If I don't do the above things and keep my head and spine still and staight, then during the backswing as my left knee gets more bent, my right trail knee will staighten to much to be comfortable. So I had to develop a swing that would allow my left knee to get a little more bent in my back swing, and at the same time allow my right trail knee to retain most of the bent it has at address. I know it sounds like a lot, but when your my age and less flexible, most need to learn a swing that reduces tension but still has some power. Most golfers and the PGA their head move slightly away from the ball and slightly away from the target line during the back swing. But if you read wikipedia on the mechanics of golf it state one should keep the head perfectly still. The information in the article at wikipedia is from a Scientific Biomechanics Organization in Europe somewhere. I can't say that I agree with the article in that if you have never played golf it makes sense, but if you have been playing golf for a long time, it makes very little sense for the older less flexible golfer. Good Regards Luke Daniel
This is one of the simplest swings on tour. I can bet he is not thinking about this nonsense when he swings. Golf is so over complicated by all these swing guru's. You can't teach positions. Golf is a natural motion like hitting a baseball. Except it's down. Adam's a natural. leave it to us to over complicate it
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I have to say that this is one the most elegant swing on tour. But after watching it a few time I have to admit that there is slight difference compare the new breed of player ( bombers ) on tour. Face on at about 5.04 after he makes his strong lateral shift his left femur is kind of resisting the pelvic rotation. It is like it is still in internal rotation instead of moving externaly like D.J , Bubba, Justin Thomas , Gary Woodland. So his left hip doesn't move around internaly and away from the target. Less pelvic rotation more hand rotation thought impact ( highter rate of closer of the club face). Watch just after impact how fast the crest of his glove disappear compare to the same player I've mentionned earlier. But his swing is still one of the most beautiful of his era.
what about the use of the LOWER body which the upper body follows?
Great video but play through the swing more often. Completing the thought or in this case the motion. This allows the brain to connect the dots.
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In his younger days, JB Holmes would "Jump" at impact. JT is merely extending his left leg for distance.
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The connectedness of his swing might be that he might be flexing his stomach muscles during the downswing, and by doing so he might be connect his lower body movement to his upper body movement.
I've heard some crap on youtube in my time but that takes the biscuit.
Yes I think I was missing something. I played golf yesterday and barely shot below 100. After reviewing Ben Hogan's and Sam Snead's swing I noticed their left lead knee gets more bent during their back swing, and then on the down swing the left lead knee begins to straighten somewhat before impact. I guess this allows the club head to travels straight down the line towards the target,.Of course I can't prove my theory about my observations, but as of now those are my thoughts.
Don't complicate the game too much. Snead himself said if some of his pupils thought about bringing a fork to their mouths the same way they think about taking the club back, they'd starve to death.
I see the golf swing as a series of simple sequence of muscle that are activated on a skeleton by the brain. I usually develop theories that compensate for a slice by the Driver and hook on the sand wedge. My current tactics that somehow achieve these theories are as follows.
Combining several observations, set up with the toe behind the ball, and somewhat upright in posture meaning as the club starts back it starts back on what it feels like would be an upright swing path. During the backswing several things happen. As I take the club back without cocking the wrist yet, I begin to gently and slightly bent more at the waist and so as the back swing progresses it should feel like the club path is now on a slightly flatter swing plane. And as the backswing happens my left knee starts benting towards the ball. As the club gets parallel to the ground in the backswing I begin to cock my wrist but the cocking of the wrist is not completed until about the top of the backswing. As the downswing starts perhaps the wrist cock increases slightly but that is purely theorectical. Because I am slightly more bent at top of backswing than at setup, when I start my downswing my shoulders contibute a little more power than they would have had I would have remained in the same posture as I had at address. In theory at the start of the down swing some would get the body slightly closer to the ground during the first part of the downswing. As I reach the impact area, but before impact, my left knee which was bent more towards the ball during the backswing, now begins to slightly straighten and push off of the ground. At the same time my right trail side of my body starts coming around my lead left foot and will begin to move towards the target. It has not been determined if my waist begins to straighten thus making my upper body move away from the ground before impact, during impact or after impact. This might vary of whether I am hitting different types of shots and what club I am using. My posture at setup may change with different club, and the muscles used in sequence and to what degree they are used may vary with the different clubs. I usually have to correct for a slice with my driver and correct for a push with my short irons, with the exception of the putter which I seem to pull my short putts and push my long shots. If I am thinking that my setup is not bent at waist enough and stand to close to ball, I can straighten up my waist on the follow through my pivoting around my lead left leg and then rotating the right trail side of my body around towards the target which should relieve pressure from my lower back during the follow through. In theory I might finish a shot with my weight on my left lead leg and maybe slightly leaning towards the target with my upper body, which should vary on the club and type of shot.
The goal for me is to enjoy the outdoors, hit as many shots that come off as I planned.
When I do practice swings, I always face the target so that people don't think that I am about to swing into them. I also always wait until all of golfers are far enough out of the way so that there is no chance of hitting them with a wild shot. The other thing I do is never activate the gas powered motor on my golf cart when someone near by is making a golf stroke whether putting or hitting a driver.
The goal is to have a swing that is powerful and yet minimized stress on my knees, hips, and lower back.
I guess a golf course is like a church too me, and all golfers become family to me and it becomes easier for my not to judge people when I am at a golf course, and so golf course feel kind of homey to me.
Also I should add this.
I am adding one component to the paragraph directly below. During my back swing as left knee bents more, and my club goes back, and I bent at the waist a little more towards the ground as the back swing goes, allow my torso and head rotate about the vertical axis in a clockwise direction so that my head moves slightly away from the target and my head due to rotation about the vericle axis moves slightly further away from the target line. By doing this I am allowing potential for head momentum towards the target in the down swing which will help carry my body towards the target in the follow through. Also by doing this it prevents my hips from swaying away from the target. Thus on my downswing my head move on an arc that rotates counter clockwise and gets higher as my left knee straightens, but my head gets higher maybe after impact area. This means that my upper body and head leads the downswing, both the head and neck and upper body would be moving on and arc rotating in the counter clockwise direction about a vertical axis. All of this paragraph is done to reduce tension in the body as a whole, and position the upper body at the top of the body such that on the downswing the upper body and neck and head travel on an arc parallel to the ground in such a way that my club head and hands will travel on said inside out arc before impact and also my upper body and neck and head will establish momentum on said arc that allows them to lead the downswing and lead the follow through such that on the follow through I am balance on my lead left foot and leg with my hip slightly bent such that my upper body is tilted slightly towards the target. Thus the swing is somewhat reminisant of Arnold Palmers swing in his elderly years. Doing all of these things allows my right trail knee to remain somewhat bent at the top of my backswing. If I don't do the above things and keep my head and spine still and staight, then during the backswing as my left knee gets more bent, my right trail knee will staighten to much to be comfortable. So I had to develop a swing that would allow my left knee to get a little more bent in my back swing, and at the same time allow my right trail knee to retain most of the bent it has at address.
I know it sounds like a lot, but when your my age and less flexible, most need to learn a swing that reduces tension but still has some power. Most golfers and the PGA their head move slightly away from the ball and slightly away from the target line during the back swing. But if you read wikipedia on the mechanics of golf it state one should keep the head perfectly still. The information in the article at wikipedia is from a Scientific Biomechanics Organization in Europe somewhere.
I can't say that I agree with the article in that if you have never played golf it makes sense, but if you have been playing golf for a long time, it makes very little sense for the older less flexible golfer.
Good Regards
Luke Daniel
Are you willing to analyze amateur swings?
This is one of the simplest swings on tour. I can bet he is not thinking about this nonsense when he swings. Golf is so over complicated by all these swing guru's. You can't teach positions. Golf is a natural motion like hitting a baseball. Except it's down. Adam's a natural. leave it to us to over complicate it
Talk about complicating the golf swing.
Left hip lower than the right to P-6 is the secret.
Disclaimer: not expert analysis
Put a jacket on bro
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All the movements are nonsense if they are not driven by the right purpose.
Yikes.