Robert Garrigus' Swing [PLUS! Brian Manzella Commentary and Audio with Pics!!]

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Check it out:

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Ringer

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Oh Lord, "Look at that strong left hand... back of the glove facing the sky.. that's the key to how he hits it so far."

*Pulls hair out*
 
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Brian Manzella

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Hmmm....

Ok.

This is a collection of photos that deserves commentary from your host.

Below the picture is that commentary.

Enjoy and discuss!

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AUDIO COMMENTARY BY BRIAN MANZELLA:
[media]http://web.me.com/brianmanzella/trends.mp3[/media]
 
ssssc

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that is one sick move!

i played saturday and blocked all but 2 shots off the box right. i ran to the range this morning to hit a few with a super strong grip, and needless to say that blocks stopped on the first pass.

i noticed rather quickly that it forced me to improve my pivot without much effort to keep from hooking it off the range. after about 15 or 20 mins i started hitting some nice tight 20 or 30 yrd push hooks back to the target! :)
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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ssssc said:
i noticed rather quickly that it forced me to improve my pivot without much effort to keep from hooking it off the range. after about 15 or 20 mins i started hitting some nice tight 20 or 30 yrd push hooks back to the target! :)
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Well, i hope you realized all you did was use that strengthened grip to close the face enough relative to your very inside/out path to hit those push hooks. So (i'm making numbers up right now but you'll get the point) say you are 8* inside/out and face is 8-9* open, and now you are still swinging the same 8* inside/out but face is say 5-6* open (same amount of down in both cases). You are still swinging way in/out u just have the face closed enough to play that big push/hook.
 
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Reverse hips are where the right hip moves towards the target in the backswing instead of staying put or even moving a little to the right. If the right hip slides too much to the right and the head stays in the middle then you can get a reverse pivot.

Lately the trend has been to keep the "head center" while doing the reverse hips in order to keep the spine relatively straight up and down in the face on view while keeping the weight on the front foot. It gives the player the look of an "A" frame.
 
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Brian - At the end of your commentary, you mention possibly not prescribing as much right lean going back for those having an issue swinging too far right. From this, can I infer that you might prescribe more right lean for folks having an issue swinging too far left or for folks who have a tendency to get over the top and swing left? If so, could you explain why or how the amount of lean going back might influence path coming down? Thanks a bunch.
 
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Kevin Shields

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The more right lean at the top goes in hand with a flatter shoulder turn which makes it easier to tilt your axis and get your right shoulder downplane.
 
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Kevin Shields said:
The more right lean at the top goes in hand with a flatter shoulder turn which makes it easier to tilt your axis and get your right shoulder downplane.
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Very well put!

I think those who have a more upright spine angle have to rely much more heavily on their arm speed to catch up with thier body (aka "stuck" if they don't). Having the tilt allows you to be more active with the lower body.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Very well put!

I think those who have a more upright spine angle have to rely much more heavily on their arm speed to catch up with thier body (aka "stuck" if they don't). Having the tilt allows you to be more active with the lower body.
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Not necessarily, they can just move their hips more in the downswing to create the tilt, like a lot of the S&T's do.
 
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Jim Kobylinski said:
Not necessarily, they can just move their hips more in the downswing to create the tilt, like a lot of the S&T's do.
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Although true, it also causes a major drop of the upper body if they do so.

Most S&Ter's that I've seen try to just "twist" their hips in place.
 
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