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  1. J

    Dragging the handle

    Would it be fair to say that the golfer is trying to avoid "dragging the handle" both in the backswing and the downswing and that to all intents and purposes, for optimal performance the club is in the hands but is not moved by the hands?
  2. J

    Weight and centres of pressure

    Not sure if this has been covered before or not, but could someone please compare weight in motion and centres of pressure? Are they different and if so how/why? And what might be typical tour values for both at the top of the backswing and at impact with an iron and a wood? Does a system...
  3. J

    Quote from Jack Nicklaus talking about Jim Flick

    "Jim was someone who understood that the game of golf was played with the golf club and not the body."
  4. J

    Nice quote from Mike Boyle

    Got sent this the other day from Mike Boyle, one of the most respected strength coaches in the world, and thought it summed up this place quite nicely. "I think in my early 20′s I was a bit of a know-it-all. In fact I’m sure of it. As I aged I realized how little I knew. I think in our...
  5. J

    Foresight Launch Monitor

    Brian, Did you get a chance in the end to check out the Foresight Launch Monitor at PGA show? I see it's now got the A of A incorporated? Thanks, James
  6. J

    GC2 Launch Monitor

    Has anybody used the GC2 Launch Monitor? (Introducting the GC2 Smart Camera System - launch monitor, golf simulator, training tool in one. ) Is their ball data as accurate as they say it is? Is it comparable to Trackman? Any comments much appreciated.
  7. J

    TPI video

    I watched a TPI video about a month ago about improving swing speed by swinging first a club that's 15% heavier and then one that's 15% lighter than standard, forgot to bookmark it and can't find it anymore. Could anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.
  8. J

    The importance of ground forces in the downswing

    I saw this video on youtube and thought it was interesting and relevant to the sequencing in the downswing. From the video it appears that the connection between the vertical forces down into the ground allow more forces in the horizontal axis to be generated. Without the down it is more...
  9. J

    Putting torque on the upper lever

    It seems to me that in my time teaching, aside from controlling the clubface, the major challenge presented to the average player is being able to "put enough torque on the upper lever" in the transition/downswing to successfully situate low point far enough left to be able to hit down on the...
  10. J

    Kinematic sequence question

    Is the transfer of the energy from the torso to the arms in the downswing more efficient if the arms are more "connected" to the body or doesn't it matter?
  11. J

    A couple of Trackman questions

    From a "normal" lie on the fairway is it possible to hit a "reasonably" solid shot with a level or even positive angle of attack? If you've got the ball teed up to hit with a driver, what negative angle of attack would you need to take a divot? Not that you would want to, of course. Thanks...
  12. J

    Negative torque at impact

    Is there any sense in my applying negative torque through impact to increase the chances of keeping the clubface square to the target when trying to hit the ball straight with an iron or is it too high a premium to pay in terms of speed?
  13. J

    Optimising launch conditions for a fade with a driver

    If I want to hit a fade with my driver and also want to optimise the launch conditions, hitting up on the ball, would you recommend that I stand sufficiently open to the target line to be able to swing to the right of my stance line with the face the appropriate amount open to the path of the...
  14. J

    Path/face influence with different clubs

    I may have missed this but exactly why is it that with the less lofted clubs the face has a greater influence over the initial direction of the ball than the path than with more lofted clubs? Is it just because of the loft itself not imparting as much side spin on the ball with the more...
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    Hitting a fade with an iron

    Given the fact the clubhead travels down and out to low point, if the golfer wishes to hit a fade with an iron, does he/she have to swing a little further left than might be thought in order to take that into account?
  16. J

    Differences between blades and cavity backs

    Given the same off-centre hit with the same degree of face error either left or right is there very much difference in the resultant ball flight if the shot were struck with a blade or a cavity back?
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    Torques on the club in transistion

    Brian, In your latest Live Stream Q&A video you talked about some of the torques applied to the club in the transistion. In your opinion, if the golfer applies more torque with his hands and his arms, instead of a ground-up managed transistion, does the face tend to open more in the start-down...
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    Trackman impact question

    If I've got my 6-iron in my hand and I want to hit a straight shot, if I hit down on it let's say 4º, I have to shift the plane more or less 2º left. For that to happen where on the ball's surface would I hit it? 2º to the far side of the middle from the golfer's perspective? Thanks for any...
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    Kinematic sequence backswing?

    I was just wondering if there is a kinematic sequence in the backswing as well as the downswing? Also should the kinetic chain be snapped in the backswing and if so when should it be done and what would be the consequences of doing it in the wrong spot? Thanks in advance for any guidance
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