I'd like to hear what people think of Alex Morrion's approach (especially Holenone). Does anyone have a listing of the components he uses?
It seems to me that while TGM does a fairly complete job of discussion of physics and geometry, it doesn't address anatomy as much as I would have hoped.
Morrison's grip, while considered odd by most today, has some very good anatomy analysis built in. Given that the clubs design makes it tend to rotate, the grip Morrison uses not only limits rotation, but also makes lag much, much easier to maintain. He knew what the body tended to do, what the club needed to do, and has a grip that shows this understanding well.
A while back I posted a question to Brian about why he advocates 10-2-B and Ben uses 10-2-D, and what the advantages and disadvantages were for each. Morrison uses what would be considered a modified 10-2-D - but with the thumb of the lead hand outside the right, hands at 90 degrees to each other. This really allows for a very strong left side thrust, while maintaining lag/delay and letting the right hand work properly. In essence, you have to 'do less' to achieve a proper impact condition. The hands are simply along for the ride. The body does, what the body does, while the club does what it needs to do and neither of those are in conflict (as I believe they are to some degree with 10-2-B).
Is transfer power really that important that the advantages of Morrison's grip should be dismissed? He seems to combine the physics, anatomy and geometry of the swing as well as anyone IMO.
I don't intend this to be anything against TGM, just an exploration of Morrison's approach and its benefits and drawbacks - especially for the average player.
It seems to me that while TGM does a fairly complete job of discussion of physics and geometry, it doesn't address anatomy as much as I would have hoped.
Morrison's grip, while considered odd by most today, has some very good anatomy analysis built in. Given that the clubs design makes it tend to rotate, the grip Morrison uses not only limits rotation, but also makes lag much, much easier to maintain. He knew what the body tended to do, what the club needed to do, and has a grip that shows this understanding well.
A while back I posted a question to Brian about why he advocates 10-2-B and Ben uses 10-2-D, and what the advantages and disadvantages were for each. Morrison uses what would be considered a modified 10-2-D - but with the thumb of the lead hand outside the right, hands at 90 degrees to each other. This really allows for a very strong left side thrust, while maintaining lag/delay and letting the right hand work properly. In essence, you have to 'do less' to achieve a proper impact condition. The hands are simply along for the ride. The body does, what the body does, while the club does what it needs to do and neither of those are in conflict (as I believe they are to some degree with 10-2-B).
Is transfer power really that important that the advantages of Morrison's grip should be dismissed? He seems to combine the physics, anatomy and geometry of the swing as well as anyone IMO.
I don't intend this to be anything against TGM, just an exploration of Morrison's approach and its benefits and drawbacks - especially for the average player.
