Brian Manzella
Administrator
There are some teachers that teach head movement.
There are some who teach none.
What do I teach?
I teach the student to use their Pivots to snap their Kinetic Chain, and to assist their arms, hands and club with creating the proper "D" Plane for the desired ball flight.
Period.
With some folks, like slicers, I like a pretty flat shoulder turn. The "Never Slice Again" pattern has the golfer turn around the point between their shoulders, which will ALWAYS make the head move as the spine rotates.
With other golfers and patterns, I like a steeper turn. Some of these patterns I look for very little head movement on the backswing.
Some—none.
The debate about whether the head or the point between the shoulders is the best swing center has been done on this forum dozens of times.
I feel I have won that debate, by leaps and bounds.
Do a search.
But...
I will answer the main points/questions right now:
How do you limit head movement?
There are some who teach none.
What do I teach?
I teach the student to use their Pivots to snap their Kinetic Chain, and to assist their arms, hands and club with creating the proper "D" Plane for the desired ball flight.
Period.
With some folks, like slicers, I like a pretty flat shoulder turn. The "Never Slice Again" pattern has the golfer turn around the point between their shoulders, which will ALWAYS make the head move as the spine rotates.
With other golfers and patterns, I like a steeper turn. Some of these patterns I look for very little head movement on the backswing.
Some—none.
The debate about whether the head or the point between the shoulders is the best swing center has been done on this forum dozens of times.
I feel I have won that debate, by leaps and bounds.
Do a search.
But...
I will answer the main points/questions right now:
How do you limit head movement?
If your head moves too far to the right on the backswing, you need to move your hips—as a unit—more to the right UNDER the head.
You probably need a steeper shoulder turn, but it is not necessary.
If you head move too far to the LEFT on the backswing, you need a much flatter shoulder turn, and sharper hip turn.
If you move your head to the right a bunch, do you need a lot of trigger delay?You probably need a steeper shoulder turn, but it is not necessary.
If you head move too far to the LEFT on the backswing, you need a much flatter shoulder turn, and sharper hip turn.
Hell no.
See Curtis Strange, Lindsay Gahm.
See Curtis Strange, Lindsay Gahm.
