Bumpy Back

[art]

Art,

I am Irish and I married an Italian so maybe there is some natural chemistry between the two ethnicities.

Unfortunately, I did not take the video and I do not know Nick.

You are more than welcome to call me Murph, as most of my friends do. Thank you for the help with my KIB problem. I have a quick question though. Are you referrring to position of the coccyx at address?

Murph

Dear Murph,

Here is a verbatim reply to a PM regarding a similar BUT related question.


Here is the response regarding more detail to the coccyx story cut and pasted from another PM. The even more detail involves "The Spine Engine", and its role in providing energy to the down swing.


YOU WILL NEVER be able to keep your coccyx still thru the whole swing, so please do not try. What is not obvious, as I try to keep my posts reasonably brief (ha), is that the spine, with its 24 vertebrae, has the wonderful capability to form some very useful curves to produce each golfers best, or even with coaching, optimum swing.

So the coccyx, straight down, or pointing towards the rear leg is just to 'finish' Bumpy Back correctly, and ATTEMPT to minimize the coccyx's movement during the transition and downswing.

This stuff is really good for everybody, so please when you implement what I am about to tell you, tell every body YOUR findings.

I detect that you have a great following AND REPUTATION, and I eventually want 60 million golfers to have more fun at the driving range and at the course from only one thing; FINALLY IMPROVING, and maybe building the ability to 'continuously improve' as we have in applying many of the sciences to every day engineering problems and products.

Very sincerely,
art

 

[dbl]

Heck, I watched the video without sound. Never knew there was commentary to be bothered with.

 

[BIGBALL]

I think that would be a great idea. I am sure a lot of people are like me in that they understand movements better when they see it rather when reading about it.

I agree! I want to give it a try, but I have a hard time visualizing it, I need to actually see it... Maybe this is something Brian could do a video of? Maybe Art, like me, is camera shy?!!

 

[puttmaster]

I agree! I want to give it a try, but I have a hard time visualizing it, I need to actually see it... Maybe this is something Brian could do a video of? Maybe Art, like me, is camera shy?!!

Here are a couple of links that might help:

Story with graphic: Best slice golf tip: Pre-cock your right hip | GOLF.com
Video: Fix Your Slice Golf Tip Video on Vimeo

 

[art]

Here are a couple of links that might help:

Story with graphic: Best slice golf tip: Pre-cock your right hip | GOLF.com
Video: Fix Your Slice Golf Tip Video on Vimeo

Dear puttmaster,

Thank you for researching this and finding the links AND the story going back to 1970.

My contribution, I believe has been the uncovering that the efficacy of BBKIB, is NOT to make it easier for the arms to rotate properly in the back swing, but to establish a 'static' starting point from which to develop dynamic balance AND more importantly, stability MARGIN for the explosive downswing.

I am not at all sure of the correct dates, But to the best of my recollection, Dan Goldstein obtained the 'rights' to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), force plates from which he developed the Dynamic Balance System (DBS) long after 1970. Also, having been immersed in the world of missiles and space flight dynamics in that early time period, I can GUARANTEE, there was no sensing or calculating systems available to the golf industry to in any way understand the dynamic implications of the swing.

BUT, IMO, NOW IS THE TIME.

And finally, as to the comment of being camera shy, you obviously have forgotten that like Brian, I am Italian too.

On the VERY serious side, I would be flattered and anxious to support Brian, Golf Magazine, and/or Sports Illustrated in any way to expose and elucidate on the CRUCIAL need for TEMPO and lower body dynamic balance as the CORNERSTONES for building a golf swing that has the foundation to 'continuously improve'.

A point I have not posted clearly enough yet, is IMO, the VERY close relationship of TEMPO/RHYTHM to proper dynamic balance, and this would make a valuable additional contribution to learning and playing too.

Thanks so much for uncovering the links noted above.

Very appreciatively,
art

 

[JEREMY5577]

Anyone else who's been using BBKIB for a while now ever wonder how you were able to hit good shots with out it? I tried swinging a few times with out it and just about fell over after I duck hooked the crap out of it. I'm much more able to control the clubface through the hitting area with it. Can hit balls for hours and not get tired out. I used to have to really limit my range work, because of the fear I would tire out and play poorly.

 

[btp]

Big Easy and Snedeker both did a little shifting of the hips just prior to swinging at the British.

 

[art]

Big Easy and Snedeker both did a little shifting of the hips just prior to swinging at the British.

Dear btp,

Could you PLEASE post some videos showing both golfers shifting their hips closed during their set-up is completed. Nick Watney at Riviera is all we have to this point.

I HOPE THIS IS OK WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THIS SITE.

Thanks,art