shootin4par
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I posted this on another fourm and came to some of these conclusions/observations after learning more about the pivot (with many thanks to bman). I would be interested in some opinions from here becuase for golf discussion this is the best place on the net that I have seen. I ask one thing, let me know BOTH of what you agree with and disagree with, please be gentle
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neil
You see golfers, myself included, think there are many different ways to swing a golf club. but the thing is, we are decieved. take tiger woods and john daly, how different would you say they swing? now if you cut their arms off and just watched their body movements they would look much more similar to you. the biggest diffference then would be that daly pivots more and that is why he lifts his left foot, but if he stopped his pivot where tiger does then they would look really similar.
SO why do their swings look so much different? because the most noticable aspect of the golf swing is the ARMS. The arms and hands move aroudn more then the head, shoulders, hips or legs. So when we see swings what really is the biggest difference between tiger and daly or from fyrk and monty. is the arm/hand path. That is the easiest thing we see so that is what we judge it by.
Now as far as body movemnts why do some pros loook different? mainly because their set up. Fyrk, monty, set up very upright, jacobson, johny miller set up more bent over. the angles they set at address will dictate how their body LOOKS in backswng. But the common thing those four will have is that the angles they set at address will be maintained in the backswing pretty well. They will all rotate around their spine pretty well and keep their tush line, there shoulder angle, their secondary axis tilt. the other difference will relate to flexibility so some may turn the shoulders much more then the hips because their flexibility
Golf swings are much more similar across the board when you stop looking at the arms and focus on the body movements. It is really the route of the arms that gives the ILLUSION that there are a million and one different swings, well that is my take on it anyways
thanks
neil
You see golfers, myself included, think there are many different ways to swing a golf club. but the thing is, we are decieved. take tiger woods and john daly, how different would you say they swing? now if you cut their arms off and just watched their body movements they would look much more similar to you. the biggest diffference then would be that daly pivots more and that is why he lifts his left foot, but if he stopped his pivot where tiger does then they would look really similar.
SO why do their swings look so much different? because the most noticable aspect of the golf swing is the ARMS. The arms and hands move aroudn more then the head, shoulders, hips or legs. So when we see swings what really is the biggest difference between tiger and daly or from fyrk and monty. is the arm/hand path. That is the easiest thing we see so that is what we judge it by.
Now as far as body movemnts why do some pros loook different? mainly because their set up. Fyrk, monty, set up very upright, jacobson, johny miller set up more bent over. the angles they set at address will dictate how their body LOOKS in backswng. But the common thing those four will have is that the angles they set at address will be maintained in the backswing pretty well. They will all rotate around their spine pretty well and keep their tush line, there shoulder angle, their secondary axis tilt. the other difference will relate to flexibility so some may turn the shoulders much more then the hips because their flexibility
Golf swings are much more similar across the board when you stop looking at the arms and focus on the body movements. It is really the route of the arms that gives the ILLUSION that there are a million and one different swings, well that is my take on it anyways
