How to hit a Driver ....by Brian Manzella, PGA, G.S.E.D.

[Tom Bartlett]

Outta here!

Brian was right. I'll be in the Manzella Golf Answers Department. I'll leave the rest of these forum sections to the ...

 

[Biffer]

In regards to the center of gravity of the Human body.

http://academic.uofs.edu/faculty/kosmahle1/courses/pt245/cog.htm

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

In regards to the center of gravity of the Human body.

http://academic.uofs.edu/faculty/kosmahle1/courses/pt245/cog.htm

Thank you very much Biffer.

 

[rchang72]

I know that the center of the total human body is near the belly button. But there are multiple centers of inertia for each body segment (I think this is the correct term. Reaching back to that engineering degree I never use anymore.) Think of a crash test dummy. Those yellow and black circles are illustrate where the centers of the motion of the head or torso would be in each plane (from side or front or above). Where Brian shows the green dot, wouldn't that be the center for the torso alone? And from the discussion about the centered head, wouldn't the center of gravity for the head alone be what doesn't move?

 

[birdie_man]

Does that model have a va.....

 

[Brian Manzella]

What I am trying to say....

#1. The "through the head" pivot center, the "through the BACK of the head" pivot center, the base of the neck pivot center, ALL ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING USED in a 'vast majority' of high level players.

But the PRECISELY "between the center of the shoulder sockets" is.

And, in my opinion, Mike Finney does a good job with it.

 

[shootin4par]

In FInneys back swing you could put not one but three dots down his spine and at the top of the back swing he would have maintained his connection to ALL three dots because he turns around his whole spine while his spine stays in place. , then on the down swing he maintains connection to only the top dot while the bottom of his spine moves forward and the very top of his spine, his head, moves back. In SFTPS, The pivot in the TGM book, and Austin, these pivots only use the top dot, (point between the shoulder) on BOTH the back swing and down swing. while the base of the spine moves back and forth. I believe some people refer to it as the spine is doing a pendulum.

 

[shootin4par]

You know what? I think you are all full of poop, until someone in this thread says the center of X is Y BECAUSE with support I think you are all just internet warriors.

and once evidence is presented we come to find that.............................................















not all of us were full of poop

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

shooting...i was just trying to motivate people to show some support for their statements.