Brian Manzella
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Just absolutely perfect.
Long Forgotten...How GREAT the King's Swing was!!
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bcoak
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Anti-left I always assumed.
James Marshall (Hogan1953)
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Amazing how little he does of what is often recommended today, keep the club in front of you, keep the flex in the right knee, don't early turn, short arm swing, level hip turn, swing down the line!
His swing reminds me a lot of Snead's, note how far left he swings after impact, as Brian has stated in previous posts, "swinging across his left hip", not "away from it", a very powerful move.
His swing reminds me a lot of Snead's, note how far left he swings after impact, as Brian has stated in previous posts, "swinging across his left hip", not "away from it", a very powerful move.
Brian Manzella
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Good Question...
Strictly becuase the club had no where else to go at that speed.
As far as "anti-left"??
Not at this point in his career!
Strictly becuase the club had no where else to go at that speed.
As far as "anti-left"??
Not at this point in his career!
Brian Manzella
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Because...
They are selling hitting.
I know what PURE SWINGING IS, not the "book" definition, or someone's perverted version of that definition, I am talking about the kind of swinging that Ernest Jones talked about, and DeLaTorre likes to see.
Anything else is something else, but only under very controlled short shot situations is it ever "pure hitting" as defined by anyone.
Arnold Palmer was using his pivot, was doing some pulling from the arms, and was applied force across the shaft.
Call it anything you want.
But, if it was what you needed, I could teach it to you.
They are selling hitting.
I know what PURE SWINGING IS, not the "book" definition, or someone's perverted version of that definition, I am talking about the kind of swinging that Ernest Jones talked about, and DeLaTorre likes to see.
Anything else is something else, but only under very controlled short shot situations is it ever "pure hitting" as defined by anyone.
Arnold Palmer was using his pivot, was doing some pulling from the arms, and was applied force across the shaft.
Call it anything you want.
But, if it was what you needed, I could teach it to you.
tongzilla
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Brian Manzella
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RickPinewild
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The King
Summer of 1970 at the Dow Jones tourney in NJ, (I believe Johnny Miller won it), I was on the ground directly behind (down the line), persimmon driver and balata ball. I'll never forget the sound and the ball flight, it was scary, like a jet taking off. My best golf memory. I had just started playing and I knew then and there that I would never do that.
Summer of 1970 at the Dow Jones tourney in NJ, (I believe Johnny Miller won it), I was on the ground directly behind (down the line), persimmon driver and balata ball. I'll never forget the sound and the ball flight, it was scary, like a jet taking off. My best golf memory. I had just started playing and I knew then and there that I would never do that.
lia41985
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I read this outloud to my roommate and we were DYING of laughter. Thanks for that, Rick!
Jim Kobylinski
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What amazes me about his swing is how steep his shoulder turn is but how he "shallows out" his shoulder turn during his transition to what looks very orthodox.
lia41985
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Brian or Jim--what's the best way to get that super dynamic change of direction. Incredible. It's exactly what I'm searching for.
In tennis, the best players on the men's tour, Federer and Nadal, have that exact same look when going from the end of backswing to start of forward swing--very lag laden. On tennis instructional sites, I've seen the physiological phenomenon, that powerful dynamic transitional look, described as the stretch shortening cycle.
All the great strikers in golf have it as well. What's the best way to get it?
In tennis, the best players on the men's tour, Federer and Nadal, have that exact same look when going from the end of backswing to start of forward swing--very lag laden. On tennis instructional sites, I've seen the physiological phenomenon, that powerful dynamic transitional look, described as the stretch shortening cycle.
All the great strikers in golf have it as well. What's the best way to get it?
Jared Willerson
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Learn to use your pivot, dynamically on both the backswing and downswing.
To throw a javelin underhanded you would have to have a dynamic pivot to do it. Same with a golf club. It really is the same feel and has made a huge difference in my game.
To throw a javelin underhanded you would have to have a dynamic pivot to do it. Same with a golf club. It really is the same feel and has made a huge difference in my game.
lia41985
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The recent videos of Adam Mallory display a really dynamic transition as well. I hope Brian can chime in.
Again, I know that with my tennis, once I started to get that dynamic transition going on my forehanded and one-handed backhand, that I was hitting it a thousand times better.
Here's what I mean. Check out Federer as he transitions from the bottom of the backswing to the start of the forward swing--see that butt end pulling to the ball (LAG):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmhvKafCYsk&mode=related&search=
I have the feeling I could get similar results on my golf swing learning a more dynamic transition.
Again, I know that with my tennis, once I started to get that dynamic transition going on my forehanded and one-handed backhand, that I was hitting it a thousand times better.
Here's what I mean. Check out Federer as he transitions from the bottom of the backswing to the start of the forward swing--see that butt end pulling to the ball (LAG):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmhvKafCYsk&mode=related&search=
I have the feeling I could get similar results on my golf swing learning a more dynamic transition.
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lia: I think I understand what you're trying to do. I play a little tennis too and had recently added that dynamic transition to my forehand and was trying to add it to my OHBH before I stopped several months ago and started playing golf. I get a whole lot of the same feeling when I tried to emulate Jack Nicklaus' swing. I think Brian called it the dragging takeaway and float loading in some of his videos, so you might want to a do search for those terms.
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