Medicus Swing Aid- TGM compliant?

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Archie Swivel

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You know that Medicus swing aid that has that hing that breaks when you have a swing flaw. Is it TGM compliant? It would seem that it would break with the right forearm pickup takeaway instead of the commonly taught one-piece, slow & low takeaway. Also, wouldn't it break with the 'twistaway'?

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quote:Originally posted by Archie Swivel

You know that Medicus swing aid that has that hing that breaks when you have a swing flaw. Is it TGM compliant? It would seem that it would break with the right forearm pickup takeaway instead of the commonly taught one-piece, slow & low takeaway. Also, wouldn't it break with the 'twistaway'?

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Its usesless.
 
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bgathens

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I don't think it's useless...I have been working on the right forearm
pick-up for three weeks and drill this with the Medicus...it does not break...I practice the "flying wedges" with it...it does not break...I think it gives me great feedback for those drills...
 
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matt

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From Chuck Evans...

"The medicus, as I've mentioned on earlier threads, is not a good aid simply because it has to be off plane in order to keep it from breaking down."
 
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EdZ

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It is not junk because it does help tempo quite a bit and teaches you the club must swing. Not a hitters aid. Its flaw, if it has one, is in the backswing over rotation if misused. Great for swinging back/through, back/through.
You can't really hit balls with it though, you'll break it every time with a proper divot.
 
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quote:Originally posted by EdZ

It is not junk because it does help tempo quite a bit and teaches you the club must swing. Not a hitters aid. Its flaw, if it has one, is in the backswing over rotation if misused. Great for swinging back/through, back/through.
You can't really hit balls with it though, you'll break it every time with a proper divot.
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Sounds you trashed it Ed. It doesn't allow for a proper pivot or takaway, low and slow is what it wants you to do and that's wrong if you want to the clubhead to orbit in a circle.
 
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EdZ

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Not at all. It is still one of the more effective aids because it does teach the 'swing' of the club - something that many, if not most, golfers have never really bothered to learn. It will teach you to float load, and to feel the 'smoooooooth' rotation of the arms and body. I know of no other aid, save perhaps the figure 8, that teaches that as well - but the figure 8 doesn't show the true 'swing'. Every aid has its uses, you just have to understand them to apply them effectively.
 
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Mathew

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Invented by a moron, used by morons... IMO

Why do people look at silly products...???

Oh well - it will make a good antique someday...
 
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bgathens

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Well, Ed, I guess we're in the minority here about this aid...I'd like to hear more why
this is "junk" and why "morons" make it and use it...and why is it "anti-TGM compliant"...
 
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Archie Swivel

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quote:Originally posted by bgathens

Well, Ed, I guess we're in the minority here about this aid...I'd like to hear more why
this is "junk" and why "morons" make it and use it...and why is it "anti-TGM compliant"...
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I would like to know the physics behind why its TGM-noncompliant as well. That's why I posted the question.
 
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I tried a Medicus in a golf shop and some of the things I noticed are the club unhinges if you use sweep loading or snap loading and with the earlier version of the Medicus, a person could swing outside-in and the club wouldn't unhinge, leading the person to think they were making a good swing. If this was a good learning aid, it shouldn't just support random loading.

Another thing I noticed was, I could intentionally swing off plane and the hinge wouldn't break.

I think a person is better off using a plane board to learn how to swing on-plane.
 
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denny.

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I asked Chuck Evans about it today and like MATT said it promotes a 8 degee under the plane swing. And it is really junk if your a hitter.
 
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