Michael Jacobs Pivot
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Jared Willerson
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Different body types..Trust me you don't sway at all with BManz's pivot. The right leg straightens.
I didn't know Mike Jacobs had a forum.
I didn't know Mike Jacobs had a forum.
That was mentioned on Michael's forum. If you go there and look at the pictures you will see what I mean. I would post them but don't know how. Anyway, Brian says in his videos that you always have this look of lean in a good pivot. That does not happen in Michaels pivot. I am not trying to be antoagonistic but I am confused. I struggle alot with my pivot and this just makes it more confusing. Is it that the pivot has to be customized for different players? Is there one perfect pivot?
Jared Willerson
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Body type and flexibility has them look different
Jim Kobylinski
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As a generality:
If you are a slicer who has cured the face and can't stop pull hooking it you will have more lean to the right to help shallow out your angle of attack and fix your plane.
If you are a hooker looking to de-hook the hook a bit you will have less lean to the right and look more "centered."
jenhaoyen
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what about just push fade?
tank
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I would think that you need to fix the face.
Jim Kobylinski
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nope you'd turn a push fader into a push hooker lol
Generally push fader's are just hooker's who don't have a too closed face as many do. You fix the path first generally with a pusher/push fader
Kevin Shields
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For clarification, Brian does not teach a right leg straightening pivot, only to those who need to slant their hips to get more turn.
tank
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curtisj76
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If you looked up pusher/push fader in the dictionary you would see: curtisj76. I "think" I push it so much because I'm afraid to release the club due to hooking the ball. I don't know, all I know is that I pushed the hell out of the ball today. Also, when I hit it the right way today, I bombed it. Well past guys that are much bigger than me.
vjsinger
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What happens when you feel like you throw it from the top with the right hand?
curtisj76
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Do you mean a throw like a "Tomasello throw" or are you talking about the "tumble" that's been talked about recently?
vjsinger
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What's the Tomasello throw? Not the tumble..I would guess that you might block slice it trying that..huh? I just mean trying to feel you release it really early from the top with the right hand.
curtisj76
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My coconut imagines a snap hook doing that. One of the best things for me would be the "toss" but I just never figured it out good enough.
vjsinger
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Then you might have your answer there...Maybe you slide your lower body way too much on the DS and that's how you get under it. Quieting your lower body might be the key thought for you. Tiger needs alot of that as well, he slides way past it on the DS.
Are shorter people more susceptible to pushing? I'm 5'8" and the shot that I fight is the push to the right (driver). When I start pushing to the right, I have to remind myself to bend over more at address (both eyes look straight at the ball) and these pushes turn into nice high draws for me.
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