I've been doing some experimentation on my own, trying to improve my swing. Here are some of the things that I've been kicking around; nothing new, but verification for me personally. Please tell me what you think:
1. Feel will kill you everytime, unless you can confirm the "real" that it corresponds with. Whatever you feel like you're doing, be sure that it corresponds with a dynamically effective swing, and nurture THOSE feels.
2. Lag pressure is monitored by the hands (except in PP4), and is produced by the pivot and gravity.
3. Trigger delay is a result of a properly performing pivot.
4. Video can lie, and static photos can lie even worse. It's about dynamics and alignments, not positions. Trying to look like a tour players swing sequence can cause major problems.
I came to all of these conclusions by "throwing" the club from the top. That's what it felt like. And I mean throwing the clubhead as soon as I could. I was very leery about doing this, because I'm terrified of throwing the club away. But that wasn't the case. I maintained the angles, but more importantly, I felt pressure on pp3 through impact. Also, in doing a drill designed to prevent casting, I discovered that I was able to maintain my angles, and I was making solid contact. The difference I felt was that my right shoulder was moving down more, and I felt more hip slide. I could feel pp3 solidly for the first time as well. Then, standing in front of a mirror, I purposely tried to throw the club away, wrist breakdown and all. The only way I could do this was to freeze my pivot. It was an interesting change in feel, but it allowed me to actually understand a lot of concepts that were only concepts to me, up until that point.
1. Feel will kill you everytime, unless you can confirm the "real" that it corresponds with. Whatever you feel like you're doing, be sure that it corresponds with a dynamically effective swing, and nurture THOSE feels.
2. Lag pressure is monitored by the hands (except in PP4), and is produced by the pivot and gravity.
3. Trigger delay is a result of a properly performing pivot.
4. Video can lie, and static photos can lie even worse. It's about dynamics and alignments, not positions. Trying to look like a tour players swing sequence can cause major problems.
I came to all of these conclusions by "throwing" the club from the top. That's what it felt like. And I mean throwing the clubhead as soon as I could. I was very leery about doing this, because I'm terrified of throwing the club away. But that wasn't the case. I maintained the angles, but more importantly, I felt pressure on pp3 through impact. Also, in doing a drill designed to prevent casting, I discovered that I was able to maintain my angles, and I was making solid contact. The difference I felt was that my right shoulder was moving down more, and I felt more hip slide. I could feel pp3 solidly for the first time as well. Then, standing in front of a mirror, I purposely tried to throw the club away, wrist breakdown and all. The only way I could do this was to freeze my pivot. It was an interesting change in feel, but it allowed me to actually understand a lot of concepts that were only concepts to me, up until that point.
