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Brian Manzella
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Well...
Personally, I think the number of left leaners with a low point problem is about 75%
so....
To finally get to the point:
Here we go:
Here is where we stand....
30% of golfers nationwide, lean their torsos to the right at the top of the swing and have some rightward weight shift as well.
(like in photo #1)
and...
60% of that group of right leaning right shifters, nationwide, have contact problems, can't make a divot in front of the ball—can't hit the line—have a low point too far back.
That gives us this numbers with a little simple math:
18% of of golfers nationwide who are right leaning right shifters, have contact problems, can't make a divot in front of the ball—can't hit the line—have a low point too far back.
Personally, I think that number is very high, but math is math.
And...
50% of golfers nationwide have left leaning backswings, and make a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot.
Like these three golfers below:
Ok...
70% of golfers nationwide who have left leaning backswings, and make a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot,
can't make a divot in front of the ball/take out the line/have low point too far back problems.
So....
35% of golfers nationwide have a left leaning torso at the top of their backswings, making a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot—AND...can't make a divot in front of the ball/take out the line/have low point too far back!!!
So....
In my opinion....based on 27 years of teaching real golfers, and PGA Tour players, and everything in between...at real driving ranges all over the USA...
There are more golfers in the country with a left leaning torso at the top, who have low point problems, than there are
golfers in the country with a right leaning torso at the top, who have low point problems.
And there may be as many as TWICE or MORE as many!!!
So, I say the "so called" problem, of all the "poor golfers"who try to make a legitimate, orthodox pivot, or those who may lean too far to the right—as long as their weight gets off the left foot on the backswing—is a misguided, exaggerated,
marketing ploy,
that is misrepresenting the vast majority of golfers REAL PROBLEMS with low point.
Personally, I think the number of left leaners with a low point problem is about 75%
so....
To finally get to the point:
Here we go:
Here is where we stand....
30% of golfers nationwide, lean their torsos to the right at the top of the swing and have some rightward weight shift as well.
(like in photo #1)
and...
60% of that group of right leaning right shifters, nationwide, have contact problems, can't make a divot in front of the ball—can't hit the line—have a low point too far back.
That gives us this numbers with a little simple math:
18% of of golfers nationwide who are right leaning right shifters, have contact problems, can't make a divot in front of the ball—can't hit the line—have a low point too far back.
Personally, I think that number is very high, but math is math.
And...
50% of golfers nationwide have left leaning backswings, and make a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot.
Like these three golfers below:
Ok...
70% of golfers nationwide who have left leaning backswings, and make a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot,
can't make a divot in front of the ball/take out the line/have low point too far back problems.
So....
35% of golfers nationwide have a left leaning torso at the top of their backswings, making a motion that 10 years ago would have been called a reverse pivot—AND...can't make a divot in front of the ball/take out the line/have low point too far back!!!
So....
In my opinion....based on 27 years of teaching real golfers, and PGA Tour players, and everything in between...at real driving ranges all over the USA...
There are more golfers in the country with a left leaning torso at the top, who have low point problems, than there are
golfers in the country with a right leaning torso at the top, who have low point problems.
And there may be as many as TWICE or MORE as many!!!
So, I say the "so called" problem, of all the "poor golfers"who try to make a legitimate, orthodox pivot, or those who may lean too far to the right—as long as their weight gets off the left foot on the backswing—is a misguided, exaggerated,
marketing ploy,
that is misrepresenting the vast majority of golfers REAL PROBLEMS with low point.
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