Tailbone at Impact

[bergsey]

Brian & team, in a previous thread about spine angle there was this comment regarding the 'tailbone' and where it should be at impact versus address.

Your tailbone should be slightly more forward and MORE REARWARD at impact.

I get the more forwards part, how do you get your tailbone "more rearward" at impact? is it due to increasing the waist / knee bend on the downswing or something else?

Cheers

 

[Brian Manzella]

Well....

It is really the only way to get the AIXS TILT just right.

How? You have to have your HIPS OPEN and your WEIGHT moving TOWARD your LEFT HEEL.

(And, a bit more bent over.)

 

[bergsey]

You have to have your HIPS OPEN and your WEIGHT moving TOWARD your LEFT HEEL.

Thanks Brian, i'm still not sure how your hips open without the tailbone getting closer to the ball in the process? if my hips turn left it seems like my tailbone gets a bit closer to the ball or at most stays the same distance away?

 

[pieman]

how can the tailbone be both more forward and rearward at the same time? what am i missing here?

 

[puttmad]

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I don't know if this is right, but I see it this way: if you are standing on a big clock with 12:00 at the center of your stance and 9-3 is parallel to your target line (with a square stance and plane line) your tailbone should point to around 7:30 with axis tilt.

The rearward takes care of pointing towards your heel area. The forward is when it moves past 6:00 and toward 7:30. I know nothing about MORAD, but I have heard this referred to as primary and secondary axis tilt.

That might be totally incorrect, i'm just spittin' out ideas.

So what is really being referred to is axis tilt combined with address tilt?...