Understanding the Release

[Brian Manzella]

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[Cloran]

Coupling point going down?

 

[ZAP]

Seems simple when you look at how far the club has to travel and how little the hands do. Yet again.....I should have thought about this before on my own. Thanks Brian and crew.

 

[rogue]

Excellent computer work, very illustrative.
Its always good to look at things from different perspectives
in order to facilitate a better understanding.
Thanks, looking forward to the video.
Ed

 

[mgranato]

Where have I heard the clubface is closing all the way down?

 

[Brian Manzella]

Video now in the thread starter.....

 

[ZAP]

Stupid school filter blocked the video. Guess I know what I am going to do when I get home.

 

[66er]

Is just swing the clubhead a decent swing thought? Is that feeling arms/club seperated from the body motion?

 

[Todd Dugan]

FWIW, a few points from my own research............1. with the hands connected, and the left arm maintaining a fixed length, the bottom of the hand arc is in-line with the Shoulder Center. The low point of the hand arc CAN be forward of the Shoulder Center if the left arm length grows, and also, the hands can continue extending away from the Shoulder Center even when they have already passed their low point. Whether one or the other happens will depend on how much shoulder rotation is present and the vertical plane angle of that rotation. Either way, extention of the hands AWAY from the Shoulder Center PAST impact is usually present in forcefull swings.................2. The Shoulder Center is normally fixed in the Impact Zone, and thus, does not normally contribute to the low point of the hand arc occuring BEFORE the hands line up with the Shoulder Center. This is easily tracked on video. The hips DO however rise in this zone as the player pushes up off of the ground, creating leverage. Jim McClean pointed out that the hips of great players are normally higher at impact than address. BUT, the arms are connected to the shoulders, not the hips. Rising hips alone would not raise the hand arc prematurely. Not only do most great players not raise the Shoulder Center in the Impact Zone, but the Shoulder Center is normally LOWERED from its top of the backswing position, leading into the Impact Zone. This too is easily tracked on video. Therefore, not only is the hula hoop NOT "in the ground" before the impact zone, needing to be raised up, it becomes raised up before the impact zone, needing to be lowered.

 

[ZAP]

Nice video. Pretty sure I get it. Not sure I can do it just yet. Tugging is the enemy.

 

[Mike Richardson]

Is this highlighting 3 stages in the downswing like in the McIlroy (back view) video? 1 - out toss, 2 - pushing "thro' the wall" which brings the club down, 3 - rotating up thro' impact.