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[birdie_man]

He's workin with Bennett/Plummer I guess.....those TGM/MORAD related guys....

His swing looked pretty good...(on G Slam of Golf)

What the heck was he doing with his practice swing tho...? Anyone notice that?

Driver in hand....looked like he was rehearsing a reverse pivot almost...yuck...it wasn't just a steeper plane either....it was steeper shoulder turn.

His normal swing looked nothing like it.

 

[Brian Manzella]

That's part of the deal...

Must be a favorite drill of theirs.

Elkington did it on TV at the PGA in 2005.

 

[Dana Dahlquist]

He's workin with Bennett/Plummer I guess.....those TGM/MORAD related guys....

His swing looked pretty good...(on G Slam of Golf)

What the heck was he doing with his practice swing tho...? Anyone notice that?

Driver in hand....looked like he was rehearsing a reverse pivot almost...yuck...it wasn't just a steeper plane either....it was steeper shoulder turn.

His normal swing looked nothing like it.

Well you can't do a reverse pivot if your arms are in the right place and your hips.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

It's some kind of "feeling" drill they do and i have video of one of the teachers actually hitting a ball like that.

I think it's to get the players to feel like they are staying more centered over the ball. Obviously they don't look like that when they hit it, but it's a feel thing i'm guesisng.

 

[blehnhard]

Corey Pavin

Remember when CP was doing the exaggerated OTT move for his practice downswing a few years back. I agree with Jim - I think it is a 'feel' thing to try and counter some opposite tendencies.

Bruce

 

[Dana Dahlquist]

Remember when CP was doing the exaggerated OTT move for his practice downswing a few years back. I agree with Jim - I think it is a 'feel' thing to try and counter some opposite tendencies.

Bruce

Yep,
Mike really likes the guys to do it so they can start off in a good motion.Thats about it. Mac's waggle is more standerd like Jack minus the head movement.

 

[Tarheel90]

I have known Mike and Andy for a long time and have seen them suggest those exaggerated motions to many pupils who they felt needed to steepen their shoulder plane and lower their left arm plane while executing a "centered b.s pivot". As Brian mentioned above, Elkington was doing it at last year's PGA for the same reasons. Their preference is to keep more weight forward throughout the swing than most teachers would suggest...a clear O'Grady influence. I believe they are exaggerating the feeling in rehearsal knowing that the actual swing motion at the ball will produce alignments that are in between the old and the new....an example of "spectruming" to facilitate the acquisition of new feelings and alignments.