The double-pendulum model is "joke"? It was the standard in scientific golf research for 30 years and is still very valid today. And just because your fancy machines can measure torques on the grip or wherever does NOT mean that the force powering those torques emanate from the wrists. Put PingMan in your lab. We know there is no torque applied directly to its' "hands", yet I'm sure you could measure a bunch, right?
You have no idea about Ping Man and what they have to do to it so it doesn't hit a 100 yard slice, do you?
There is no need for power applied directly to the hinge connecting club and arm in swing robots, yet they "release" the club. Since the same physical laws apply to robots and humans alike, the golfer need not apply a torque actively with his wrists to cause the clubhead to rotate around his hands. You said this is wrong. Are you saying that the golfer should be or is always actively bending the wrists to release the club as opposed to allowing the bending of the wrists to be a passive movement, triggered by active movements of other body parts?
That's the idea that ruined golf instruction for decades. Sorry bud, but you're way out of touch.
So, you really don't know how PING MAN works...correct?
Its not an idea. Its a fact. Simple science proven by MANY scientists. Do you actually read/study any of the research that has been done on the golf swing?
BTW, U still a Stage 5 Flipper?
no....geezz....
>1000° per second near impact
How do you do the Gamma? Wouldn't pushing the base of right palm on the big knuckle of left thumb automativally lock the left wrist into flat or bowed, thus twisting the shaft without impeding the speed of the roll of the left wrist?
How do you do the Gamma? Wouldn't pushing the base of right palm on the big knuckle of left thumb automativally lock the left wrist into flat or bowed, thus twisting the shaft without impeding the speed of the roll of the left wrist?
Interesting thread.
I'm no pro but I've shot par a few times, and feel like I'm hitting it better than ever by using no active wrist action. As Todd himself mentioned I feel the body action/pivot drives the release.
My own personal theory/feeling is as the hands reach the low point the slow down caused by gravity acting as a break on the hands as they work upwards again releases the club.
So I am in the Todd camp here, and wish you guys would be a little more condescending on those who have not got the time to keep up with the latest research nor are familiar with the inner workings of pingman.
I for one will always check this place out from time to time as it has taught me so much, but I do yearn for bygone days when knowledge was shared more freely and with less attitude.
Brian could be more straightforward and less cryptic in his responses to Todd.
Obviously Brian has done the hours and I trust he knows his stuff, it's understandable he doesn't just want to give up the knowledge he has grafted so hard to get.
But it does make me wonder why this forum exists anymore.
As for Wulsy, quit LOLING and add some value sometime...
Bottom line.
How should we torque our wrists to hit it further? ...and are the performance gains in speed worth it over accuracy losses due to the increased difficulty timing those torques.
Cheers!