When I 'look, look, look' at Hogan's swing

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dsmith2296

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I've been studying Hogan's swing to try to hit the low penetrating fade. Seems like a simple thing to do (as Jim K says) but how many of you guys or your buddies really hit those cool low hard fades?

What I see with Hogan is with his forearms. Notice that the meaty part of his forearms stay pretty close together. And I think that point is in his book. But what I also see that is not in his book is that he keeps the left forearm higher than his right forearm at impact. I guess he does swivel somewhere in the finish, but I don't see the full swivel, ala Brian's avatar.

He obviously hits with a slightly arched left wrist and forward shaft lean. Now when I have done that in the past, I have done in whilst letting the right forearm roll over the left. That just makes for a low hook.

But if I keep the left forearm ABOVE the right forearm while hitting with a slightly arched wrist and forward shaft lean, the result with me on the range today was a pretty neat low hard fade. I also focused on keeping my forearms close together into the finish.

Anybody care to burst my bubble on this theory before I go back out and test it more?
 
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dsmith2296 said:
I've been studying Hogan's swing to try to hit the low penetrating fade. Seems like a simple thing to do (as Jim K says) but how many of you guys or your buddies really hit those cool low hard fades?

What I see with Hogan is with his forearms. Notice that the meaty part of his forearms stay pretty close together. And I think that point is in his book. But what I also see that is not in his book is that he keeps the left forearm higher than his right forearm at impact. I guess he does swivel somewhere in the finish, but I don't see the full swivel, ala Brian's avatar.

He obviously hits with a slightly arched left wrist and forward shaft lean. Now when I have done that in the past, I have done in whilst letting the right forearm roll over the left. That just makes for a low hook.

But if I keep the left forearm ABOVE the right forearm while hitting with a slightly arched wrist and forward shaft lean, the result with me on the range today was a pretty neat low hard fade. I also focused on keeping my forearms close together into the finish.

Anybody care to burst my bubble on this theory before I go back out and test it more?
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It worked. Case closed :)

Kidding.

That's the best way to figure it out; go hit the range. I think you're a step ahead of the game in that you found out how to create that shot with your action.
 
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Kevin Shields

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A "theory" is something that isnt proven yet. You said what you tried gave you nice low fades. What bubble bursting are you referring too. I'd go with it.
 
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thefuture37

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A "theory" is something that isnt proven yet. You said what you tried gave you nice low fades. What bubble bursting are you referring too. I'd go with it.
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No, in science theories are rarely "proven". For a theory to be accepted it has to be backed up by data, which is much different. Your understanding of the word theory is the same used by creationists to say that evolution is "just a theory".
 
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dsmith2296

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Actually, I was just trying to elicit feedback on whether the relationship of Hogan's forearms I described above was a valid theory on his way cool ball striking.
 
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Kevin Shields

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Take it easy, guys. I was just trying to say to go with what works. I'll get my dictionary out first next time. Evolution is just a theory btw:rolleyes:
 
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