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Post by imperfectgolfer on Sept 14, 2012 7:08:22 GMT -5
See this 3jack thread. richie3jack.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=3808He talked about this U-tube video. I disagree totally with 3jack's opinion - because that golfer doesn't move his head (in a side-to-side manner, or up-and-down manner, that reflects a shift of the position of the upper swing center). He only swivels his head, and that doesn't affect the position of the upper swing center. In that sense, he can be deemed to have a "stationary head" (per TGM teaching) because a stationary head is only a marker for a stationary upper swing center. I believe that golfers who use the Sorenstam-style head swiveling motion during the late downswing should be deemed to still have a "stationary head" (in terms of reflecting a stable position of the upper swing center). Head swiveling primarily occurs due to a rotary movement at the level of the upper cervical spine (which is well above the upper torso) and it therefore doesn't imply any motion of the upper swing center. Jeff.
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Post by richie3jack on Sept 15, 2012 19:35:48 GMT -5
I never mentioned anything about a stationary head.
I'm talking about the assertion that the average golfer makes that they hit a poor shot because they didn't 'keep their head down' and 'look at the ball.' Here, Glenn Hansen 'looks up' just like Sorenstam, Duval, and Charles Warren 'look up.'
I assert one of the big reasons why golfers don't get more lessons is due to the fallacy that they think they hit a bad shot because they 'looked up.' Instead, other swing mechanics caused those poor shots like a topped shot or even a whiff.
I still never ceases to amaze me how instructors never discuss this. It would only do them and their business good.
3JACK
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Post by imperfectgolfer on Sept 15, 2012 20:30:05 GMT -5
3jack,
I agree that one doesn't have to look at the ball. However, when golfers state that they mishit shots due to not "keeping their head down", then that statement is often true and it's usually due to lifting their head as a result of changing their spinal bend inclination angle ("standing-up" through impact). Glenn Hansen doesn't lift his head and he "keeps his head down" - even if he doesn't look at the ball through impact.
Jeff.
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