Post by imperfectgolfer on Jun 25, 2019 11:12:06 GMT -5
Justin Rose often performs a practice move before he drives the ball, and many people have presented wrongheaded interpretations of why he performs this practice move. In particular, the Malaska groupies wrongly believe that he is practicing the "Malaska Move".
However, the correct interpretative answer comes from watching a video where Justin Rose personally explains in his own words why he is doing this "Pump Faking" drill.
See - www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/23446/We-can-all-relate--Justin-Rose-explains-his-preshot-routine
If you watch the video, Justin Rose explains why he performs the "Pump Faking" drill. He specifically states that he wants to avoid an OTT move where the left arm moves too much outwards at the start of the downswing, and that he wants to get his hands/club going downwards while keeping his back facing the target. In other words, he wants to "slot" the club during the P4 => P5.5 time period. It may look like he is angling his left arm inwards (away from the ball-target line) during his practice move (which is biomechanically due to a right arm adduction maneuver combined with a pitch elbow motion), but he specifically states that his arms/club will get to the "correct" P6 delivery position (where the clubshaft is parallel to the ball-target line) when he rotates his pelvis in his "real life" golf swing action. Most importantly, note that he uses a pitch elbow motion of his right elbow during his practice move where the right elbow gets in front of his right hip area (and not alongside and slightly behind his right hip area) and that he keeps his right forearm supinated throughout the practice move so that his right palm is always under the club handle between P4 and P6. He definitely does not perform the "Malaska Move" where the right palm gets partially on top of the club handle at P6 due to the use of a punch elbow motion.
Here is a capture image from the video where Justin Rose is just bypassed the P6 position.
Note that his right elbow is in front of his right hip area and note that his right forearm is frankly supinated so that his right palm is under the club handle. I refer to this type of golf swing action as the "Anti-Malaska Move" golf swing action.
However, the correct interpretative answer comes from watching a video where Justin Rose personally explains in his own words why he is doing this "Pump Faking" drill.
See - www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/23446/We-can-all-relate--Justin-Rose-explains-his-preshot-routine
If you watch the video, Justin Rose explains why he performs the "Pump Faking" drill. He specifically states that he wants to avoid an OTT move where the left arm moves too much outwards at the start of the downswing, and that he wants to get his hands/club going downwards while keeping his back facing the target. In other words, he wants to "slot" the club during the P4 => P5.5 time period. It may look like he is angling his left arm inwards (away from the ball-target line) during his practice move (which is biomechanically due to a right arm adduction maneuver combined with a pitch elbow motion), but he specifically states that his arms/club will get to the "correct" P6 delivery position (where the clubshaft is parallel to the ball-target line) when he rotates his pelvis in his "real life" golf swing action. Most importantly, note that he uses a pitch elbow motion of his right elbow during his practice move where the right elbow gets in front of his right hip area (and not alongside and slightly behind his right hip area) and that he keeps his right forearm supinated throughout the practice move so that his right palm is always under the club handle between P4 and P6. He definitely does not perform the "Malaska Move" where the right palm gets partially on top of the club handle at P6 due to the use of a punch elbow motion.
Here is a capture image from the video where Justin Rose is just bypassed the P6 position.
Note that his right elbow is in front of his right hip area and note that his right forearm is frankly supinated so that his right palm is under the club handle. I refer to this type of golf swing action as the "Anti-Malaska Move" golf swing action.
Jeff.