Post by imperfectgolfer on Jan 15, 2024 12:56:23 GMT -5
Consider the two latest BBG videos.
Video 1:
Video 2:
I am always amazed at the capacity of Brendon to make so many wrongheaded comments.
Video 1:
Video 2:
I am always amazed at the capacity of Brendon to make so many wrongheaded comments.
Starting with video 1, Brendon states between the 1:39 - 2:33 minutes of the BBG video that the problem with golf starts with the design of the club where he infers that they "screwed-up" when designing the golf club. He states that they made a mistake by not having the COM within the striking part of the club (= clubhead) and that they wrongly placed the clubhead in an off-set position relative to the clubshaft. I totally disagree! The golf club is perfectly designed for the sport of golf, but one has to learn how to use the club properly in relationship to the human body's biomechanical capacity to perform the appropriate body/arm motions when standing side-on relative to the target.
For example, when swinging a golf club with the lead arm-only (using a weak-neutral-moderately strong lead hand grip) or when using a pivot-induced TGM swinging action (lead arm swinging action), one is going to have to pronate the lead forearm during the backswing and then supinate it during the downswing - as depicted clearly in the following lead forearm graph by Jon Sinclair showing the forearm motions in PGA tour pro golfers.
Address = P1, Top = P4, AP = P5, MD = P6, and Impact =P7.
The green graph is the lead forearm supination/pronation graph.
Note that the lead forearm is supinated at address. Note that it becomes very pronated by P4 and that is a non-negotiable fact and it has to happen.
Then, note that the lead forearm does not rotate counterclockwise in a counterclockwise direction between P4 => P6 and that is also a non-negotiable fact. Any attempt to supinate the lead forearm between P4 => P6 will "tumble" the clubshaft over-the-plane (what Brendon calls "yawing") and it should never happen.
I have yellow-highlighted the P6 => P7 time period.
Note that the lead forearm supination phenomenon required to square the clubface relative to the clubhead path happens between P6 => P7, and it mainly happens between P6.5 => P7 (representing the release of PA#3), and this fact is non-negotiable. It cannot happen earlier during the downswing action as suggested by Brendon.
Between the 2:25 - 2:55 minute time point of the video, Brendon quotes Marcus Bell and states that the clubface must mandatorily be squared in the early downswing using the reverse motorcycle move. That's complete nonsense! First of all, if a golfer uses a weak-or-neutral lead hand grip then the clubface will be very open at P4 by 70 - 90 degrees relative to the clubhead path. Performing the reverse motorcycle move between P4 => P6 can only square the clubface by ~20 - 30 degrees relative to the clubhead path, and most importantly the clubface-closing effect of the reverse motorcycle move automatically dissipates between P6 => P7 and it therefore does not decrease the amount of lead forearm supination required during the PA#3 release action that must still happen between P6.5 => P7. Until Brendon understands these non-negotiable facts, he will never intellectually understand how to perform a golf swing action correctly.
Between the 4:30 - 5:05 minute of the BBG video Brendon makes an outrageously wrongheaded claim when he states that the "opening up" motion of the shoulders secondary to the counterclockwise rotation of the upper torso opens the clubface. That claim is totally nonsensical from a cause-and-effect perspective.
Between the 7:20 - 8:30 minute time point of the BBG video Brendon compares two ways to perform a golf swing action. First of all, he performs what he calls a "yawing action" golf swing action where he tries to square the clubface in the mid-downswing by "tumbling" the clubshaft over-the-plane. That's a totally unacceptable way to perform a golf swing action and it should never be considered to be a viable option. Secondly, he performs his standard golf swing action while using the reverse motorcycle maneuver, which is an acceptable golf swing action but not any better than his standard golf swing action. Look at the Hack Motion rotation graph featured at the 8:11 minute time point of the BBG video. Note that it is very steep and of large magnitude, which proves that Brendon is actually performing a large amount of lead forearm supination during his PA#3 release action, and that it is not decreased in magnitude/speed by using the additional/superadded maneuver where he adds the reverse motorcycle maneuver to his standard golf swing action. Between the 8:53 - 9:05 minute time point of the BBG video, Brendon makes the outrageously wrongheaded claim that he has already squared the clubface by P6 by using the reverse motorcycle move and that he can just rotate his body into impact without performing any further clubface-closing rotation. The Hack Motion graph featured at the 8:11 minute time point of the video shows that his claim is totally wrong!!!
The Hack Motion rotation graph featured at the 13:03 minute time point of the video also demonstrates that Brendon must unconsciously be using a PA#3 release action even though he thinks that he simply has to rotate his body actively between P6 => P7 without having to perform a PA#3 release action (which Jon Sinclair's lead forearm supination graph demonstrates is a mandatory requirement in a professional quality golf swing action, and which Brendon is fully capable of performing when he does not get off the standard/professional quality golf swing biomechanical-bandwagon by trying crazy new ideas)!
At the 17:30 minute time point of the BBG video Brendon makes the outrageously wrongheaded claim that Tiger Woods is using the reverse motorcycle move even though it is not visible!!!!
In video 2, Brendon states that he struggles with wedge shots and that he has tendency to pull the ball well left of the target. He claims that he does not know why it happens! How can he understand why it happens if he does not study slow motion face-on videos of his golf swing captured at a minimum of 120 - 200 frames/second? Slow motion videos would show whether he is flipping pre-impact or through impact, and/or it will show whether he is using an excessive amount of a roller hand release action through impact. Brendon should post these slow motion videos in his BBG video presentation so that we can clearly see what is causing his tendency to hit short iron shots well left of his target.
The 2nd video features Milo Lines giving advice. I agree with Milo that Brendon should never "tumble" the clubshaft over-the-plane by performing a yawing action maneuver. However, I disagree with Milo that Brendon should close the clubface relative to the clubhead path before P6 by performing Milo's idiosyncratic version of a reverse motorcycle move. Milo also does not deal with the fact that Brendon needs to learn how to efficiently perform a PA#3 release action, which is due to lead forearm supination, with perfect timing, and where the efficiency of the PA#3 release action is not casually related to the way body rotates open between P6 => P7.
Addendum added later:
Brendon refers to Jon Rahm as an example of a golfer who uses the reverse motorcycle move.
That is true!
However, look at his 3D graph.
The blue graph is his lead forearm supination graph.
Look at how much it supinates between the nadir of the graph (which is at P5.5) and impact (red dot). There is a slow supinatory phase between P5.5 => P6.5 and then a very fast lead forearm supinatory phase between P6.5 => P7. That shows that using the reverse motorcycle move does not eliminate the need to perform a large amount of lead forearm supinatory motion between P6.5 and P7.
Jeff.