Post by imperfectgolfer on Sept 20, 2012 18:36:15 GMT -5
See this Jeffy-forum thread.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?449-Rudolf-Nureyev
They are discussing this John Erickson video showing how a golfer can load into the right side during the backswing.
I am very sympathetic to the "idea" of loading into the right side - as JE demonstrates in that video. JE wrote in a note alongside that video-: "The left foot does not land on the ground till near the end of the swing to show that the downswing initiation is primarily a function of the right knee and not the left as many falsely believe."
I disagree with JE that it is the right knee that initiates the downswing when using a right leg loading technique. I believe that one is really unloading at the start of the downswing by pushing off the loaded right foot/leg system (which includes all the structures from the right foot to the right hip joint area) - without any kicking-inwards motion of the right knee. When using this technique, one then starts the downswing by pushing off the right side while simultaneously performing a left hip clearing action. As weight is transferred to the left foot by this transition phase (pushing off the right side) biomechanical action that initiates the downswing, the left leg/foot becomes progressively more weighted and therefore increasingly braced between P4 and P5 and bracing of the left leg/foot prevents any pelvic sliding, so that by P5 one should optimally be into the Snead "sit-down" look phase (hip squaring phase) where one is well balanced between one's feet. Another advantage of using this right-side loading technique is that it stabilizes the right hip joint during the transition phase (that initiates the downswing) and it prevents the right buttocks from prematurely leaving the tush line during the left hip clearing action phase that occurs between P4 and P5 - because the right hip joint is solidly weighted during the push-off phase. Many professional golfers use this technique and it is the biomechanical basis of the pelvic motion technique that I describe in my website's downswing chapter.
Jeff.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?449-Rudolf-Nureyev
They are discussing this John Erickson video showing how a golfer can load into the right side during the backswing.
I am very sympathetic to the "idea" of loading into the right side - as JE demonstrates in that video. JE wrote in a note alongside that video-: "The left foot does not land on the ground till near the end of the swing to show that the downswing initiation is primarily a function of the right knee and not the left as many falsely believe."
I disagree with JE that it is the right knee that initiates the downswing when using a right leg loading technique. I believe that one is really unloading at the start of the downswing by pushing off the loaded right foot/leg system (which includes all the structures from the right foot to the right hip joint area) - without any kicking-inwards motion of the right knee. When using this technique, one then starts the downswing by pushing off the right side while simultaneously performing a left hip clearing action. As weight is transferred to the left foot by this transition phase (pushing off the right side) biomechanical action that initiates the downswing, the left leg/foot becomes progressively more weighted and therefore increasingly braced between P4 and P5 and bracing of the left leg/foot prevents any pelvic sliding, so that by P5 one should optimally be into the Snead "sit-down" look phase (hip squaring phase) where one is well balanced between one's feet. Another advantage of using this right-side loading technique is that it stabilizes the right hip joint during the transition phase (that initiates the downswing) and it prevents the right buttocks from prematurely leaving the tush line during the left hip clearing action phase that occurs between P4 and P5 - because the right hip joint is solidly weighted during the push-off phase. Many professional golfers use this technique and it is the biomechanical basis of the pelvic motion technique that I describe in my website's downswing chapter.
Jeff.