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Post by dubiousgolfer on Mar 31, 2020 11:20:32 GMT -5
Dr Mann
If one cannot pivot very well or has poor pelvic/torso separability (hula-hula) and lateral flexion capability, wouldn't a more optimal technique be an arm swinging release of PA#4 (using just the shoulder girdle muscles ) with a reactive pivot? I'm sure one could still try and prevent an early release of PA#2 by the active adduction of the right upper arm. I suspect , the ability to perform a DH hand release action could be difficult but why not do what Vijay Singh , Fred Couples and PM do by allowing the rear hand grip to loosen through impact? And still practice swinging the whole left arm/club through impact at the same angular velocity (with an intact LFFW) to P7.2?
DG
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Post by imperfectgolfer on Mar 31, 2020 12:21:35 GMT -5
Dr Mann If one cannot pivot very well or has poor pelvic/torso separability (hula-hula) and lateral flexion capability, wouldn't a more optimal technique be an arm swinging release of PA#4 (using just the shoulder girdle muscles ) with a reactive pivot? I'm sure one could still try and prevent an early release of PA#2 by the active adduction of the right upper arm. I suspect , the ability to perform a DH hand release action could be difficult but why not do what Vijay Singh , Fred Couples and PM do by allowing the rear hand grip to loosen through impact? And still practice swinging the whole left arm/club through impact at the same angular velocity (with an intact LFFW) to P7.2? DG Yes - one can definitely use an active arm swinging motion with a reactive pivot if one is a senior golfer who has zero hula hula flexibility. Here are some personal recommendations that I personally use to improve the technique. To get to a good backswing position, start the backswing with an active clockwise rotation of the upper torso that drives the left shoulder socket away from the target. To allow the pelvis to rotate in unison with the rotating upper torso, allow the right leg to straighten (and "feel" the right knee moving back away from the ball-target line). Try to get about 70-90 degrees of clockwise rotation of the upper torso depending on one's level of flexibility. Now, to start the downswing, do not attempt to rotate the pelvis counterclockwise because the right shoulder will immediately move outwards in the direction of the ball-target line due to the fact that one has zero hula hula flexibility. To start the downswing, one is going to actively use the arms where is going to swing the two arms across the front of the body while trying to keep the right shoulder back. The "feel" should be using the left arm to pull the butt end of the club towards the ball while simultaneously actively adducting the right elbow (using a pitch elbow motion where the right palm continuously faces skywards) to ensure that one can maintain lag and also shallow the clubshaft between P4 and P5.5. I have discovered that when performing an active right arm adduction maneuver, it can unintentionally activate muscles on the right side of my mid-upper torso that drives the right shoulder outwards in an OTT manner and it also causes my spine to twist leftwards into a leftwards-tilted spine alignment where I then invariably generate an out-to-in clubhead path between P6 and P7, and where my head also moves ahead of the ball as my spine twists around to the left. To help maintain a rightwards tilted spine and to help keep the head behind the ball during the active right arm adduction maneuver, I immediately push down into the ground under the left foot at the very start of the downswing while I am simultaneously performing the arm swinging motion - and that helps to brace the left leg and left side of my mid-upper torso so that I can continuously maintain a rightwards tilted spine and keep my head behind the ball. If you are doing this correctly, then one should "feel" the navel area of the abdomen jutting out towards the target and slightly towards right-field, which means that the pelvis and lumbar spine are ahead of the upper thoracic spine (with the amount depending one one's ability to generate a small mount of right lateral bend). If one can get the right shoulder moving more downplane so that the shoulder angle is rotating in a more vertical (ferris-wheel) manner and if one can get the right shoulder moving far enough downplane, then it may be possible to avoid "running-out-of-right arm" and one may still be able to perform a DH-hand release action through impact to at least P7.1. Jeff.
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Post by dubiousgolfer on Mar 31, 2020 12:34:11 GMT -5
Many thanks Dr Mann - I'll give it a try at home and see how it feels.
DG
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