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Post by dubiousgolfer on May 22, 2020 13:06:19 GMT -5
I didn't find this video very enlightening at all.
DG
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Post by dubiousgolfer on May 22, 2020 19:01:21 GMT -5
So , if I've interpreted this video correctly:
Straighten trail leg in the backswing (while flexing the left leg) to promote pelvic turn , but then flex it a few degrees before P4, keep your shoulders and pelvis tilted towards ball .
At P4 , we have a centralised backswing keeping any pelvic sway minimal with some arch-lever extension of the spine, with significant backwards thoracic extension and tilt.
By P5, ensure the club shaft is below your right shoulder but more optimal bisecting your right upper arm.
By P6 keep the sweetspot behind you, also keep your left arm close to your chest and a gap between your left and right forearms, all to ensure an in-out club path . Shoulders should also be closed , hips mildly open, an extension of your right forearm should point close to the ball-target line.
At P7, shoulders square but 'part' of thorax and pelvis open (hmmm- didn't understand that bit). Didn't understand the section regarding early extension or how one repositions the spine to maintain inclination angle with ground to optimise an in-out swing path.
P9 - Follow-through with the clubshaft angulated below your lead shoulder and bisecting your bicep (an effect of an 'in-out' club path). Shoulder and pelvis still tilted towards the ball-target line.
DG
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Post by imperfectgolfer on May 24, 2020 9:39:14 GMT -5
DG, Here are my comments on what you heard from NC. Straighten trail leg in the backswing (while flexing the left leg) to promote pelvic turn , but then flex it a few degrees before P4, keep your shoulders and pelvis tilted towards ball .That is self-evident. The distance between the right foot and the right hip joint has to increase more if the golfer turns the pelvis more, and that requires straightening of the right leg. At P4 , we have a centralised backswing keeping any pelvic sway minimal with some arch-lever extension of the spine, with significant backwards thoracic extension and tilt. A vertical-centralised upper loading pattern is optional and NC has not explained why he does not favor a rightwards-centralised upper loading pattern.
By P5, ensure the club shaft is below your right shoulder but more optimal bisecting your right upper arm. There is no optimal clubshaft position (eg. bisecting the right arm) at P5 - it depends on how steep the left arm was angled at P4 and it depends on the speed of any clubshaft shallowing happening between P4 and P5.
By P6 keep the sweetspot behind you, also keep your left arm close to your chest and a gap between your left and right forearms, all to ensure an in-out club path . Shoulders should also be closed , hips mildly open, an extension of your right forearm should point close to the ball-target line. That represents only one optional pattern. I think that the clubface's sweetspot should not be behind the toe line at P6 if the golfer wants to hit the ball straight using an in-to-square clubhead path - the clubshaft should be parallel to the ball-target line and along the toe line at P6, which means that the sweetspot is inline with the toe line. A large air gap will only exist between the left elbow and the right elbow if the golfer has an assertive "right arm adduction + right pitch elbow motion" that gets the right elbow low down in front of the right hip area by P6 (eg. Dustin Johnson - compared to Justin Thomas, who has far less of an air gap). An extension of the right forearm can point at the ball-target line, or slightly outside, or slightly inside, the ball-target line. It depends on the position of the right elbow at P6 and is also affected by the spinal bend inclination angle.
P9 - Follow-through with the clubshaft angulated below your lead shoulder and bisecting your bicep (an effect of an 'in-out' club path). Shoulder and pelvis still tilted towards the ball-target line. The exit position of the clubshaft also depends on whether the golfer uses a CP-arm release action versus a CF-arm release action and NC does not discuss that issue. By the way, NC makes the same mistake that all golf instructors make with respect to Dustin Johnson's swing. He claims that DJ's marked left wrist bowing at P4 causes the clubface to be closed relative to the clubhead arc, and he believes that it is consistent with a draw pattern. He therefore thinks that DJ has to make a compensatory move in order to deliberately hit power fades. I disagree! I think that marked left wrist bowing alters the clubhead path at P4 as a result of a "laid-off" clubshaft motion that angles the clubshaft groundwards. It has no clubface-closing effect relative to the altered clubhead path's position at P4. I also think that marked left wrist bowing at P4 angles the clubshaft into an open position relative to the left forearm (closer to the ventral aspect of the left forearm), and if a golfer maintains that angulation all the way to P6.5/6.7 then that will cause an "increased degree of forward shaft lean with an open face" scenario, which is very conducive to generating a power fade ball flight without any compensatory move being necessary. DJ only has to use slightly less left forearm supination near impact to come into impact with a clubshaft that is angled back slightly and where the clubface is slightly open. Jeff.
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Post by dubiousgolfer on May 24, 2020 12:56:25 GMT -5
Many thanks Dr Mann
DG
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