Lets describe handicap shall we, Handicap: a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically. This does not mean you have an injury always, it could also mean you are not as flexable..etc..!
So, what I am getting at here is there are several people I have talked to of late who are TGM, S&T, and so on who do not understand why they are not getting the same results out of there motions as the tour players. Now in this topic we are going to talk about 1 issue, lack of flex, and how it creates other movements. I am one of these people! If you were to do any tour players motion correct with out the correct flex, you have to draw from some where else. Usually the average person draws that extra move meant from the hips, or sway. Lets take me against Brian Gay, I can set up like Brian, I can hands controlled pivot like Brian. What I can not do is turn the upper trunk like Brian, to do this I would only be able to swing just under a half swing. So, as a compensation I let the hips go to get the upper trunk coiled. This is not a bad issue, but in terms of high success it is... The extra motion of the hips gets the club to much behind us, sometimes we over swing, tend to start the swing with an OT move, or get stuck to much from the inside on the DS. Now, why am I explaining this to you, so you can understand why you are having trouble of course. Not all of you fall into this category, but the few that are confused or their looking for the magic band-aid
this might help.
So, as some of you know I have been trying to preform the swing and with much success pin pointed certain area's that needed help from others on this board. I have a swing now that can not go pass 1/2 to stay in the confines of a model swing. I am working on flex from core to hip but! a neat thing happen??? I am a longer hitter above average as Tour standards go, after starting to the correct motion at half I lost 2 clubs, this was a problem!!! I took a step back an thought to myself why am I loosing distance? Well the answer came clear as day, I must not be preforming the sequence correct!!!
So I went back to step one and started over having in mind that I going to be at least 2 clubs short with a lower ball flight. Now, this is not a fairytale ending like you think I might be going, but rather a right direction. After 2 weeks now of working on the correct form at a 1/2 swing (meaning around 9 o'clock) to a full finish, I have found power in a different place. I have picked up the 2 clubs in distance again with more accuracy, all my power is being created 3ft from impact to 4 or 5ft after. I feel as if I am hitting the ball harder after impact than before...
To make a long story short you guys like me that have not a lot of flex, find how far you can take it back hands controlled pivot, and when the hips start becoming over used. Mark that point and tell you self that is your back swing for now and you are going to work hard on correctness of motion to that position and through impact. When you are lying around watching the Golf Channel get on the floor an stretch while you are watching TV, or sit in a dinner table chair and work that core flex. I hope this helps one of you guys that are struggling like I was, and give it a chance 1 month.
Thanks,
BurleyGolf-
Last edited by BurleyGolf : 04-19-2009 at 10:45 PM.
Brilliant stuff. I am experiencing exactly what you've described.
Without a ball in front of me I can make a good move, but tee up a ball and put a driver in my hands... and there goes that right hip (hips)... WAY overturning... aaand I'm basically dead from that point on.
I feel like I need a systematic approach to learn to stop 'releasing' my hips the way you've described. Maybe I need to buy one of those Electric Fence pet collars and get zapped every time I do it. I'm sure my wife would be more than happy to help me out with that.
Hey Burlygolf, I agree. Flexibility. Legs, Hips, Shoulders, Upper arms. I don't think most people fully appreciate the amount of Flexibility you need. It's not just to be able to move farther but easier and without one part pulling or pushing the other part out of alignment.
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