Stroke Sequence - Mike Austin
 

This is a sequence I made a while back ......

Enjoy :)

Austinology
 

I had a lesson with Mike Austin three years ago. He taught the Slide then Turn Back Stroke Hip move. You can definitely see it in that sequence.

Why
 

do people here reference him when in his video he teaches casting/throwaway of the club? I know he doesn't in HIS swing, but that is obviously his swing thought that he tells other's to think about.

Mike Austin has one of the best patterns you'll ever see, and his approach to teaching it is very straightforward (Secrets from the Games Longest Hitter).

Throw away can happen if the pivot doesn't work properly. 'trying' to throw with a proper pivot (sequence) supporting the motion can lead to a great feel for lag pressure if the throw is in the proper direction (downplane to both arms straight).

Austin uses an 'uncock' then 'roll', such that when he talks about 'throwing' the club, it is the 'uncock' that he is talking about, the 'roll' is imparted by the pivot. An underhanded pitch motion.

Isn't uncocked (acc#2) and then roll (accum#3) the sequence in any swing?

The secret to Austin's length is his raw strength- period. The man had an athletes raw power- that you can't teach.
The swing is sound but don't aspect every student of his to be super bombers because of it. Better, yes - but not supermen.

A question of overlap, of mass, of time - of support through impact.

Rhythm
Extensor action

Full body impact support.

The Breaking Wave
 

Three great points, Edz:

Rhythm -- The Closing Gate (the Left Arm and Club) as driven by (or through) the Right Elbow.

Extensor Action -- Power Package structure via the Right Triceps stretch of the Left Arm.

Full Body Impact -- Downstroke Momentum Transfer from the Rotor (Body) into the Blade (Left Arm and Club).

:-#

Austin preaches throw the clubhead into the ball, he doesnt believe in holding anything in a frozen position.

Cdog's First
 

Thanks for this first post, cdog. Keep'em comin!

Thanks for the welcome, this is a great site, i have been here reading and looking for quite a while!

His swing kind of reminds me of Monty's.

Especially the last few frames- thru impact and to the finish.

Is it just me or does his swing not look anything like what he teaches in his book?

Yoda's strength
 

Edz is right on but Yoda includes us and takes us with him. A few extra strokes on the canvas can make it a masterpiece.

Wedgeboy, I agree
 

Mike Austin's swing sequence doesn't look anything like what is taught on the CD, except for the pendulum hip motion. It doesn't look like a throw from the top, and it looks like the lag is created, increased and held very late; exactly what Dunaway says doesn't happen.

Picture vs. Reality
 

Austin, Shauger, and Dunaway all say they are releasing from the top in a underhand motion.....right hand under left and OMG .:scratch: Left wrist breaking down.......somewhat anti TGM.....

I think back to Thomasello's letter series videos where he says release the club from the top......but on video it will look like one is delaying the hit.
Perhaps the video frame by frame gives a false impression, as TT alluded to back in the day.

Where is the right hand on the club? Under the left. Another "seems to be." Austin felt like he threw ubnderhanded. A CF uncocking and roll might feel like an underhand motion to some, especially to someone a little flip and talking from a feel. He might be blocking or holding (STEERING) a HH into a vertical hinge alignment.

And his early release, like a sweep release isn't a casting move. It is a steady release to the Store position then into impact. He feels like he does, talks like he does, but his clips show something different.

Homer said never listen to what they say- watch what they do.

Every Austin sequence or clip I have, he looks different.