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Kind of.

He DID have quite a bit of head movement back then and I'd say his Pivot these days is better...

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This video does not give you a true representation of what the Tiger SEES tho.

You have to remember that Tiger's eyes move in the sockets throughout....and they will stay glued on the ball in the Backstroke...

The camera on the other hand only represents how the head moves. The camera basically shows what it would be like if his eyes could only look STRAIGHT out of the face. (so you'd look to the right of the ball as the head sways AND swivels in the Backstroke)

I hope you understand what I'm trying to get across.

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Try a Pivot like Tiger's and tell me if it's as disorienting as the video might make it seem.

Excellent point birdieman...well done!

This makes me think of my own swing that I have been working on more with video...some distressing compensations in my swing that I need to work on...one is head movement on my backswing...I move my head up but it might be due to my head/chin being too close to my body and in the way when my left shoulder attempts to complete a shoulder turn...in order to continue turning my whole body and head raise a bit as I complete the back turn...I am going to work on a preturned head and my chin raised up to accomodate my shoulder turn...my eyes can still be looking down and to the left.