[6bmike]

When I see a golfer hit a driver 280-300 yards sitting on a chair it is obvious that the pivot of the lower body is not the major power source.

I believe the pivot of the lower body should be for impact accuracy only. The bigger or aggressive the pivot of the lower body is the harder it is to stay in balance and stay in sync with the circular motion of the hands and arms and the less accurate impact is.

The bigger and more aggressive the pivot of the lower body is the less accurate impact is period!

Some golfers like Tiger can time an aggressive pivot with the hands and arms at impact most of the time but we also see what happens when he doesn’t. Tiger just has a rare talent and a lot of luck when the driver is way off line. He will almost always have a shot to the green.

We are not like Tiger!!!


On the other hand it is easy to time the hands and arms with a more passive pivot of the lower body for accurate impact. Golfers should work hard on applying more power to the hands with a more passive pivot of the lower body. The more power you apply to the hands via the muscles of right arm and upper body the faster the club head moves and with a passive pivot of the lower body the more accurate impact is.

This is why Mike Austin was so long and straight.

The pivot of the lower body should only make room for the hands and arms to perform correct motion to the club on an incline plane, without disrupting club head speed and impact accuracy.


Saying this some golfers that read this will not be willing to give up the ideas of more power and club head speed through the pivot of the lower body and will continue to struggle with impact.

This pivot obsession is why the scores of weekend golfers will always be high and for many years to come.

Give up the bigger or aggressive pivot addiction and see what potential you really have as a golfer.

To Better Golf,

John W Rohan-Weaver G.S.E.M.

I find this a bit unusual for this forum

Has anyone on this forum ever claim that the lower body is a source of power? Every TGMer that has studied TGM with Lynn Blake understands the role of the pivot and that it is NOT a power component.
Why bring it up here????