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I am not sure the Tiger knee speculation is correct. Els, Perry, funk, Jacobson and others have had knee surgery. Toms had back surgery and Couples suffers from back problems. Yet John Daly has had none of these problems yet had stomach (hard to figure out why) muscles repaired. It may have to do more with genetics as many basketball players have knee problems and many others never have a problem.[/quote]

It is indeed speculation. Perhaps not the best example of to steel my point. I was suggesting that a high head at address neccessitates a bob-squat move in order to go down. Tiger may indeed have peanut brittle for knees, but my contention is that left leg snapping straight does not help his cause. Again my point was seeking the optimum mechanical advantage. The original critique was concerning the benefit Ballard's suggestion that lateral movement is an "imperative." I was trying to communicate to Mashie72 my understanding of the difference between method teaching (limited view of what works best) and TGM (the principles that undergird ALL workable patterns)

So my abridged contention is that due to Tiger's genetic predisposition to suspect knees he would be better off not snapping that left knee! I wince when he does it! I'm wrong more times than I am right on a host of topics so I welcome correction...with a wince of course!