In The Golfing Machine, Homer Kelley coined the term Hula Hula Flexibility to describe this ability to Shift the Weight while maintaining a Centered, Stationary Head (7-14).
The Hula Hula is a concept that has eluded many swing gurus. Many see two legs that need to be loading and unloaded. Sway right, sway left- Ballard for example.
Hula Hula is not a mere Hip Slide as some think. It is the independent hip action from the shoulders under a centered head. The heart of the pivot.
The Hula Hula is a concept that has eluded many swing gurus. Many see two legs that need to be loading and unloaded. Sway right, sway left- Ballard for example.
Hula Hula is not a mere Hip Slide as some think. It is the independent hip action from the shoulders under a centered head. The heart of the pivot.
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A visual demo of the Hula Hula concept would make for great video. I cannot connect the dots between keeping a stationary head & a vertical spine position and the role of the hips.
A visual demo of the Hula Hula concept would make for great video. I cannot connect the dots between keeping a stationary head & a vertical spine position and the role of the hips.
Assuming the spine is anchored at the top, e.g., with a Stationary Head, then it will remain vertical only if there is Zero Hip/Weight Shift. Otherwise, the lower spine moves (tilts) in the direction of the Shift.
Attempting to produce such a tilt -- in either direction -- without a Hip/Weight Shift can only produce a Sway (4th Snare / 3-F-7-D) and, if the Waist Bend or Knee Bend -- Left or Right or both -- is exaggerated, potentially a Bob (3rd Snare / 3-F-7-C). With the proper Clubhead Orbit thus disrupted, there must be a compensation, ideally one that returns the Head to its original position.
It is this 'Sway/Bob and Compensate' action that forms the basis of the Plummer-Bennett model as defined and demonstrated in Golf Digest, June 2007, The New Tour Swing.http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...tacktilt8.html
As discussed and illustrated on page 130, the head and left shoulder tilt down toward the ball in the backstroke, the "spine tilts toward the target" and the left foot is loaded. [There is no mention of just where this move puts the all-important right shoulder.] Then, in the downstroke, the player "launches off the left foot" in a "standing stretch" to produce a "springing action through the ball." The downstroke image used is one of crushing a soda can under the left foot to thrust the hips upward through impact (page 123).
So, according to the Golf Digest article, the Plummer-Bennett dictum is to "tilt to your left on the backswing and stand up through impact" (page 130). Well, having tilted to the left, I agree that it is important that the player stand up through impact. But, these extreme moves are totally unnecessary if the player simply executes a correct Pivot (7-12 and 10-12-A) with its centered Head, Free Turn with Weight Shifts and On Plane Right Shoulder (10-13-D).
Interestingly, I do not see these extremes in the unposedAaron Baddeley Driver Stroke Sequence on the title page. Also, his perfectly-centered address position on page 120 (compare to Bennett's address in the 'stack and tilt setup'). Therefore, it is always possible that the article's demonstrations and descriptions are exaggerations intended as a 'means to an end' and not the intended end itself. For example, Bennett's obviously forward-of-middle head position at address, the top and in the start down. Also, Plummer's 'tilt and stretch' Master Moves. Then again, if that were the case, the "New Tour Swing" would not be so "radical" after all.
If teachers want to teach the 'Tilt left, load-up the left foot and push off' model, that's fine by me. And if players want to use it, that's cool, too. However, readers should be advised that it does not reflect the ideal of an Uncompensated Stroke as defined in The Golfing Machine, and any representation to the contrary is inaccurate.
Interestingly, I do not see these extremes in the unposedAaron Baddeley Driver Stroke Sequence on the title page. Also, his perfectly-centered address position on page 120 (compare to Bennett's address in the 'stack and tilt setup'). Therefore, it is always possible that the article's demonstrations and descriptions are exaggerations intended as a 'means to an end' and not the intended end itself. For example, Bennett's obviously forward-of-middle head position at address, the top and in the start down. Also, Plummer's 'tilt and stretch' Master Moves. Then again, if that were the case, the "New Tour Swing" would not be so "radical" after all.
If teachers want to teach the 'Left tilt, load-up the left foot and push off' model, that's fine by me. And if players want to use it, that's cool, too. However, readers should be advised that it does not reflect the ideal of an Uncompensated Stroke as defined in The Golfing Machine, and any representation to the contrary is inaccurate.
The posed pictures are a joke. I have worked with page designers and editors hell bent on exaggerating pictures to "illustrate" a concept that in my opinion unfairly represents the instruction. The sequence camera captures the real centered motion. The picture were to illustrate the 'feeling.' Don't teach feelings- teach alignments. Feel what you want after the alignments. The graphics editor should not have used such large photographs to illustrate a feel instead of an alignment or even a fixed position.
Just my two and half cents- I have always been a odds with page designers when illustrating my instruction photos.
The poses and the practice swings are "exxxxxagerations" as for the "real thing" it's very centered and stable...how do I know?...I've been traveling with the infamous duo for the last two events... Aaron's actual motion is very centered stabled and very on plane with a very controlled Arc of Approach procedure...
Bucket ./...your right ...my sequence is what they are teaching...
Yoda...you've seen it live and yes ..might right forearm is not on plane at address...but you know it is at impact....
Why the jumping or extension?...try vertical forces and torques from the ground up to magnify the "wallop"....
You see...those on the outside think this article is all they teach...
I watched Andy manipulate the "Line of Compression" via the power package release sequence with Aaron to control the Arc of Attack, Arc of Approach, and the Rate of Closure of the clubface as it goes around the Hinge Assembly...If that ain't TGM...then I don't know anything about the "Machine Concept"
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The poses and the practice swings are "exxxxxagerations" as for the "real thing" it's very centered and stable...how do I know?...I've been traveling with the infamous duo for the last two events... Aaron's actual motion is very centered stabled and very on plane with a very controlled Arc of Approach procedure...
You see...those on the outside think this article is all they teach...
I watched Andy manipulate the "Line of Compression" via the power package release sequence with Aaron to control the Arc of Attack, Arc of Approach, and the Rate of Closure of the clubface as it goes around the Hinge Assembly...If that ain't TGM...then I don't know anything about the "Machine Concept"
Thanks, David. I know that magazine 'authors' often have no control of camera and pen. And as I stated in my post, Aaron's Motion did not reflect the exaggerated poses in the article. That is why I left the gate open.
I'll be on the tee next week at the AT&T Classic in Atlanta. If either Andy or Mike is there, maybe they would be willing to shed further light on what the article said and illustrated vs. what they really teach. Meanwhile, the ardent seeker without TOUR access is left searching for the truth.
Thanks for your insights.
P.S. Sorry I missed you in Richmond. We must have been only minutes apart. Next time!
Assuming the spine is anchored at the top, e.g., with a Stationary Head, then it will remain vertical only if there is Zero Hip/Weight Shift. Otherwise, the lower spine moves (tilts) in the direction of the Shift.
Attempting to produce such a tilt -- in either direction -- without a Hip/Weight Shift can only produce a Sway (4th Snare / 3-F-7-D) and, if the Waist Bend or Knee Bend -- Left or Right or both -- is exaggerated, potentially a Bob (3rd Snare / 3-F-7-C). With the proper Clubhead Orbit thus disrupted, there must be a compensation, ideally one that returns the Head to its original position.
It is this 'Sway/Bob and Compensate' action that forms the basis of the Plummer-Bennett model as defined and demonstrated in Golf Digest, June 2007, The New Tour Swing.http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...tacktilt8.html
As discussed and illustrated on page 130, the head and left shoulder tilt down toward the ball in the backstroke, the "spine tilts toward the target" and the left foot is loaded. [There is no mention of just where this move puts the all-important right shoulder.] Then, in the downstroke, the player "launches off the left foot" in a "standing stretch" to produce a "springing action through the ball." The downstroke image used is one of crushing a soda can under the left foot to thrust the hips upward through impact (page 123).
So, according to the Golf Digest article, the Plummer-Bennett dictum is to "tilt to your left on the backswing and stand up through impact" (page 130). Well, having tilted to the left, I agree that it is important that the player stand up through impact. But, these extreme moves are totally unnecessary if the player simply executes a correct Pivot (7-12 and 10-12-A) with its centered Head, Free Turn with Weight Shifts and On Plane Right Shoulder (10-13-D).
Interestingly, I do not see these extremes in the unposedAaron Baddeley Driver Stroke Sequence on the title page. Also, his perfectly-centered address position on page 120 (compare to Bennett's address in the 'stack and tilt setup'). Therefore, it is always possible that the article's demonstrations and descriptions are exaggerations intended as a 'means to an end' and not the intended end itself. For example, Bennett's obviously forward-of-middle head position at address, the top and in the start down. Also, Plummer's 'tilt and stretch' Master Moves. Then again, if that were the case, the "New Tour Swing" would not be so "radical" after all.
If teachers want to teach the 'Tilt left, load-up the left foot and push off' model, that's fine by me. And if players want to use it, that's cool, too. However, readers should be advised that it does not reflect the ideal of an Uncompensated Stroke as defined in The Golfing Machine, and any representation to the contrary is inaccurate.
I agree with the above (especially the observation on the stroke sequence)....and believe this new swing model takes the player away from the 3 imperatives (the mind is leaving the hands). Just look to Homers use of the straight line delivery paths on both 12-1-0 and 12-2-0....this new model does not use that path way.
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 05-13-2007 at 10:21 AM.
Assuming the spine is anchored at the top, e.g., with a Stationary Head, then it will remain vertical only if there is Zero Hip/Weight Shift. Otherwise, the lower spine moves (tilts) in the direction of the Shift.
Attempting to produce such a tilt -- in either direction -- without a Hip/Weight Shift can only produce a Sway (4th Snare / 3-F-7-D) and, if the Waist Bend or Knee Bend -- Left or Right or both -- is exaggerated, potentially a Bob (3rd Snare / 3-F-7-C). With the proper Clubhead Orbit thus disrupted, there must be a compensation, ideally one that returns the Head to its original position.
It is this 'Sway/Bob and Compensate' action that forms the basis of the Plummer-Bennett model as defined and demonstrated in Golf Digest, June 2007, The New Tour Swing.http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...tacktilt8.html
As discussed and illustrated on page 130, the head and left shoulder tilt down toward the ball in the backstroke, the "spine tilts toward the target" and the left foot is loaded. [There is no mention of just where this move puts the all-important right shoulder.] Then, in the downstroke, the player "launches off the left foot" in a "standing stretch" to produce a "springing action through the ball." The downstroke image used is one of crushing a soda can under the left foot to thrust the hips upward through impact (page 123).
So, according to the Golf Digest article, the Plummer-Bennett dictum is to "tilt to your left on the backswing and stand up through impact" (page 130). Well, having tilted to the left, I agree that it is important that the player stand up through impact. But, these extreme moves are totally unnecessary if the player simply executes a correct Pivot (7-12 and 10-12-A) with its centered Head, Free Turn with Weight Shifts and On Plane Right Shoulder (10-13-D).
Interestingly, I do not see these extremes in the unposedAaron Baddeley Driver Stroke Sequence on the title page. Also, his perfectly-centered address position on page 120 (compare to Bennett's address in the 'stack and tilt setup'). Therefore, it is always possible that the article's demonstrations and descriptions are exaggerations intended as a 'means to an end' and not the intended end itself. For example, Bennett's obviously forward-of-middle head position at address, the top and in the start down. Also, Plummer's 'tilt and stretch' Master Moves. Then again, if that were the case, the "New Tour Swing" would not be so "radical" after all.
If teachers want to teach the 'Tilt left, load-up the left foot and push off' model, that's fine by me. And if players want to use it, that's cool, too. However, readers should be advised that it does not reflect the ideal of an Uncompensated Stroke as defined in The Golfing Machine, and any representation to the contrary is inaccurate.
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