Yoda - if you are arguing that the general tilt of the lumbar spine is towards the right (away from the target) then I agree with you 100%. That's my mental picture of what happens to the human spine during the backswing pivot action - the junction of the lumbar spine and pelvic sacrum moves slightly leftwards as the right buttocks moves backwards/leftwards, but the frontal spine orientation becomes rightwards oriented so that the entire spine develops a rightwards tilt away from the target.
Here is a photo image of Ben Hogan at the end-backswing position - from the front view. He has a reverse-K look, because although his right thigh is oriented to the left, his spine and upper torso is oriented to the right due to the increased rightwards tilt of the spine that occurs secondary to the movement of the right buttocks leftwards/backwards (that produces a reorientation of the spine to the right).
Jeff.
That red line ain't exactly where the spine is is it?
When I drew that upper red line, I didn't draw it over the spine. I simply drew it through the middle of the upper torso and through the middle of the head to reflect the general direction of tilt of the upper torso - to demonstrate the reverse-K look. The spine is actually between that upper red line and the yellow line, and the general direction of tilt of the spine is parallel to that upper red line.
When I drew that upper red line, I didn't draw it over the spine. I simply drew it through the middle of the upper torso and through the middle of the head to reflect the general direction of tilt of the upper torso - to demonstrate the reverse-K look. The spine is actually between that upper red line and the yellow line, and the general direction of tilt of the spine is parallel to that upper red line.
Jeff.
I could just be being a doofus which I'm very good at . . . but I'd say the spine is more parallel to the yaller line.
The spine could be parallel to the yellow line. The yellow line is nearly parallel to the upper red line anyway, and these lines are not meant to be exact representations of body anatomy, but merely illustrative of the reverse-K end-backswing position.
The spine could be parallel to the yellow line. The yellow line is nearly parallel to the upper red line anyway, and these lines are not meant to be exact representations of body anatomy, but merely illustrative of the reverse-K end-backswing position.
Jeff.
Maybe . . . it looks like that the upper spine has moved somewhat LEFT of its original position much like the post that you put up with the right butt cheek moving BEHIND the player??? Hogan has not created a lot of proverbial "pie."
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