Thanks Yoda and the quote "They don't clear their right hip." That's money!
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If you cannot take the shoulder down the clubshaft plane, you must take along some other path and add compensations - now, instead of one motion to remember, you wind up with at least two!
Ohh thanks for this timely reminder. I was just writing down somethings that I learned at Cuscowilla and clearing the right hip was one of them. Pulling my left foot off the ground is something that is not in my swing and I really didn't think about it as I can swing to the top of the backswing without lifiting my left heel off the ground but it has been noted that I have trouble clearing my right hip properly.
Alex
Last edited by alex_chung : 12-06-2008 at 04:44 PM.
A good right hip clearing action allows a golfer to create a good reverse K alignment - like Hogan in the next photo.
Jeff.
Jeff . . . not sure you have accurately show how the spine is in this post . . . . I believe the spine is much more closer to vertical than that reverse k deal . . . maybe even close to leftward leaning.
Jeff . . . not sure you have accurately show how the spine is in this post . . . . I believe the spine is much more closer to vertical than that reverse k deal . . . maybe even close to leftward leaning.
Agreed, Bucket.
Please, somebody put in the appropriate 'spine line' here. Thanks!
The red line doesn't represent the spine angle. It represents a line drawn from a point just above the lower swing center (midpoint between the pelvis) and the center of the head, and it roughly represents the slant of the upper torso away from the target. I think that the spine is situated behind the red line, but very close to being parallel to that line.
Here is a view of Hogan from behind and one can clearly see his rightwards tilted spine, although his right thigh slants left-upwards -that gives him the reverse K position.
One can see where his lower lumbar vertebrae are, and roughly where the base of the neck is situated. A straight line drawn between the lowest lumbar vertebrae and the base of the neck has a rightwards tilt and therefore the spine must have an overall rightwards tilt. However, the upper thoracic spine is always verticalised in a golfer who has a big shoulder turn that torques the upper thoracic spine. That gives the spine a S-shaped (spiralised) appearance, which often leads to unresolved debate about where the spine is precisely located.
The red line doesn't represent the spine angle. It represents a line drawn from a point just above the lower swing center (midpoint between the pelvis) and the center of the head, and it roughly represents the slant of the upper torso away from the target. I think that the spine is situated behind he red line, but very close to being parallel to that line.
Here is a view of Hogan from behind and one can clearly see his rightwards tilted spine, although his right thigh slants left-upwards -that gives him the reverse K position.
One can see where his lower lumbar vertebrae are, and roughly where the base of the neck is situated. A straight line drawn between the lowest lumbar vertebrae and the base of the neck has a rightwards tilt and therefore the spine must have an overall rightwards tilt. However, the upper thoracic spine is always verticalised in a golfer who has a big shoulder turn that torques the upper thoracic spine. That gives the spine a S-shaped (spiralised) appearance, which often leads to unresolved debate about where the spine is precisely located.
Jeff,
Thanks for this Start Down rear view.
Homer Kelley defined 'balance' as keeping the Center of Gravity "Inside the Stance (Glossary). Please draw a line from the Pivot Center (Top / Turned Head or Point-Between-the-Shoulders) to 'Between the Feet' as you deem fit).
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