From here, Eldrick must COMPENSATE for the disrupted shoulder to ball radius caused by the bobbing of his head, (as described as a "power move" by his current swing instructor Sean Foley in THIS article).
Whip,
you are correct. However, if you start looking you'd be surprised how many great players do it. All the big hitters, and anytime the others try to catch another gear, they'll go down then up to some extent. Long drive guys have huge verticals. Can't do a vertical if you don't go down first. Is it a compensated radius you have to deal with? Absolutely.......but it s definitely happening.
Whip,
you are correct. However, if you start looking you'd be surprised how many great players do it. All the big hitters, and anytime the others try to catch another gear, they'll go down then up to some extent. Long drive guys have huge verticals. Can't do a vertical if you don't go down first. Is it a compensated radius you have to deal with? Absolutely.......but it s definitely happening.
I am aware that many tour players in fact drop their head, and many who do, hit it far. It is part of their body related procedure which MAY amplify physics and reduce throwaway, but it carries a prohibitive price tag, and a compensation Must be made. Ask yourself this, do you think tiger would really lose distance if he didn't bob his head? Even if he did ( which he wouldn't), His swing speed is 120-125 plus, would it matter if it dropped a few MPHs in exchange for a lot more fairways hit? He is a professional golfer after all, isn't it a little embarrassing hitting only half the fairways...Wouldn't a centered motion create more distance because of the speed created by the efficiency of the motion? and by him not having to create compensating forces with muscular effort, the flow of speed would be less interrupted and the club head orbit less disrupted. Also I guarantee tiger could hit it further and straighter with a longer length driver and a head that does not bob or maybe a lower loft and more forward ball position. tigers stats indicate he needs to hit it straighter off the tee, The nationwide guys consistently average longer distances off the tee than the PGA tour guys, there's a reason Why, accuracy is more Important on the big boy tour than hitting a drive 315 vs 305.
The case could be made that this is what tiger has done for so long it is a personal preference that must be worked around instead of changed per se, nevertheless it is a snare. Probably just by backing it off a little bit tiger would improve his accuracy and still maintain his coveted power, in fact I would bet he hits it further.
Tigers motion couldn't be anymore centered left and right, though there is some down and up. It was also there when he WAS hitting fairways and winning 70 times. I don't disagree that it could make him drive it more consistently, but the elephant in the room for his driving ability is that picture IMHO
What do you mean when you say that picture J? Snap release? Wonder if the head drop was the same, it seems more forceful than ever since he got to foley, I know his head has always dropped but it seems like ever since he got on this s&t-esque motion(pelvic thrust, ski jump twist nonsense....) the motion seems more forced, more jammed than ever. As we know In this game inches are miles.
What do you mean when you say that picture J? Snap release? Wonder if the head drop was the same, it seems more forceful than ever since he got to foley, I know his head has always dropped but it seems like ever since he got on this s&t-esque motion(pelvic thrust, ski jump twist nonsense....) the motion seems more forced, more jammed than ever. As we know In this game inches are miles.
I am well aware that many tour players in fact drop their head, and many who do hit it far. It is part of their body related procedure which may amplify physics and reduce throwaway, but it carries a prohibitive price tag, and a compensation Must be made. Ask yourself this, do you think tiger would really lose distance if he didn't bob his head? Even if he did, His swing speed is 125 plus, would it matter if it dropped a few MPHs in exchange for a lot more fairways hit? He is a professional golfer after all, isn't it a little embarrassing hitting only half the fairways...Wouldn't a centered motion create more distance because of the efficiency of the motion? and by him not having to create compensating forces with muscular effort, the flow of speed would be less interrupted and the club head orbit less disrupted. Also I guarantee tiger could hit it further and straighter with a longer length driver and a head that does not bob or maybe a lower loft and more forward ball position. Sure maybe bobbing amplifies tigers physics, does tiger really need more power, No his stats would indicate he needs to hit it straighter. The nationwide guys consistently average longer distances off the tee than the PGA tour guys, there's a reason Why, accuracy is more Important on the big boy tour than hitting a drive 315 vs 305.
a player has a limit to hand speed, maximum controllable hand speed as jtillery pointed out, the speed is happening, flowing through this position, he is not trying to hold off, which would In effect actually slow down the whole sequence because it's not a flowing force, rather it is an intuitive result of MAJOR TALENT tiger instinctively senses how to apply a high power sequence. Is this thread only about the snap release?
The case could be made that this is what tiger has done for so long it is a personal preference that must be worked around instead of changed per se, nevertheless it is a snare. Probably just by backing it off a little bit tiger would improve his accuracy and still maintain his coveted power.
Good question......
The thread is about the analysis of that picture....
tiger woods is and forever will be a legend of the game of golf. It kills me to see him paying this guy good money to ruin his golf swing. TIGER IS TRAPPED IN THE WRONG APPROACH
The only thing that needs to happen to have a good impact from there is the right arm straightening.
No need to try to time #3 (roll), or to hold off/arch the left wrist to save it as before, when in the same position, he would have the face much, much more open (toe up)
Now the face is at 45 degrees there.
Active (as in a hitter's thrust), or passive (shoulder turn throw) - that face is going to be square. The only way to screw up that position is to have 'center' move forward, and from the looks of it, he is well centered.
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