Here?S a top notch video, from Christo Garcia of the My Swing Evolution YouTube channel, displaying an high-quality transformation of certainly one of his subscriber?S golf swings:
A lot of what is going on on this video deals with things that I were contemplating over the past 12 months or so?Swing mind/feels/visuals and the way they affect golf overall performance.
In the beginning, Christo discusses how he is seeking out that one swing notion/experience/visual that clicks and gets his swing to appearance more like Hogan?S swing. And I think this is the primary hassle, he's ?Chasing feels.?
I accept as true with his subscriber with the swing transformation, Lee Namba, is the use of visuals (that's a cousin to a ?Sense?) and it's far operating wonderfully for him now, but I think I see wherein the disconnect is between what Christo is doing and what Lee has carried out.
First, let?S get to what Christo is basically seeking to work on and in effect, what Lee has been running on.
Christo is making an attempt to get extra pelvis rotation within the downswing into impact. It appears he is aware that part of the problem is he ?Goat humps? (aka early extension) and that prevents him from getting extra pelvis rotation.
Christo has additionally been trying to get extra lateral aspect bend of the torso with a purpose to help with that pelvic rotation.
THE MECHANICS
Here is what lateral side bend looks as if in an animation:
(credit www.Philcheetham.Com)
The concept at the back of the lateral side bend is that when finished successfully and the hips are level (or the rear hip is better than the front hip)?This creates an movement where the pelvis will automatically rotate extra. Dr. Bob Olivieri and Andy Plummer talk this in this video. Note that they're discussing this with the backswing, however the same applies with the downswing movements:
Dustin Johnson is a exquisite example of a player making use of a variety of lateral side bend and having a pelvis that rotates well open into effect.
Brian Gay is an instance of a participant with little to no lateral bend that does not have almost as lots pelvis rotation:
And in the end, we see this from Lee Namba whose transformation consists of extra lateral aspect bend, some distance less ?Goat humping? And extra pelvis rotation into effect. Lee states this has dramatically stepped forward his ballstriking and I absolutely accept as true with him.
WAYS TO PRACTICE TO DEVELOP FEELS
Lee Namba gave the issues he used to have and the way via a sequence of visuals and some feels by way of reading Keegan Bradley how he became capable of rework his swing. Lee stated his huge problem become basically his incapability to force the proper elbow ahead in what The Golfing Machine calls ?Pitch elbow.?
Lee subsequently corrected that difficulty by means of visualizing his arms ?Swinging underneath the torso.? Eventually he brought a few greater visualizations and feels to supply the converted swing he has these days.
In Homer Kelley?S The Golfing Machine, he states that it's miles better to study mechanics thru sense as opposed to feel via mechanics. What this indicates is that Kelley believes that if you include the proper mechanics for your swing, you can eventually develop how that feels to YOU after which use the ones feels to copy those mechanics.
But as Kelley said, maximum golf preparation at that time (he posted the e-book in 1969) revolved around gaining knowledge of mechanics from feels which means that the golfer would be taught to sense some thing mainly and then hope to contain the ones mechanics through that feel. The foremost issue that Kelley astutely pointed out is that what one golfer can also sense doesn?T suggest that every other golfer will experience the identical element.
Kelley?S answer changed into easy?Use what Kelley referred to as ?Primary, received and general movement? If you want to use the right mechanics time and time once more after which broaden a sense for those mechanics.
Basic Motion = A small swing where the shaft of the club only goes from about thigh high in the backswing to thigh high in the follow thru.
Acquired Motion = A larger swing, but it only goes to about where the lead arm is parallel to the ground in the backswing to the trail arm is parallel to the ground in the follow thru.
This is frequently called (nine o?Clock to a few o?Clock swing) popularized by way of golf trainer Geoff Jones (aka SliceFixer).
Total Motion = A full golf swing.
Kelley suggested that the golfer need to begin with ?Simple motion? And paintings on that till they incorporate all the mechanics properly on a consistent basis. Then Kelley advised to transport onto ?Received motion? And ultimately to ?Total motion.?
The difference we are seeing today between Kelley?S advice and what neurologist and skill acquisition specialists is they present day day neurologists and ability acquisition experts opt for that the golfer utilize swings at very gradual speed and make sure they are using the appropriate mechanics because the golfer swings the club slowly. When the golfer does use the proper mechanics, then they make the swing a bit faster and keep ramping up the rate as they get the mechanics successfully. In truth, this is something that Lee Namba says he did in his exercise. Oh, and some guy name Hogan used to exercise using self-imposed sluggish motion swings as properly:
I tend to believe that each strategies (Kelley?S obtained to general movement swings and the velocity modifications strategies) are an amazing way to move. Three of the very pleasant ballstrikers of all time in Hogan, Moe Norman and Mac O?Grady utilized those methods of their training to come to be the outstanding ballstrikers they had been.
SOME CRITIQUES AND CHASING FEELS
While I praise Lee Namba?S transformation and he has used the ?Pace method? Of obtaining his mechanics, I do experience that he has chased the visuals and feels and I assume there was a piece of luck on his aspect to make it paintings. And I feel that for other golfers, this can not paintings in such a everlasting fashion find it irresistible did for Lee.
I do no longer feel that Lee absolutely is familiar with the mechanics, but he did spot something that allowed him to lower back his manner into getting the mechanics had to get the swing he desired.
As Lee said, he could never quite get enough room to drive his right elbow forward enough in the downswing. Eventually, he changed his visual to ‘swinging the arms under the torso.’ I personally feel that what Lee did was he not only swung the arms under the torso, but his brain figured out that he needed to make room for himself in order to all those arms to swing under the torso. And he made that room by creating what is called ‘anterior pelvic tilt.’
We can see in the photograph above each anterior and posterior pelvic tilt. The ?Posterior pelvic tilt? Is likewise recognize as ?Early extension? Or ?Goat humping.? When we get into anterior pelvic tilt, it creates extra room. For example, observe Lee?S before and after video and examine the proper thigh and its distance to the ball. With the anterior pelvic tilt (after) his thigh and pelvis is further from the ball and he has greater ?Room? To swing the fingers.
But, through the equal token, he's now able to rotate that pelvis because of the anterior pelvic tilt. With the ?Goat humping? Pass, the pelvis can not rotate as much and will now slide.
I also accept as true with that Lee had been running tough on trying to externally rotate the right shoulder on the way to pressure the elbow ahead, much like Keegan Bradley does and Ben Hogan used to do.
But with the ?Goat hump? Circulate, that helped stall the pelvis rotation and consequently the proper shoulder might go from external to inner rotation. Now with the anterior pelvic tilt which he used to ?Make room for his palms to swing beneath his torso? He can now rotate the pelvis in preference to sliding it and he can now preserve that proper shoulder external rotation and pressure the proper elbow more ahead into effect. I also consider that the proper shoulder external rotation aids within the lateral aspect bend that's why we see tons greater lateral side bend within the after photograph of Lee?S swing.
The trouble with getting someone like Christo (or anybody else) to translate this is that their mind may not make experience of ?Make room for your fingers to swing underneath his torso? That Lee used. And he may want to thoroughly end up seeking to make the arms swing below the torso and not get the anterior pelvic tilt so that you can achieve this. Nor may also every other golfer have the proper shoulder external rotation to go along with it. So, in the end any other golfer may simply be chasing those feels/visuals and due to the fact they don?T quite recognize all of the mechanics they by no means quite get to where they want to be.
I tend to consider that is extra in which present day day golf education is moving to?Information the technological know-how of motor ability and skill acquisition gaining knowledge of and making use of that to golfing. Unfortunately, the golfing magazines and TV indicates will still deliver away ?Swing tips? Which normally consist of feels and visuals which simplest permit golfers to preserve to chase feels/visuals even more with none permanent improvement and still having to go to the variety all the time.
3JACK
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