Today it is going to be chasing Sergio inside the final spherical of the Deutsche Bank Championship, however Henrik Stenson's swing has been chasing anybody for the previous few months. The Big Swede has slowly rebuilt his recreation until he's right there almost every week. Today I idea we'd take a quick observe his swing.
Here's a slo-mo video from kind of 4 months ago -- proper around the time he commenced his flow into contention.
Henrik works with European Teacher Pete Cowen, whom Billy Harmon known as the number 1 European golfing instructor and one of the 3 first-class within the international (along with Butch Harmon and Sean Foley). Cowen teaches more of a conventional swing than a cutting-edge one, which means that he uses the top frame instead of the decrease body as a golf swing's primary strength source.
Let's make sure you're clear on one thing: Just because your upper body is the primary power source in a classic golf swing does NOT mean that the lower body doesn't start moving first in the downswing. As I have said on more than one occasion, it is physically impossible for you to make a correct swing without your lower body moving first. You need the friction of your feet against the ground to start your body turning. It's just that in the classic swing the lag between the lower and upper body isn't as noticeable -- or, to put it another way, it looks as if your upper and lower body start turning at almost the same time.
You can see this in the face-on view of Henrik's swing inside the video. There's no big ahead move of his decrease frame earlier than his higher body begins the downswing. If you look very intently (right across the 1:10 mark) you can see his hips pass ever-so-slightly before his higher body begins down. And bear in thoughts that you want slo-mo to see this moderate distinction! At complete velocity it's barely noticeable.
At the 1:14 mark you can see that Henrik's weight appears pretty evenly distributed between his feet. In other words, Henrik is balanced. He's not leaning backward nor sliding forward at this point, which you see in a lot of players who drive their lower bodies hard to start the swing.
The end result of this is that Henrik converts nearly all of his effort into rotation -- and consequently membership head velocity. And he doesn't pass backward or ahead over the ball, which translates into extra consistent touch. The mixture of the two sends the ball a looong, looong way.
In different phrases, Henrik is not wasting his effort moving his frame round. Rather, he focuses on swinging the club. The outcomes make the distinction pretty clear!
You can learn a lot from Henrik -- even if you aren't a 6'1" Swede weighing nearly 200 pounds. Don't lunge at the ball -- swing the club!!!
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