Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Shoulder-centric and Extreme Cock Technique

We have been looking for the "Perfect Golf Swing" for a long time now and it is time now to admit if we already have found it or not. After all these years, I am inclined to say that this is a personal decision for each golfer since the skill level that can be reached is really "personal" in a sense that not everybody can employ a particular set of beliefs on the "Perfect" Golf Swing.

In a recent golf magazine article I read about Nick Price, he said his game went south (he lost his game) when he tried to make changes to lengthen his drives. He has now realized that lengthening his drives is not for him because he is much better again (and won in the Champion's tour) now that he has returned to his old golf swing.

Following Nick Price's revelation, I am going to stop my quest for the perfect golf swing. I will now stick with what I started as my goal - to use only the big muscles and simplify. This is what I will do starting now - and, hopefully stick to it over my lifetime:
  1. Use Tiger Wood's (my interpretation) tight upper body swing as the engine of upswing, my downswing and follow through. The upper body does everything. This is the coiled-roped feeling of Hogan. The feeling is like the forearm muscles are bulgingly tight and all, the forearms, the left wrist and the solid grip are frozen together.
  2. Overlap grip is employed with an almost extreme weak right hand grip placement.
  3. The swing is shoulder-centric and extreme left hand cock is employed. The left shoulder feels the weight of the clubhead and pushes it out, like a satellite being launched into orbit, until fully coiled to an extreme finish. There must be a feeling of symmetry and harmonious balance in this move. THIS MOVE IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WITHOUT IT THE THUMB MAY GET HURT IF LIFTING MOTION IS USED. SO WHEN THE THUMB HURTS, YOU ARE MAKING A WRONG MOVE. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN THIS POSTING. With it, it makes the long clubs (like the driver) feel like short irons. WARNING - IT MAY MAKE YOU DRAW THE BALL BUT WITH THE PROPER TIMING IT SHOULD WORK OK.
  4. The finish of the backswing is characterize by the left shoulder hitting the chin, ala Hogan. If there is no shoulder n chin, you do not have a finish! REMEMBER, THE SHOULDER MUST PUSH THE CHIN - NO IFS AND BUTS!
  5. The left shoulder starts the turn towards the resulting downward blast.

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