WHAT IS MY SWING NOW AND WHY?
March 25, 2020. Last year, 2019-02-05, I wrote: DON'T FUCKING FORGET THIS. IT IS HOW THE COCK IN SABONG GETS POIMOINTED.
1) AT ADDRESS, TRY FLICKING THE LEFT WRIST TO FIND THE PLANE.
2) 1218-12-14: KEEPING THE RIGHT SHOULDER LOWER AND THE GRIP WAY AHEAD OF THE BALL MAKES IT EASIER TO SEE THE PLANE AND HELPS LAUNCH THE CLUB HEAD BACKWARDS AND UPWARDS ALONG THE PLANE (VS STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE PLANE AND LAUNCH IS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHICH MAKES THE BACK SWING QUITE NOT RIGHT. )
3) ALSO IT IS LIKE RIDING THE CIRCULAR PLANE LIKE A BIKE AND COCKING IS A DOWN AND UP MOTION VS COCKING SIDE TO SIDE MOTION.
4) 2019-12-15: WHEN ADDRESSING THE BALL, IT MAY BE EASIER TO VISUALIZE THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND PRONATING (WITH THE WRIST BREAKING EARLY) ALONG THE PLANE AT THE SAME TIME LAUNCHING THE CLUB HEAD UP.
5) 2019-02-06: Bringing the right shoulder down physically puts the right shoulder BELOW the plane and essentially makes the BACK SWING a southwest to northeast vertical move rather than a west to east horizontal move... which is MENTALLY impossible for me.
March 25, 2020. And here is the downswing, the method that imparts the most spin on the ball. Since the upswing now is being imagined as the plane as vertical - rather than horizontal - the downswing is a pull of the club by the waist towards the ball resulting in an automatic turning of the body to the finish position. That turn creates the "professional" back spin. Basically, the downswing is pushing the posterior towards the ball and the action of the turning of the body to the finish position creates a centrifugal right to left slashing motion of the clubhead to the ball. March 29, 2020. When executed right, the centrifugal force imparted by the pronation and subsequent supination of the clubface is maximized at the ball! That goes to say that one should be fully aware of the weight of the clubhead from start (upswing) to finish (downswing) of the swing. Also, the grip has to be super open (weak) and almost entirely a finger grip - almost palming the grip. And may feel very awkward at first.
IMPORTANT FINDING
Apr. 04, 2020. Now that I know how to fling (12 o'clock supination upination point of the clubface) the club at any point, I now realize how the spin is imparted to the ball. It is making that fling point way before the ball. It not only gives the spin but also controls the flight of the ball. I will explain later.
April. 7, 2020. BACK TO THE BASIC HOGAN SWING because anything using the hands just makes it impossible to hit far and with force! Just remember what we have learned so with the swing and incorporate them with the Hogan pure body swing, not forgetting the following:
1. Use the one piece takeaway with the left shoulder doing the lifting. The shoulders should rotate on the plane.
2. On the downswing, the body moves to the left causing the right shoulder to be lowered which in turn promotes an inside-out hit. Remember, this move is the move that creates maximum spin?
May 4, 2020. My upswing still needs the extreme cocking. And my downswing, the shoulders does not fully turn. Both faults devoid my golf swing of power. So to alleviate them:
1) The upswing now must be started by the wrist cocking to the extreme fullest - ensuring a tightening that will create a bounce to auto start the downswing. Over time, it expected that the twisting will increase as my body adapts.
2) The downswing must be started by the taut hips and turn like a helicopter rotor slashing along the plane with a deliberate ignorance of hitting the ball. The hit is not an afterthought. Keep reading.
3) 2020-06-15: STROKE OF GENIUS (SOG) APPLICATION IN THE GOLF SWING - The full cocking is the most important part of the upswing. It doesn't matter if the shoulders does not fully go up as long as the cocking is fully done. And it (COCKED wrist) is NOT subjectively released to take the divot. Yes, the delayed centrifugal release is caused by the SOG. The club/head is automatically released by centrifugal force which gives the extra power to the swing.
From my practice today I found that using Hogan's tied up feeling, with only the wrist cocking the club upwards to the fullest and intentionally letting the claspped hands bring down the butt of the club towards the ball... is the optimum move, even the right hand can be used as Hogan described in his book.
