the success of every shot is dependent on the physics and geometry applied to it, rasheed wallace has a more karmic perspective, nonetheless his words are wise....lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pjro5G876Q

Whip,

The face on video has has better flow. But the dtl video is pretty good too.

I like Hogan's and Snead's lower body work better than yours. They look more dynamic and more connected and more powerful. But the stuff that goes on above the waistline looks as good in your swing as anything to me. And you look at least as well balanced as the two greats. Impressive. And it seems like your foot work and hip action is due to a deliberate preference. To be honest it's a bit like hearing a hit for the first time. It takes some time to get used to it.:thumright

Would you mind sharing your priorities on your priorities re hip action and lower body?

I hope a lot of those who bash TGM get to watch your swing. It is a great show case for TGM. Doesn't have the stall and the flip that TGM is often accused of - and has a beautiful FLW with a huge error margin through the ball. Great stuff!

thank you very much for your comments especially the one about the showcase for tgm. Hogan and Snead were the greatest, i would be ecstatic to come anywhere close. My swing is still in process of refinement and therefore the look and sound of the swing may change on a given day or even on a given swing as components and their relationships are tweaked and refined. I claim no perfections, all components and there total rhythm still require vast improvement. Homer didn't define the perfect swing, he laid out possibilities in the trillions yet all must have the imperatives and essentials to have any real competitive potential with few exceptions. personal and psychological preferences must be accounted for and every golfer will excel and resist any certain part of the process or another, everyone is different. I have found you cannot just jump ahead, you have to reach a certain level of conceptual understanding and execution and drill it in a bit, then you take that current level and throw some more crash and relative translation to all components and get to that NEXT level and then once again refine those components and so on and so on to the level of refinement proportionate to your ambitions. Thanks to Homer's work, this is a truly unlimited and unparalleled refinement process.


RE lower body-

trying to make sure i get some nice shoulder lag, bump then twist and not vis versa and the right amount and at the right time and with proper axis tilt, it's possible for me to bump the hip without actuating the right shoulder downward so I want to make sure that's synced up properly and working together right as well as zone 2 components synced up with axis tilt the way i want them, etc etc. i seem to have much more control over the hips now so it probably looks a lot different, those are fairly old swings but that lower body action is pretty good, could it be better oh ya it could drastically change from that but it has also come along way, inches are miles in the golf swing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWLLPKiSMRk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuyhxCJf4Pg

longitudinal acceleration, rope swinging is the essence, right forearm motion precisely to top, balance, extensor, passivity...

I agree. I try to engage my Left Shoulder as much as possible from transition to low point.

not sure what you mean by engaging the left shoulder. shoulder control is only via the right shoulder

High force running up the left arm all the way.

Can't do it at all costs since the left shoulder is above the swing plane.

Yes, the right shoulder has important on-plane functions as described in the book.

But the left shoulder has important power functions - if you let it. OB Left just posted and old Yoda post about it:



This is pretty close to how I aim to use the shoulders through impact. Especially the last paragraph. I try to maximize the drag from the left shoulder through the ball because I've experienced that this provides the best lag pressure and the greatest resistance against decel as ch meets the ball, or even when there is heavy grass before the ball.

The heavier the club feels in my left hand through the ball, the more drag I manage to provide from the left shoulder, the better I seem to hit the ball. So this is high on my list of things to monitor. When I'm producing my best golf it feels very continuous from transition and past impact.

The only exception from how Yoda describes it is that I don't try to keep or drive the left shoulder straight through the ball. I shift down to elbow plane, and use the Right Shoulder and Right Arm and Right Hand to negotiate the offset between the shoulder turn and the sweet spot plane through impact.

i never read anything in the book about engaging the left shoulder "high force running up the left shoulder" sounds like an injury waiting to happen

Far from an injury. Centripetal force plus linear force it is.

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Troglio's "Missing Piece" simple and powerful meditations
 

I have VJ Troglio's fine book on Hogan and have lived with it for over a year. When my longer right leg is straightened it pushes all my weight left. My hands are narrow and right elbow is bent from my Bent Right Wrist and Right Forearm Takeaway. All that remains is to rotate my right shoulder down and through without disturbing my bending at the hips position of about 60-70 degrees. :read:

I hit my first 250 yard driving range nets on the fly at a driving range yesterday and shot an 85 on Saturday on cold blustery conditions with three 7's owing to top-dressed aerated greens. Had a birdie and a sandy. this position strikes me as the same as the Right Sided Swing in effect of hitting with weight on the left side as if it were a more radical Impact Fix position. :idea1:

ICT

Nice choice of colors ! ;-) and clever design, is the yellow "plane" padded like your plane training device ?

Thanks etzwane, yes its a firm pad, this device is perfect for chipping, putting, basic motion and on plane start up, and Is precisely adjustable to any plane angle/every club in the bag.

In salt lake city working on foot action all summer long

Any recent video ?

Is there a ralphs around here?
http://youtu.be/5mPmEJULVZM

looks good !

http://youtu.be/rzKVTDU7T0k

Snap release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwdr...e_gdata_player
Effortless hybrid

Gonna start practicing twelve hours a day beginning tomorrow 8 to 8

How do u get better than the rest? The finest teaching system in the world and out work them all

5 am to 9 pm 16 hours of practice over a thousand balls today

Impressive ! Getting ready for a big tournament ?

No tournaments just working at it

Holed out for eagle on two today extensor action ball never left the lfag. One hop and hit the middle of the flag stick and dropped down. The harder I practice the luckier I get

Another twelve hour day 1100 golf balls

Just shot a 30 om the front with a bogey 367 drive on 9

Just shot a 57 par 70 from the blues

Shot an -8 28 on the front last night six birdies and hole out for eagle from 70 yards played with three other people almost a perfect round

Just Another Manic Monday
 

Time to throw your name in the hat for a Monday qualifier?

This one is better backswing feels like straight up and then to left field to get out of inside across the line

This one is better backswing feels like straight up and then to left field to get out of inside across the linehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9YcAmHh40U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The previous one is private

I can't figure how to change its not as good anyway thoughts on the current swing? The first is private or the second?

It's the first one, from 5AM

I'm not really qualified to give an advice, but maybe the right arm collapses a little too much (past 90 deg bend) and that could cause loss of Extensor Action plus some compensations in the downswing. You're nicely on plane though.

The almost Double Anchor is more surpising visually but it seems to work well for you.

I think your right about the right arm it collapses in sometimes not aure about the double anchor though usually i use right anchor except in this pitch double anchor.Don't think I've ever posted a pitch shot or driver swing video so here they are. I hit the ball really far MOI darkside 455 6.5* driver with accuflex 55g xx 47.5" essentially a long drice driver but I use it as my standard driver usually swing fairly controlled with it but have the extra gear when I want it. I do the pump extensor motion to feel the extensor and maintain soft arms before start up for every shot its a really good waggle type thing to check extensor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7S3gfrsWH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2voq1JhT50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MiiHvhxNTA