Address Posture

[12 piece bucket]

These five professionals provide a new composite. I've been wondering how posture is related (if) to a golfers overall method of increasing clubhead speed and/or power. Balance? Or could posture be related to their Start-up Take-away?

How Many On-Plane Right Forearms Do you See?
How Many Golf Clubs are on an Elbow Plane At Address?

Mr. Kelley seemed to have a bit of a different view of the Elbow Plane in the earlier editions. I think it's in the 3rd that he says the Elbow Plane has an advantage because the club is moving at 90 degrees to the axis of rotation.

Some of this waist bend stuff has to do with the shot at hand. Also, not sure that it's good to have the image of the spine as a "rod" stick straight . . .. cuz it ain't. However I think there is an advantage to considering an axis of rotation that the spine, hips, knees and shoulder comply with. For the head to stay steady the hips and spine have to do some bending and unbending.

Also . . . from an optics stand point . . . chin down . . . not up.

[Yoda]

Check out these B&A photos.


Before                   After


Before                   After

[O.B.Left]

Isnt that Katie Skeeles? The world famous, most improved golfer of 2008 at the ACC? Love her new alignments. Who does she work with?

[Yoda]

Isnt that Katie Skeeles? The world famous, most improved golfer of 2008 at the ACC?

Right you are, O.B. Playing less than two years, her goal this year was to make her high school golf team.

She did, and a bit more.

For the season . . .

She was undefeated.

[12 piece bucket]

Check out these B&A photos.

Hank Haney would LOVE the before pic . . . . bet her eyeballs were tired after around with the chin up that much . . . Nice work! That big bobbin' dip that Eldrick does may be so he can see the dang ball.

[Daryl]

This is the girl compared to Fred. very close. different than the tour pro's.

[Yoda]

This is the girl compared to Fred. very close. different than the tour pro's.

Daryl,

Please line and compare the address of Fred and BG . Thanks.

[Daryl]

I think BG looks better than Fred. Fred has a 6 iron, BG a Wedge.
Fred has slightly shorter Legs and a slightly longer upper body.

Below Right is BG and the Girl "Katie". Do you think that their Coaches Know Something?

[Daryl]

Here's the Fun Comparison: I haven't outlined BH before. I'm surprised. I didn't know that His Posture was toward TGM. Right Forearm on-plane with front/back Balance = Posture, and he achieved the posture without having the Right Forearm On-Plane. Do you think that he could have intentionally set up his address posture to match his impact Posture outline?

Ben Hogan Address and Impact
Except for the Right Forearm On-Plane, BH Address and Impact are Identical.

[mb6606]

Mr. Kelley seemed to have a bit of a different view of the Elbow Plane in the earlier editions. I think it's in the 3rd that he says the Elbow Plane has an advantage because the club is moving at 90 degrees to the axis of rotation.

Some of this waist bend stuff has to do with the shot at hand. Also, not sure that it's good to have the image of the spine as a "rod" stick straight . . .. cuz it ain't. However I think there is an advantage to considering an axis of rotation that the spine, hips, knees and shoulder comply with. For the head to stay steady the hips and spine have to do some bending and unbending.

Also . . . from an optics stand point . . . chin down . . . not up.

Why can't I find anyone who sets up on the turned shoulder plane
per 10-6-b #1???? The benefits would be a shiftless swing.