I learned to keep my Head Stationary using the old
Alex Morrison 'Point your chin at the back of the Ball' method. I figured if it was good enough for Alex, and his student,
Henry Picard, and Henry's student
Jack Grout and finally Jack's student, one
Jack William Nicklaus, it was good enough for me. And so it was...for a while.
But...
By the time I hit age forty, I could hardly walk after a practice session. Or climb out of my car on Monday morning. With my chin back and my 'Reverse C' and 'leg drive' -- the mantra of the 70s and 80s -- I was virtually driven out of golf. I mean, when you take the club back about waist high and your knees buckle with a searing flash of incredible pain through your lower back, you've got a problem, right? Well, I had one, and I fixed it.
Check out my videos, maybe even the slow-motion driver Swing
6bmike just posted (Hitters Emergency Room --
Hitter's Row). You will see that my chin stays right at the back of the Ball through Impact and just beyond. But, by the end of the Follow-Through -- the Both Arms Straight position -- my chin now follows the Sweetspot and starts Tracing that Plane Line along with my #3 Pressure Point. As momentum carries me into the Finish, my back remains straight and my Head begins to move over my Left Leg. Results? No pain, even after a full day of golf and hundreds of practice balls before and after.
Sadly, Mr. Nicklaus stayed with his action as long as he could.
That is, until surgeons had to cut out his Hip.
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