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Swing Thoughts

What Is "Swing Thoughts"?

This forum is going to serve as an outlet for "swing thoughts" - musings and thoughts about the golf swing, instruction, technology, professional tours (related to swing technique and theory), and so on. We'll add a new thread a few times per week, and we hope everyone can learn from what's posted here. Only myself (iacas, Erik J. Barzeski) and a few other chosen instructors can create threads in this forum, but everyone can respond.

This forum varies from the "Instruction and Playing Tips" forum in that this forum is largely to discuss the general theoretical, not to talk about specific issues affecting one or a few golfers.

Come on in, ask questions, and disagree if you disagree. We're happy to discuss things!

Thread	Last Post	Replies	Views
Importance of the Hips in the Golf Swing started by mvmac (5/11/13 at 2:28pm)	Great work and helpful. Yesterday at 4:32 am by Mr. Desmond	4	953
Michael Breed's Quadrants started by iacas (7/21/12 at 4:50pm) 1 2	Anthony from my experience, because the swing arc approaches... 5/17/13 at 9:41pm by FinnMaia	28	1,960
Hitting into a Net started by iacas (10/19/11 at 2:32pm) 1 2 3…12	I was looking into purchasing a hitting net to practice on at... 5/16/13 at 4:29pm by Spitsy	210	13,068
5SK Video Thread started by iacas (8/14/12 at 10:24am) 1 2 3…6	(no title) 5/16/13 at 2:29am by mvmac	91	10,069
How to Effectively Create Lag on the Downswing started by mvmac (4/28/13 at 3:07pm) 1 2	It could also be that your arms are even slowing down. I did... 5/13/13 at 6:01pm by cipher	31	1,898
Myth of Maintaining Address Flexion in the Rear Knee started by mvmac (1/10/12 at 4:02pm) 1 2 3…7	Maybe he doesn't look at his own swing very much lol Yes... 5/13/13 at 1:36pm by mvmac	120	12,477
Good Golf Posture started by mvmac (3/2/12 at 3:23pm) 1 2 3…9	Sent to me from another instructor, from “The Dymanic Anatomy... 5/12/13 at 4:41pm by mvmac	161	25,003
The Mental Game in Two Words started by iacas (9/24/11 at 9:03pm) 1 2 3 4	I ran into this at a mixed format 3 day tournament. It was... 5/7/13 at 3:08pm by helms20	57	4,307
Can Online Golf Lessons Help your Game? started by mvmac (11/15/12 at 2:20pm) 1 2	Well that evolvr site is pretty interesting. Those prices... 5/7/13 at 12:18pm by John Stone	26	1,738
65/25/10 Practice Ratios: Where to Devote Your Practice Time started by iacas (6/8/12 at 10:24pm) 1 2 3…15	Cross posted from a thread that Erik started some time... 5/3/13 at 9:32pm by tstrike34	266	13,116
Improvement started by iacas (10/1/11 at 2:41pm) 1 2 3	This is a sensational post! 4/25/13 at 9:55am by Golfer20	39	3,889
Shaping the Ball started by iacas (8/14/12 at 6:04pm) 1 2 3 4 5	Read more here: http://purestrike5sk.com/ :-) 4/23/13 at 9:28am by iacas	75	7,432
S&T 2.0 DVDs and Pressure/Weight Forward - An Examination started by iacas (3/22/13 at 3:40pm) 1 2 3 4	this is awesome data! great to see amateurs and pros gives you... 4/19/13 at 8:45pm by Justforgolf	63	4,258
Elbow Position and Its Effects on the Downswing started by iacas (11/12/11 at 1:15pm) 1 2 3…8	Well it looks pretty loopy on video. I'm going to play around... 4/17/13 at 5:10pm by Ernest Jones	143	21,788
F=ma and Bad Science started by iacas (3/25/13 at 3:33pm) 1 2	A 262 page thesis, "The effects of differing shaft dynamics on... 4/3/13 at 5:09am by notsohard	23	873
Jason Dufner's Waggle started by mvmac (5/24/12 at 3:00pm) 1 2 3	I watched him at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions playing... 3/24/13 at 3:38am by forepoints	37	4,045
Weight Forward - Using SwingCatalyst and SAM Balance Lab to Explain Pressure Throughout the Swing started by david_wedzik (2/20/13 at 4:37pm) 1 2 3 4	Yea, teaching it as a feel is one thing... like if a player's... 3/12/13 at 10:22am by JetFan1983	65	4,061
A Centered Pivot started by mvmac (12/1/11 at 5:30pm) 1 2 3	Thanks Mike! 2/24/13 at 10:18am by Gaber	52	6,441
Divots started by iacas (10/23/11 at 9:54pm) 1 2	Good read. Recently I've taken to understand much better the... 2/22/13 at 3:29pm by dpgator33	18	4,815
The Relative Importance of the Backswing started by iacas (2/12/13 at 1:53pm)	I bolded the important part. Basically, that's it exactly:... 2/17/13 at 12:45pm by iacas	9	823
Simple, Specific, Slow, Short, and Success - The Five "S"s of Great Practice started by iacas (12/24/11 at 11:24am) 1 2 3	Well stated Chipandcharge. But I also think the two methods... 2/13/13 at 1:37pm by boogielicious	47	4,863
Improvement Loop started by mvmac (10/26/11 at 2:33am) 1 2 3	You're right - someone with more talent will usually beat the... 1/28/13 at 10:50am by mmoan2	36	2,354
Effects of Lie Angle on Varying Degrees of Loft started by iacas (1/10/13 at 5:04pm) 1 2	I didn't realise this. I've been having a bad time of it with... 1/19/13 at 4:55am by Mordan	22	1,449
The Apex of the Putt started by iacas (9/10/11 at 1:51pm) 1 2 3 4	I think you just gotta visualize your line and feel for the... 12/1/12 at 8:32pm by Tom Shanks	59	3,241
Steady Head Drill and How Painting Mental Pictures can Help your Swing started by mvmac (10/21/12 at 4:34pm)	Great drill, just tried this out in the garage. I can tell... 11/22/12 at 3:24pm by shortstop20	4	1,729
To Move or Not Move the Head in the Golf Swing started by mvmac (11/1/12 at 11:15pm)	Good ideas. Thanks guys. 11/6/12 at 12:50pm by dak4n6	12	1,597
Downswing Sequencing started by mvmac (12/12/11 at 2:50pm) 1 2	Thanks for the above two comments... I'm well into my 60's -... 11/6/12 at 2:42am by ChrisGSZ	26	4,247
Introducing Five Simple Keys® started by iacas (2/1/12 at 10:38am) 1 2 3…12	Of course there is, it's called the Golf Channel, Golf... 9/1/12 at 12:25pm by mvmac	205	27,953
Putt Better with a Piece of String started by iacas (3/26/12 at 11:13pm)	No on the video. Wouldn't work at all. And F is... 7/30/12 at 7:50am by iacas	8	1,233
Grip Pressure started by iacas (1/3/12 at 9:12am) 1 2 3	Aside from short pitches, 'light is right' and 'baby bird'... 7/15/12 at 10:13am by LovinItAll	39	9,973
The Ps (Positions) or As (Alignments) in the Golf Swing started by iacas (10/9/11 at 5:47pm) 1 2	Very nice post. From a high-handicaper and new to the... 7/10/12 at 2:30pm by Storyboard	22	5,523
It's 2012 started by iacas (6/23/12 at 11:41am) 1 2 3 4 5	You don't stand on your line. Take the course. You will be... 7/7/12 at 9:15am by boogielicious	77	1,995
Yani Tseng Hits it Like a Man started by iacas (9/12/11 at 11:38am) 1 2	Most women don't have strong muscles in their arms and... 5/20/12 at 5:04pm by GaryH	34	4,657
Lag - Too Much of a Good Thing started by iacas (9/8/11 at 5:49pm) 1 2	I wouldn't say it's much if any #2. It's #2, #3, #5, and... 5/7/12 at 8:24am by iacas	33	4,419
Sequencing started by mvmac (11/4/11 at 2:47am)	When I last made a major swing change I was having trouble... 2/21/12 at 8:31pm by jmcquade	17	1,591
Right Elbow Spacing at A4 started by mvmac (12/4/11 at 4:03pm)	Hey Mike, I had been in contact with Mac and we talked about... 12/18/11 at 2:16am by james_hirshfield	10	1,342
More on Lag started by iacas (9/19/11 at 11:53am) 1 2 3	The simplest set of instructions I've seen (on lag, the... 12/8/11 at 8:00am by HarleyPapa	36	3,525
Fundamentals, Commonalities, and Prioritization started by iacas (11/14/11 at 3:09pm) 1 2 3	Ben Hogan had been in a terrible car accident and he was very... 12/7/11 at 5:59pm by sean_miller	39	3,148