Tiger's new swing and his left knee.

[joekelly]

I read in the recent Tiger Wood’s interview that his new swing somehow protects his left knee from injury. I am not especially knowledgeable on Tiger’s former swings but do know that the ‘firm left side’ promotes a good stoke for me. And i can understand how Tiger might have injured his knee years ago given his 'violent' motion through the ball coupled with a stiff left leg and knee. So how does Tiger's new swing 'protect' the knee?

[Mr3Wiggle]

Originally Posted by joekelly

I read in the recent Tiger Wood’s interview that his new swing somehow protects his left knee from injury. I am not especially knowledgeable on Tiger’s former swings but do know that the ‘firm left side’ promotes a good stoke for me. And i can understand how Tiger might have injured his knee years ago given his 'violent' motion through the ball coupled with a stiff left leg and knee. So how does Tiger's new swing 'protect' the knee?

I would imagine he's not putting as much torque on that knee.  Taking the metal spikes out of his shoes probably helped too.

[uttexas]

With his current swing, his left knee stays in flexion longer. With his Harmon/Haney swing he violently snapped his left knee straight going into impact. There are several reasons he is able to maintain flexion longer now--he's getting his hips further forward combined with less closed shoulders in the downsing; thus he doesn't have to snap his left knee and spin his hips while thrusting his head back to generate secondary axis tilt and save from "getting stuck" Old swing [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1e9xGXBog4[/VIDEO] Current swing [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWF8llVmbpM[/VIDEO]

[Mr3Wiggle]

Originally Posted by uttexas

With his current swing, his left knee stays in flexion longer. With his Harmon/Haney swing he violently snapped his left knee straight going into impact. There are several reasons he is able to maintain flexion longer now--he's getting his hips further forward combined with less closed shoulders in the downsing; thus he doesn't have to snap his left knee and spin his hips while thrusting his head back to generate secondary axis tilt and save from "getting stuck"

Old swing[if IE]>

[uttexas]

Swing plane/path can be better seen on the DTL. He is turning his shoulders steeper on the back swing; his shoulder turn is now more parallel with his swing plane and getting his hands deeper at the top. He doesn't drop the club down as much from the top and he isn't rolling/flipping his wrists as much through impact, and with my eyes, I see he is teeing the ball further forward in his stance--resulting in more consistency and hitting more slight fades. This year he's driving the ball better than he ever has. Old swing [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hlcNkumvag[/VIDEO] New swing [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacWuU_11-A[/VIDEO]