the no-backswing swing

[bluenar9]

Has anyone heard of this? I just saw it in my latest issue of Golf Magazine.

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...652866,00.html

I don't know if I like the idea of it, no matter the evidence of improved distance or whatnot.

[Reefer_Madness]

We were talking about this, buried in some other thread, but I can't remember which......


At any rate, I write it off as hokey. You'll never see me on the first tee, driver on my shoulder, waiting to swing like Griffey. It's sillyness. Maybe as a drill to fell the correct slot, but never in play.

[Q.Q.Quillume]

  Reefer_Madness said:

We were talking about this, buried in some other thread, but I can't remember which......

I agree with R_M.

Let me know when Griffey wins a PGA tournament and then I'll look into it.

[ericm]

I just saw it online yesterday and am definitely planning on doing some follow-up. I've done stuff like that for years when practicing, but had never really thought of taking it to the course.

[wachesawgolfer]

Sounds like a good drill for the range, but tough for building a good over all tempo or lag in the downswing. It seems to me it is easier to keep the body in proper places if it rotates back and through on a continuous motion.

[$2 Nassau]

Some guy approached me at the range the other day and asked me if I've heard of it. Said he was experimenting with it and had great results.

[Ghetto P]

I'm sure that's just a joke article so they can see how many gullible hacks will try it on the range. Stack and Tilt, no backswing swing, AJ Bonar pronation station. All BS. Well, Bonar's stuff will work, but you have to have time to practice it and most of us hackers don't or we'd have low single digit handicaps.

[mceb]

Too funny that's pretty much my swing but I call it a half swing. I think it's great swing for a weekend hacker who only gets out couple times a month. Less moving parts is more repeatable. I also like a long pause at the top. Better ball contact actually gives me all the distance I need from the reduced swing size. Less is more I guess

[Reefer_Madness]

  mceb said:

Too funny that's pretty much my swing but I call it a half swing. I think it's great swing for a weekend hacker who only gets out couple times a month. Less moving parts is more repeatable. A also like a long pause at the top. Better ball contact actually gives me all the distance I need from the reduced swing size. Less is more I guess

You realize that there is no backswing, that you start at the top, right? You can have as long of a pause at the top as you like.......

[Ghetto P]

Then there's the no follow through swing.

[mceb]

  Reefer_Madness said:

You realize that there is no backswing, that you start at the top, right? You can have as long of a pause at the top as you like.......

Maybe their name just implies that but this sequence clearly shows just a smaller backswing? Maybe I don't get it, I'll search for a video of it somewhere.

http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/art...652959,00.html

[Reefer_Madness]

  mceb said:

Maybe their name just implies that but this sequence clearly shows just a smaller backswing? Maybe I don't get it, I'll search for a video of it somewhere.

You're suppose to start at the top, take a short waggle back and swing through......Sort of like cocking a baseball bat back just a bit before firing.

[mceb]

Ok that is strange but I think the same principle would work with a more normal "connected" half backswing, pause and downswing. That's something you can take to a course and not have people staring

[hurley9192]

actually, you are supposed to start in about the 75% back position, go back to a full swing. What this does is get you at 75% in the proper place. It's centered around people that take the club back on the wrong path. It's much easier to stay on plane if you remove that 75% of it and in reality it doesn't create any less power and should improve ball striking.

The problem with the comparison to baseball is that almost all weight is on the back foot in baseball and you don't shift your swing completely to your front foot in a baseball swing.

[Reefer_Madness]

  mceb said:

Ok that is strange but I think the same principle would work with a more normal "connected" half backswing, pause and downswing. That's something you can take to a course and not have people staring

That's a sawed off swing, and works great to keep the ball low and straight......I use it all the time.

[Ghetto P]

I did that no backswing stuff at the range a couple years ago when I couldn't hit anything. It really gets the ball out there but you look like a damn fool.

[asianpsuation]

i tried it tonight for fun, and i was actually kind of embarrassed to say that i works pretty damn well. U wont be shaping the ball with this swing, but it actually makes for some good contact. Looks absolutely ridiculous tho

[bluenar9]

Sometimes I'll pause at the backswing to make sure things are positioned correctly then follow through, and it seems to work pretty well because I use it to get out of slumps with my irons...

The concept of this swing is to "pump" your hands up and down a few times like you're cocking a baseball bat (as someone else mentioned) and then swing through. It sounds like you'd look like a fool. I'd rather master a tougher but better-looking swing than try this thing.