Tiger Woods Master Catch-All Discussion

[iacas]

 

[mvmac]

 

 

 

[Groucho Valentine]

It looks stiff and unathletic to me, to answer the question on the post. 

 

That shirt on the other hand, looks in mid-season form. 

[iacas]

4 minutes ago, Groucho Valentine said:

It looks stiff and unathletic to me, to answer the question on the post. 

Really?

330 and walking after it sounds good to me.

[Groucho Valentine]

32 minutes ago, iacas said:

Really?

330 and walking after it sounds good to me.

If he's pounding it, then i guess theres no faulting it. But theres just something off about that motion. Kind of a weird upper body chase. He kind of stands up on it and It doesn't seem fluid to me. Maybe thats to protect the back, i dont know.  But under pressure that swing looks like its going to be sending some balls wide right. 

[chspeed]

Am I the only one having trouble watching these? I keep waiting for him to grab his back or wince. It's going to be stressful watching these next (hopefully) four days. Good luck Tiger!

[colin007]

19 minutes ago, chspeed said:

Am I the only one having trouble watching these? I keep waiting for him to grab his back or wince. It's going to be stressful watching these next (hopefully) four days. Good luck Tiger!

You're not the only one at all. I'm his biggest fan and I'm petrified.

[Yukari]

37 minutes ago, chspeed said:

Am I the only one having trouble watching these? I keep waiting for him to grab his back or wince. It's going to be stressful watching these next (hopefully) four days. Good luck Tiger!

I keep having to hold my breath every time I see him swinging a golf club.

[iacas]

38 minutes ago, chspeed said:

Am I the only one having trouble watching these? I keep waiting for him to grab his back or wince. It's going to be stressful watching these next (hopefully) four days. Good luck Tiger!

I don’t understand that. People recognize the type of surgery he had last, right? It’s basically a complete fix.

[chspeed]

11 minutes ago, iacas said:

I don’t understand that. People recognize the type of surgery he had last, right? It’s basically a complete fix.

Can't help it. Been through this too many times. Maybe he fixed that particular issue, but can the rest of his battered 41 year-old body hold up to hitting the ball VERY hard in competition over four straight days?

[Yff Theos]

He is snapping his injured knee again...

[MacDutch]

I don’t know much about the golfswing, but to me it looks like he tries to bomb it. Too much stress on his battered body.

I hope I am wrong, I want to see him play, want to see him in contention, want to see him win this season.

[mdl]

To me it looks like he's using his hands a bit more than he used to, a bit more deliberate roll through impact.  Seems plausible it could reduce stress on the rest of his body.  Looks pretty smooth at least.

[iacas]

36 minutes ago, Yff Theos said:

He is snapping his injured knee again...

Not nearly as much as he used to.

[Yff Theos]

9 minutes ago, iacas said:

Not nearly as much as he used to.

Correct, however, if he only could learn to extend differently than through his lower body parts...I am curious anyhow and keeping my finger crossed for him.

[iacas]

22 minutes ago, Yff Theos said:

Correct, however, if he only could learn to extend differently than through his lower body parts...

He does. C'mon, it's not like he's not extending elsewhere.

[mvmac]

How about instead of looking at his swing and saying "ouch, he's swinging too hard", maybe look at it like "he must be feeling good to go at it that hard." To me it doesn't look like last year where he was doing stuff at impact or post impact to protect his back. Which BTW is now fused in the problem area.

He's always "swung hard" at it.

 

Things that good to me in the recent swings are the sweet spot travel, loading more up and down "on plane" and he's swinging less out.

[Yff Theos]

6 minutes ago, iacas said:

He does. C'mon, it's not like he's not extending elsewhere.

He is, but not as he should be extending, imo. For instance, he is too early too steep with his shoulders which makes him run out of upper left body extension too early. This is the culprit of his spine and knee pains. IMHO.