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Body the swing. What does that mean?

 

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Clear? Those hips are almost parallel to target at A7. I do not think that word means what you think it means. I'll take any excuse to post this:  

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Hate? Not at all. And I did increase my knowledge by viewing clear examples of PK giving poor swing analysis. Nobody here including myself has stated PK is always wrong. But that’s hardly a reason to

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I'm still amazed that he teaches Paul Casey, and Casey is really freaking good. Maybe he's actually a good instructor in person? Because he never sounds like he knows what he's talking about when analyzing swings on TV.

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5 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

I'm still amazed that he teaches Paul Casey, and Casey is really freaking good. Maybe he's actually a good instructor in person? Because he never sounds like he knows what he's talking about when analyzing swings on TV.

I don't think that a PGA Tour player playing well is very much proof of a teacher's ability to teach. I've got some stories, man… On the PGA Tour, for the guys like Lead, Butch, etc. it's often as much about managing player confidence and stuff. Very little about teaching, and the goal is only not to mess anything up.

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1 minute ago, iacas said:

I don't think that a PGA Tour player playing well is very much proof of a teacher's ability to teach.

Agreed, and I think this is quite true for other sports as well. At least at the higher levels. 

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2 minutes ago, iacas said:

I don't think that a PGA Tour player playing well is very much proof of a teacher's ability to teach. I've got some stories, man… On the PGA Tour, for the guys like Lead, Butch, etc. it's often as much about managing player confidence and stuff. Very little about teaching, and the goal is only not to mess anything up.

What is this medicine? Do no harm. :-P

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26 minutes ago, iacas said:

I don't think that a PGA Tour player playing well is very much proof of a teacher's ability to teach. I've got some stories, man… On the PGA Tour, for the guys like Lead, Butch, etc. it's often as much about managing player confidence and stuff. Very little about teaching, and the goal is only not to mess anything up.

Interesting. Casey has had a really up and down career, and he's been with Kostis a long time. Hard to know exactly what that means.

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1 hour ago, nevets88 said:

Body the swing. What does that mean?

 

I'm assuming he's talking about Tiger. If so, he probably means Tiger's tendency for his arms to trail his pivot and hit blocks.

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7 minutes ago, billchao said:

I'm assuming he's talking about Tiger. If so, he probably means Tiger's tendency for his arms to trail his pivot and hit blocks.

Yeah, it just sound so vague and new agey and huckster-ish. Like I have the hair-loss solution for you and it'll cost you next to nothing. Modern day snake oil.

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I guessing there's nothing wrong with this analysis, technically, it's just kind of captain obvious.

 

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That swing isn’t doing his back any favors. He’ll be a mess by 35-40 if he keeps that up.

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