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The standing taller and hinging hips bit is more active because of my tendency to get a lot of knee flex and lose the connection of the bottom of my ribs to top of pelvis. The club and arm motion is just a waggle and semi-conscious, sometimes I'll even take to halfway back. The added knee flex right before I take it away is completely unconscious and I hate it, doesn't add anything positive to my backswing. Yes and no. Compared to other sports golf is still well behind. Most golf instructors that have biomechanics knowledge are still bad instructors. Which is why ground forces are still a hot topic along with verticals. Saw a recent example with a new student of Mario's who came to him because even though he just qualified for the Canadian tour hitting 30 yards hooks (not exaggerating) and can't move after a round of golf because of back pain. He's 23 years old and fit. Kid wants to hit fades and the instructor, who says he's an expert in 3D and swing mechanics, told him to bow his left wrist and get the club head "shallowing" behind him. Coming into 6, the club effectively weights 90-100lbs, this player had the club behind his left hip (from dtl). Eh, it's only 3 hours, just depends how important golf is to you. I flew across the country (combined with a business trip) to get his take. Like you I was intensely curious and the visit was well worth my time and money. Did the same thing a couple times to see Dave Wedzik and @iacas. Obviously golf is a big part of my life and if it helps my game even a little, it's well worth the investment. Worst case I gained some knowledge, sometimes knowing what not to do or what doesn't work is just as valuable. Helps weed out all the bad info.

Backswing is trending. Easier for me to twist the torso without leaning left at the top with my arms feeling a bit more internal. Like Mario says, going to feel uncomfortably long (time wise) and like I'm going to fat it because I'm more "over" to the right. Also taking some flex out of the knees at setup, just love to get a ton of flex at address and get my tailbone sticking too far behind me. I like how the ribs keep moving and right hip keeps "peeling" all the way to the top with the posterior view. Choke 5-iron from 200 yards, little uphill. Have been talking with him online for a while. Booked it on his online scheduler on his website. You can specify what kind of session you want. If you get captured I would recommend scheduling an extra hour. My time with him basically amounted to a half day, he wanted to work on the swing first, then capture it. I think with pros that come to visit he tends to capture first. Oh yeah big differences in body and swing. I would say I slowly evolved away from S&T and then hit a hard stop. Reason was a combo of seeing what the pros really do up close and learning about how pressure and mass actually shift from guys like @iacasand Dr. Kwon. Went from S&T to more Dana Dahlquist/MORAD pattern, then a modified Bender pattern when I started playing again, then added some Nicklaus and Kwon backswing/transition ideas. Started talking with Jacobs and introcuded me to how the joints of the body work with the connective tissue of the body. I have fun learning that kind of stuff. As you can tell from the thread, I'm a big golf theory geek, that's part of the fun of it for me. All the changes (could say upgrades) have been under the guidance of my buddy Mario the last several years. He allows me to experiment but also keeps me on task for making gradual improvements. He's also talented at coming up with cues that I can play with. Thanks, yeah basically took the same approach I do to trying to get better at golf to my diet and fitness and lost about 60 pounds and have kept it off since about mid-'14. Was an instructor for a bit but didn't fit what I wanted from golf. No plans to turn pro, just want to be a really solid mid-am player. 👍

Last several rounds. Been a bit of a struggle lately with the driver.

Wow, been a long time since I posted. Couple weeks ago made a trip to get my swing captured on Jacobs 3D software. Data is basically endless, learned some great things. They can measure the work being done out of joints, the velocity and direction of each mass segment, inertia characteristics of the golfer and club. Example of some of those here and here. Will be able to share more of my graphs/animations once his research paper is done being peer reviewed. I'm still receiving graphs/animations. Quick review of what he recommended. Did a body assessment and found my thoracic and cervical spine had some curve to the right (common for golfers) and was getting me to get too right leaning with the torso at address. Like I've done before in other posts in this thread, stand up with a neutral-ish torso, shoulders down and hinge from there. Right ribs feel a touch higher than the left but will have to keep an eye on that to make sure feel doesn't become real. Setup helped me increase the angle of attack and simplify the "twist" of the rib cage. Michael manually rotating my cage really helped understand what he wants and what he sees with the best players. Want to organize the pivot like the right pic, left and middle pic is my tendency to not rotate the abdomen segment enough. For me it's about finding that happy medium with winding up the cage while keeping some stability with the legs. Like I've worked on with the band on my legs. Then with the downswing push back and up with my torso (away from the ball) and pitch the hell out of the club head. So feels like my sternum gets in front of my pelvis as the left ribs pull back and the club pitches out. This is actually helping me get less knee sag, club more inline with the hands at 6 and the arms more "in front" from 6-7.

Koepka shot 65 on Sunday and was -10 for the tournament. Severely under-appreciating the importance of mechanics and over-emphasizing the mental game.

Thanks guys!

"In time" we all break down somewhat. He's trying to be the best he can be right now, I don't see this as a long term thing. He also has a good team around him, this has been years in the making of getting his body prepared to swing like this. I have a buddy who does long drive and he just took 3 months off the give his CNS a break. Says that when he's going fast, especially in competition, he's almost on the verge of blacking out, heart rate gets super high. That might be more of a concern for Bryson than hurting a particular body part because of how amped up he has to get to take the governors off.

70, 72 and 72 this weekend. Solid start to today's round lol

Can't find the article or blog but I remember reading about Paul Wood (PING engineer) talking about how from a physics standpoint, more compact heads worked better for more skilled players. Basically a longer/wider face makes it harder for the better player to square up the face and hit the center. This bit hints at it.

Just want to add that it's also related to ankle dorsiflexion. So for the last month before each round I'll take the grip end of a club and press it into the top of my calf as I rehearse the backswing and early downswing. Basically I don't want that angle from the foot to the ankle to change. Puts me in a position to work through the hip joint, which means that knee won't collapse inward. Gives me a good feel and reminder before and even during the round.

Last couple weekends

Oh yeah no doubt. I'll do swings with a band to help create that wider knees feel. It's tied to all the work I've been doing to improve my hip joint stuff. This was a couple days ago.

Haha, I only put the net up for my online geek sessions. But feel free to use me for any help with the wife. It's actually a great net, quick and easy to put up and take down.

What I'm working on in the video below. Push/abduction of the left hip with the arm lifting more in front of me and working the ribs under. Seems like a lot but they all work together, getting the good, gradual push helps angle the body (ribs) so the arms can work up and not against my pec. Important for me because then I don't have to shift the arms out on the downswing which causes me to shallow.

Recent scores

Finished second in a club tournament this weekend. Crazy turn of events being tied for the lead with two to play, can see the post below. Sent this to a buddy today on some feels that have been working lately. Figured I'd share.

Very solid! Great sweet spot travel from 5-7.

Sorry to say that I'm out for Sand Valley. Just got invited to an am event at Bend Golf Club.

If it were any other player there wouldn't have been an issue. I've played Torrey several times and lived in the area, it can get very soft/soggy, especially after all the rain.

Dana Dahlquist guy and a good player, might be worth checking out. https://www.instagram.com/algeibergerjr_golf/

Left one is what @iacas posted, right one are some preferences I've seen from some biomechanics people. Blue line is the hip joint, green is center of the foot, yellow is middle of the shoulder. 1. Middle of shoulder in line with front of toes 2. Body mass equal on both sides of the line drawn up through the middle of the foot 3. Hip joint plumb to back of the ankle (hip hinge).

Got some new correctives, continuing with the theme of more of a pivot/piston move with the hips. Which helps get more into the hip joints so the upper body can move more like these pics, maintaining the tuck with good inclination. Tendency for me is to "pull" out of the right hip towards the end of the backswing. Training some good feels for the swing, better I can do this the less the left leg/hip will roundhouse in front of me. Still liking that floor slider drill and feel on the takeaway. I know I'm doing the backswing correctly when my right foot stays firmly planted.

Scores from the week, cold and windy here in Vegas.