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  1. where does the actual full motion start? you did 2 rotations. is it he last set of motions?

  2. “Tilt” as used in golf instruction is confusing because the movement is actually two independent actions: Tilt and Side-Bending.

    Tilt is the result of the legs causing the angle of the pelvis relative to the ground to change with the spine and shoulders reacting the same way; pelvis and shoulders stay parallel to each other. It is a chain reaction: legs, pelvis, shoulders

    Side-bending is the curving of the lumbar (lower spine) and the significant difference from TILT is that it can be done INDEPENDENTLY from “tilt” to shift upper body mass.

    In the backswing it happens reflexively in response to the force of the swinging club head pulling in the lead arm backwards to keep the body in balance over the feet. As in “tug of war” with a rope; we brace on the instep of the back foot and side-bend forward.

    In the downswing side-bend starts to occurs as the hands swing past the back leg and is what helps prevent ‘early extension’, keeps the trail shoulder back and gives the trail arm time to be pulled straight along with the lead arm in the extension finish. It’s something a person will do reflexively if given a ball to toss sidearm at the ground — a drill used to groove the feeling of side-bending — but for some reason holding a golf club in two hands seems to inhibit that reflex which will result early extension and the trail elbow bending – lead arm ‘chicken winging’ in the finish.

    Something I started doing with golfer’s I’ve coached with an early extension problem is to pose them statically in the side-bent impact / release posture all good ball strikers have then have them move in reverse to the top then back down to that side-bent impact position. That informs their conscious brain what the goal of exercise is — getting body, hands and club there—and gets their reflexive brain on the same game plan. Without ever even mentioning “early extension” or trying to explain what it is, like the “toss the ball” drill it causes their brains to learn it intuitively and the early extension problem disappears. 😊

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