The head stays behind the ball until after impact. This requires the reverse C bending to keep the low point right. Not to mention the 6 inches of lateral shift.
Balance is the prime objective in a golf swing because without it the ball can't be struck consistently.
What pulls the golfer off balance is the kinetic energy generated in the moving masses of body, arms and club head which increases exponentially with velocity and is multiplied by the length of of the lever arm of lead arm + club shaft.
A wide takeaway outside the hand creates a lot of energy in the club head mass, enough to effortlessly lift it over head and pull shoulders past stopped hips IF the golfer's grip and technique allows the wrists to cock and cause than relatively slow moving club head mass to WHIP and accelerate around the hands which shortens the lever arm which makes it much easier for the core to be pulled and torqued around the already torqued legs in the same way a figure skater spins faster by pulling in the mass of their arms.
The lateral shifting of body mass prepares the golfer to deal with the force remaining in the club after hitting the ball — the finish extension — which in terms of of the physics is like a jet landing on a carrier deck and going from 160 mph to 0.
If a golfer does not have a good extension technique to transmit that remaining kinetic energy from club head-to-trail shoulder-through body, lead leg and the ground they do not finish the swing in balance or strike the ball consistently.
Hogan has a brilliant drill for this in Five Lesson which is done with only a 7 iron and 1/4 swings until they can be done in perfect balance extension-to-extension.
Then you try to stay in balance with 1/2 swings, then 3/4 then full just using that 7i until it starts to feel like an extension of your brain and you finish in perfect balance.
Took a min wage job at as as starter after retirement to could hit enough free range balls every day with that drill and play rounds on the course with nothing but my 7i tee-to-green with Full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 swings and after about six months finally did learn how to stay in balance.
When Hogan said , "The Secret is in the dirt" that's what he meant. It just takes systematic practice.
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The head stays behind the ball until after impact. This requires the reverse C bending to keep the low point right. Not to mention the 6 inches of lateral shift.
Balance is the prime objective in a golf swing because without it the ball can't be struck consistently.
What pulls the golfer off balance is the kinetic energy generated in the moving masses of body, arms and club head which increases exponentially with velocity and is multiplied by the length of of the lever arm of lead arm + club shaft.
A wide takeaway outside the hand creates a lot of energy in the club head mass, enough to effortlessly lift it over head and pull shoulders past stopped hips IF the golfer's grip and technique allows the wrists to cock and cause than relatively slow moving club head mass to WHIP and accelerate around the hands which shortens the lever arm which makes it much easier for the core to be pulled and torqued around the already torqued legs in the same way a figure skater spins faster by pulling in the mass of their arms.
The lateral shifting of body mass prepares the golfer to deal with the force remaining in the club after hitting the ball — the finish extension — which in terms of of the physics is like a jet landing on a carrier deck and going from 160 mph to 0.
If a golfer does not have a good extension technique to transmit that remaining kinetic energy from club head-to-trail shoulder-through body, lead leg and the ground they do not finish the swing in balance or strike the ball consistently.
Hogan has a brilliant drill for this in Five Lesson which is done with only a 7 iron and 1/4 swings until they can be done in perfect balance extension-to-extension.
Then you try to stay in balance with 1/2 swings, then 3/4 then full just using that 7i until it starts to feel like an extension of your brain and you finish in perfect balance.
Took a min wage job at as as starter after retirement to could hit enough free range balls every day with that drill and play rounds on the course with nothing but my 7i tee-to-green with Full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 swings and after about six months finally did learn how to stay in balance.
When Hogan said , "The Secret is in the dirt" that's what he meant. It just takes systematic practice.
The head doesn't move
Rear knee does not move back or turn out….braced…..excellent
Fundamentally sound