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01-12-2006 08:55 AM #1
right leg
I have picked up the habit of staightening my right leg on the backswing. I would like to nip this in the bud and ingrain the proper feel. Can anyone suggest some drills to accomplish this?
All the best in 2006 everyone.
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01-12-2006 10:34 AM #2
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Mooch - why are you straightening your right leg? I'm sure you found your range of motion much larger with a straight rear leg, but you're losing any energy you're trying to store in your backswing. Your right leg, for right handed golfers, is your anchor for stability. You must maintain the flex in your right knee so you don't sway or bounce (get taller or shorter).
I bet you started to hit some fat shots? You're straightening your leg, getting taller, and then somehow guessing on how to get back down into your address position. A good drill is simply hit balls with your feet planted on the ground and try to restrict any kind move in your legs. Your lower body should feel frozen. Stay in your posture and address position and just hit balls. Remember this is a drill, so just do as many as you can. The more you do the less likely you will be to completely come out of your posture. And stretch a little more so you can make a turn with your upper body and while keeping your lower body still.... Jim McLean called this the "X factor". Look it up.
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01-12-2006 11:38 AM #3
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maintain the feel of weight and tightness on the inside of your right leg during the backswing. your hips should feel some of this tightness as well. you'll notice that your swing will feel shorter, but this is because you will have stopped overswinging/overrotating...
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01-14-2006 11:58 PM #4
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Originally Posted by moochie
You may be asking "turn your shoulders back flat?". Well, yes. At address your right shoulder is above the swing plane. To get it back on-plane you have to turn your shoulders back flatly. Once that right shoulder is on-plane you can turn in down on-plane at the ball giving support and guidance to your on-plane hands. If your righ shoulder turns off-plane so goes your hands.
Your right shoulder starts your club down on plane, your right forearm keeps in on-plane through release and impact.David Laville, G.S.E.M.
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01-15-2006 07:08 AM #5
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Originally Posted by dlaville
There are varying views on the importance of Jim MacLean's "X" factor. Some say resisting the rotation of the lower body against the turning of the upper, is a source of power. I believe that TGM has 4 Power Accumulators, none of which are in the lower body. Is MacLean's "theory" valid, in any way?
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01-15-2006 10:25 AM #6
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I used the X factor as a reference for the torque and resistance built up in the backswing. I think MacLean's definition is a little different, and I don't agree with alot of how he explains it in his books/articles, but his general idea has merit.
I heard someone explain this resistance as the core muscles stretching, causing elastic, or kinetic energy, and this energy releases into power on the downswing. If the right leg straightens, or any other body movement to ease this resistance (or make the backswing easy on the body) the power generated through the muscles stretching is lost.
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01-15-2006 05:21 PM #7
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Originally Posted by golfCOACH
What his X factor does is torque the shoulders at the top. But, if you try to do exactly as he says, that is keep the lower body from moving very much while you turn the shoulders as much as you can, what you will get is BACK PAIN. Call you local chiropractor at 1-800-IT-HURTS. The X factor is of no help.
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01-15-2006 07:43 PM #8
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Originally Posted by BC MIST
Is MacLean's "theory" valid, in any way?David Laville, G.S.E.M.
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01-15-2006 10:03 PM #9
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That 45 degrees to the hips thing was what through me off with that. What has merit is that the shoulders turn further in comparison to the hips, causing some resistance.
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01-18-2006 09:26 AM #10
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Originally Posted by golfCOACH
As you near the completion of the backswing, your subconscious recognizes that a change in direction will soon take place and simply moves your lower body FIRST towards a stable, balanced position, which then allows the upper body power accumulators to perform their trained task. Thinking about hitting down on the ball, and taking a divot, is all that is necessary to start having the weight shifted. Keeping the right leg taut, prevents the right hip from sliding right, the left shoulder from lowering and all the other problems that this reverse pivot gets you into.
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01-18-2006 10:28 AM #11
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Originally Posted by dlaville
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01-18-2006 12:26 PM #12
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Originally Posted by themob
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01-18-2006 11:38 PM #13
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Originally Posted by BC MISTDavid Laville, G.S.E.M.
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01-19-2006 08:24 AM #14
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Originally Posted by dlaville
Does TGM teach this kind of motion, or something similar?
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01-19-2006 09:32 AM #15
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But isn't this all physically impossible (i suppose i mean physiologically). If set up with less than an upright posture, you cannot turn completely level without dropping the right shoulder and lifting the left. Isn't it more natural for the shoulders to turn around the body?
I've never paid much attention to where my shoulders are - i've always been more worried about my right elbow and subsequently my upper right arm.
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01-19-2006 12:38 PM #16
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Originally Posted by themob
Having said all of this, while I want my shoulders to be perpendicular to my spine at the top, I don't believe that one should turn the shoulders. Instead, I believe that the shouiders GET turned. Moving the arms/hands package back correctly, back, in and up, will complete the turning of the shoulders. Also, the shoulders turn independent of each other, that is, the left turns more or less than the right, depending on whether you are swinging back or down. Perhaps this is unimportant and something else to consider, but not while you are playing.
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