20+ yards EXTRA on your drives GUARANTEED!!!!!!! (or your money back!!)

I tried the bendy knees swing at the range today, felt good, felt fast, and the balls I made good contact with did appear to go further.
Consistency wise though I struggled, more with my irons than my driver, and I lost balance on more than one occasion, actually did a full 180 degrees once before deciding that I needed to slow the swing down!

Great stuff though, definately something to work on. Thanks fella!
 
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Ha! You don't have to bend your knees any extra, just use the bend that you have to 'push-up and left' as you are about to impact....

Here's a super-short vid of Hunter Mahan off the tele about 5 mins ago, (another cherry on the top), he normally likes to release the club to his left and generally just has a lot of hip rotation.... (commentary by Faldo...)

..... "more extension through it..........."

[video=youtube_share;uQys_yt5FAA]http://youtu.be/uQys_yt5FAA[/video]
 
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Very crude post but of lost my mind thinking through my swing. I wrote down the things going through my mind ( including compressing my left leg) before and during a swing and it come to 24 points. Impossible for me and made me so mad. My basic knowledge has realised that everything is based around turn of the body! The centre turns faster the extremities (hips, torso, arms)?of that turn will be faster. It has made feel the sequence of motiond to make the club head travel the fastest, increased my drive from very average to my playing partners say where did that come from. Basic but worked for me. Oh, at least 20, 30 yards to stay on subject.
 
Ok so you've been thinking.

What does that tell me?

That you've not been painting the bedroom like you promised 'er indoors.

However

I get the theory and Tony Jacklin used to do the same, when he was young and supple, but not when he got old and knackered. But if you asked all the pros you mentioned how many of them know they do it, & how many practice it?

Surely the swing is so fast that to consciously start adding bits and bobs and body movements half way through the downswing is a recipe for disaster?

A lot of pros dip their head when they start the downswing to get that extra oomph into their legs, but I'm darned sure it isn't a deliberate swingthought. And I can't imagine any of them recommending deliberately pushing UP halfway through the downswing either.

BTW, have you recently set yourself up as a Chiropractor and are drumming up a bit of extra business???

Just a question.

Doesn't the old 'Drive your right knee to the target' have the same affect, without sending you off balance?

I'm only asking, coz trying this in the livingroom with a few practice swings has so far seen me fall headlong into the tv, and send swmbo's favourite ornament flying.

Cheers
 
Interesting thread and I will definately try it on the range, only problem I see is playing only fortnightly could lead me to being more wayward unless my timing is spot on. I like the theory though and think it's really well put.
This has to be one of the best threads I've seen on the forum - thanks and well done for spending so much time on it!
 
Not really read through every post on this topic but you are spot on Justone. I was taught to fire my hips through impact and with the driver my hips are lifting and almost level with my hands at impact rather than hitting past your body. But if I need to control a drive a bit more on something tight then I keep my hips back a bit and gain more control. But you do need to be athletic with good core strength for this swing, I started playing when I was 14 so I was taught an strong athletic swing rather than someone who is 40 and learning who maybe is not able to taught an athletic swing.
 
BogeyHole said:
Doesn't the old 'Drive your right knee to the target' have the same affect, without sending you off balance?

Cheers
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Was this question too complicated then?

I like the way you discuss this in an adult and sensible way with proper golfers, but as soon as some crap old hacker comes along you ignore him.

If it is coz I is too old and knackered, just say so.

 
BogeyHole said:
Was this question too complicated then?

I like the way you discuss this in an adult and sensible way with proper golfers, but as soon as some crap old hacker comes along you ignore him.

If it is coz I is too old and knackered, just say so.

Click to expand...

:D

'Right knee to target' doesn't provide any power or stability, in fact it undermines your balance and can possibly cause the shanks (right hip moves closer to the ball forcing the hands further out). It's a RESULT of firing the hips not the cause. You can't push your hips open any faster by using your knee to do it... you have to push UP with the legs.

here's a couple of the pics from earlier...the right leg is just along for the ride... almost straight..

casey.jpg
Casey


fowler.jpg
Fowler

In both examples the right foot is 'banked' on it's side, the heel isn't off the ground and rotating up onto the toe. The legs have extended.

@Swinger - inbox cleared (a bit)
 
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Now you're putting in pictures that you know are so small I haven't got the eyesight to see them...

It iz innit?

It iz coz I is old and knackered.

BTW if I try this and do my back in again, I'll sue, you know....
 
Hang on, a thought.

Isn't it generally accepted that Casey gets most of his power from his arms being tree trucks, from when he worked on a farm or something?

Unlike Rory he's not a lower body golfer.

Or is that my mind going doolally yet again?
 
I'm sure the oomphy leg MUST be a reaction to something, and can't be reliant on a conscious thought process.

Basically I need some kind of drill to even try to get it into my muscle memory.

Any thoughts?
 
BogeyHole said:
I'm sure the oomphy leg MUST be a reaction to something, and can't be reliant on a conscious thought process.

Basically I need some kind of drill to even try to get it into my muscle memory.

Any thoughts?
Click to expand...

Did the video not help?

[video=youtube;t086PuIVJho]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t086PuIVJho[/video]


sent you a PM.....
 
Good video, but his swing hurts my eyes! :D

Might try that tomorrow, might help my rhythm issues. My arms have a tendancy to start the down swing too quickly.
 
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Ha! You don't have to bend your knees any extra, just use the bend that you have to 'push-up and left' as you are about to impact....

Here's a super-short vid of Hunter Mahan off the tele about 5 mins ago, (another cherry on the top), he normally likes to release the club to his left and generally just has a lot of hip rotation.... (commentary by Faldo...)

..... "more extension through it..........."

[video=youtube_share;uQys_yt5FAA]http://youtu.be/uQys_yt5FAA[/video]
Click to expand...

all well and good, but someone turned up the volume to cover the ball position for the strike..... :(
 
Very interesting thread, but have just finished the autobiography of Gary Wostenholme ( the most successful Amateur for a long time ) who says one of the most common faults of the club golfer is that he doesn't stay down through the ball!
Now Gary isn't a long hitter but his record speaks for it'self. Wish I could hit it as far as he does.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
 
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