Ryan Smither, my assistant golf professional, is the one who posted earlier. Just so you have your ducks in a row.

So what you're saying is...you smell your way to a steady head?

Thanks for the input.

:)

Still or not still..........
 

The most important thing is to get the student to hit the ball better. If he does it by moving the head - fine. If he does it by having the head stationary - fine. We cannot all have it one way or the other.

Yoda,
in a another thread you say the following:

I strongly endorse Bill Mehlhorn's book.

In August 1990, I met Bobby Shave, the co-author and inspiration behind the book and the guy who recorded the sessions. [The book is basically a transcription of several Q&As with members of the Florida International University golf team in Miami.] Later, I spent time with him hitting shag balls and talkin' golf in an open field near his home in Homestead, Florida. Two years later, Hurricane Andrew destroyed the city, and I lost contact.

The personal history and stories are great -- Hagen, Hogan, Vardon, Sarazen, Diegel, Armour, Picard, Runyan, Bulla, Demaret, Locke, Boros, Jones...they're all there -- and to this day, I use several of his drills in most every Academy class and private lesson. Drill I educates the Pivot with its Weight Transfer. Drill II educates the Arms and Hands in their Body-Related Hinge Action. Drill III educates the Hands as to their Basic Fanning Motion. Drill IV, the Right Forearm Takeaway and return to Impact Fix. With Drill V, you can actually 'see' the Plane. Drills VI-XIII are more of the same, and Plate IX illustrates the golfing Ideal from a down-the-line view -- "the arms swinging up, down and up as the legs rotate the body."

Get the book.

Read it.

Study it.

You'll be glad you did.


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Yoda


Well, Mehlhorn does not favour a starionary head, and if you use the drills with your students,especially the pivot drill, the head will move!

Steady head evidence
 

Ted Fort's video with water bottle on head goes some way to showing whether it is possible/ advisable/etc

BUT

did any of those white bobbles at titleist performance institute get placed on his head!! there went pretty well everywhere else!!

Any chance of seeing the promised photos please....

Thanks,

Typing with absolutely stationary head is not mandatory for typing procedure!!:eyes: if not that bottle of water is going to short out my keyboard!!

I wish it were as simple as this...

in theory.....

BUT... in application it does not and cannot....

Ever been to a Kinematics Lab?

For instance if the Pencil/Stick was in a Forward Bend of say 20 degrees and the Side Bend to the Right of 10 degrees the spine angle would stay the same....The head would've moved to the outside of the right foot and also moved up away from the golf ball....

Here at Campbell University we have several golf swings loaded in a 3D APAS Motion Analysis System which alllows us to view the golf stroke from any percpective of 360 degrees and gives us data in the X,Y,Z and 3D ....similar to that of TaylorMades MATT System...If I can figure out how to get one of the files to embedd here I will try to do so....

That would be cool to see!

If I remember correctly Dr. Gideon Ariel developed this system. In my college days, I was a tennis instructor and was able to see his motion analysis of John Newcombe's tennis serve.

Ariel's pioneering work was applied to Track & Field for the USOC.

Great...another cart kid with an attitude:)

I can't believe you said that Smithers. This is a discussion, not a battle. All opinions are respected. This is an LBG Forum, not the "Dark Side".

That's PATHETIC

So you would keep your eyes on the ball ,not rotate your head-and find it counterintuitive to use the head as a pivot centre ,therefore you must advocate a sway.:naughty: