Brian Gay Leg Straightening and Newton's Third Law

[KevCarter]

Except that Hitters have fallen to the Darkside.

What? But Ted told me swinging was the dark side. I'm so confused...

Kevin

[Daryl]

What? But Ted told me swinging was the dark side. I'm so confused...

Kevin

Ya, and he's a hitter. You can't trust them.

[Daryl]

Who said: “if you teach one to mimic how the pro’s swing that he’ll be a better Golfer”, or something along that thought? That’s simply hogwash.

I was thinking about how/why Brian’s Pivot has less motion today than two years ago. I conclude first, it’s because that’s all he needs, and second that less motion does not mean less effective. (and also because of the greatest G.O.L.F. instruction on the planet)

After a lifetime of practice and play, his Pivot can do more work in 1” than mine can do in 6”. Precision and training. If you consider that a professional Boxer can hit harder with a 6” punch than I can with a baseball bat, you can more readily comprehend the value of practice and play over a lifetime.

Precision takes out the wobble and will reduce the total motion needed for the shot. It’s more important than power because precision is valuable for every shot in golf. But simply reducing motion will not create the precision that’s earned from a lifetime of dedication.

So, the next time BG plays and you hear the announcers say to emulate Brian’s Pivot, reply, “in your dreams”.

[O.B.Left]

Nice one Daryl

You dont need much but you do need some pivot.

For all but the non pivot strokes, there must be pivot lag swinging or hitting. I think a lot of guys trying out hitting for the first time have some residual swinging components like a fast turn in start down etc but then dial it down a little which is great, then dial it down a lot which is also good if they dont run out of right arm and then they turn it right off......which is a running out of right arm, throwaway disaster in the making.

There is still a pivot when hitting (though it might feel otherwise when coming from swinging). It leads in transition, bottom up, loading the lag pressure point (on the aft of the shaft, if you stop at top) taking up the slack in the left arm, loading the right elbow (as opposed to the swingers left hand wrist cock deal, pretty though it is. I still look at the photos)

But all of this is a lot of thinking for the Primal hitter brain who is normally just "me compress ball straight", "me find ball and compress straight again", "me need go bathroom" etc . There is a hitter's high I believe associated with the pressure points and compression, a dopamine release. Golf should be pleasurable after all.

Me go hit balls now.

OB

[12 piece bucket]

Here's the move . . . . BG is SLAP ON PLANE THROUGH THE WHOLE MOTION . . . . There's not a whole lot that can go wrong here. I know there have been some comments about the leg motion . . . it's different but whatever who cares . . . look at how well the club moves it doesn't waver AT ALL from the plane. I mean some dudes could say yeah it's shifting from the elbow to the tsp. BUT THESE SHIFTS ARE MINIMAL. Stop his hands 1/2 way back 1/2 way down and look at the space they are in at address vs. impact. There's not much movement AT ALL.

Also check how well he " stays in his spine angle " or "torso inclination" or whatever the heck you wanna call it. No bobbing at all. The face is nice a quiet thru the ball. This is ONE SIMPLE EFFICIENT MOTION.

[Daryl]

Here's the move . . . . BG is SLAP ON PLANE THROUGH THE WHOLE MOTION . . . . There's not a whole lot that can go wrong here. I know there have been some comments about the leg motion . . . it's different but whatever who cares . . . look at how well the club moves it doesn't waver AT ALL from the plane. I mean some dudes could say yeah it's shifting from the elbow to the tsp. BUT THESE SHIFTS ARE MINIMAL. Stop his hands 1/2 way back 1/2 way down and look at the space they are in at address vs. impact. There's not much movement AT ALL.

Also check how well he " stays in his spine angle " or "torso inclination" or whatever the heck you wanna call it. No bobbing at all. The face is nice a quiet thru the ball. This is ONE SIMPLE EFFICIENT MOTION.

Don’t you find his Leg Motion interesting?

Zone 2&3 can be no better than Zone 1. BG has quiet leg and hip motion yet he creates great hip action.

Is it Style or a result of Precision? I say precision. Yet, teachers have been pushing for quiet leg motion for years now. Aren’t they confusing cause with effect?