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So would this be a drill to help the “back to target” feel?

 

I tried it and it felt horrible and weird and wrong. Which generally for me means I need to work on it because it’s different from what I’m currently doin’. And what I’m currently doin’ ain’t workin’

 

Ah, the 2 o'clock drill ... looks like Steve might have pinched that one from Bobby Lopez.

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

 

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

 

Difference between a flushed shot and a shank 2”

Difference between a ball in the fairway and a slide OB is a few degrees.

Difference between a compressed iron and laying sod, an inch.

Difference between a piped drive and a toe hook in left rough, an inch.

 

Good luck trying to make those things happen.

 

People too often poo poo what they don’t understand. It’s not about the amount of movement it’s about getting the movement right, which is down and not up.

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

 

Feel is much bigger than two inches because it is going down as it starts to rotate and move laterally. The rotation would make it move up independent of any down move so 2 down is more like 3 or 4 down. Couple that with most people moving up to start with and the feel becomes 6 or 7 down as a feel.

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The only reason Scott, DJ's left shoulders are moving down in the transition is because they have rotated their shoulders more than 90 deg on the backswing, to the point the "shoulder-point" has moved UP ! (relative to the face on horizontal / horizon).

 

The shoulders turn LEVEL relative to the spine.

 

So of course, to turn the shoulders on the downswing, the left shoulder APPEARS to moves "down", but that is just from a face on perspective relative to horizontal.

 

Every good golf swing I've seen has the shoulders moving together, in the same plane of motion.

 

Without a golf club in your hands, or without the intention of a golf swing, you can move your shoulders independently all over the place, but making a swing ? ... turn one or the other shoulder, ... your preference .. the other shoulder will "follow".

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The only reason Scott, DJ's left shoulders are moving down in the transition is because they have rotated their shoulders more than 90 deg on the backswing, to the point the "shoulder-point" has moved UP ! (relative to the face on horizontal / horizon).

 

The shoulders turn LEVEL relative to the spine.

 

So of course, to turn the shoulders on the downswing, the left shoulder APPEARS to moves "down", but that is just from a face on perspective relative to horizontal.

 

Every good golf swing I've seen has the shoulders moving together, in the same plane of motion.

 

Without a golf club in your hands, or without the intention of a golf swing, you can move your shoulders independently all over the place, but making a swing ? ... turn one or the other shoulder, ... your preference .. the other shoulder will "follow".

 

Amount of shoulder turn doesn’t preclude it.

 

Regaining flexion properly is where much of the cause lies.

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The only reason Scott, DJ's left shoulders are moving down in the transition is because they have rotated their shoulders more than 90 deg on the backswing, to the point the "shoulder-point" has moved UP ! (relative to the face on horizontal / horizon).

 

The shoulders turn LEVEL relative to the spine.

 

So of course, to turn the shoulders on the downswing, the left shoulder APPEARS to moves "down", but that is just from a face on perspective relative to horizontal.

 

Every good golf swing I've seen has the shoulders moving together, in the same plane of motion.

 

Without a golf club in your hands, or without the intention of a golf swing, you can move your shoulders independently all over the place, but making a swing ? ... turn one or the other shoulder, ... your preference .. the other shoulder will "follow".

 

Shoulders absolutely do not move in the "same plane" in the downswing. Kwon has shown that repeatedly.

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The only reason Scott, DJ's left shoulders are moving down in the transition is because they have rotated their shoulders more than 90 deg on the backswing, to the point the "shoulder-point" has moved UP ! (relative to the face on horizontal / horizon).

 

The shoulders turn LEVEL relative to the spine.

 

So of course, to turn the shoulders on the downswing, the left shoulder APPEARS to moves "down", but that is just from a face on perspective relative to horizontal.

 

Every good golf swing I've seen has the shoulders moving together, in the same plane of motion.

 

Without a golf club in your hands, or without the intention of a golf swing, you can move your shoulders independently all over the place, but making a swing ? ... turn one or the other shoulder, ... your preference .. the other shoulder will "follow".

 

Not true at all. It doesn’t “appear” to move down. It does move down. Sternum and head both move down and forward. And it stays lower well past 90* and visible in players who don’t turn past 90*. It’s not a visual illusion, it’s measurable on 3D.

 

 

https://imgur.com/a/0HxikJR

 

Another good example from a guy who hits it about as good as anyone IMO

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

 

2" down vs level or moving up makes a huge difference in low point control... especially when the golf ball is only 1.5" in diameter and hitting it 1/2" too high or low makes a huge difference in shot quality.

 

Think about it a little more before you continue to write it off just because you can't comprehend the importance of a subtle movement

 

 

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

True, but it's a six inch mistake. Instead of looking at it as just 2 down it could be 4 up, or more, by swinging the shoulders too flat going forward. Even zero down is a benefit as it keeps you in the proper positions.

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So is this move the result of a spine angle change, or is it a result of the Sneed Squat aka Monte's Zipper Away Drill?

I would say in the case of Adam Scott it's really just keeping spine angle constant. By going past his chin the L shoulder move a titch up at the end of the backswing. So going a bit down is just continued rotation.

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So is this move the result of a spine angle change, or is it a result of the Sneed Squat aka Monte's Zipper Away Drill?

I would say in the case of Adam Scott it's really just keeping spine angle constant. By going past his chin the L shoulder move a titch up at the end of the backswing. So going a bit down is just continued rotation.

 

It’s not continued rotation. His belt buckle lowers, his left leg increases in flex, his sternum drops and his head works down. It’s much more than just continued rotation

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So would this be a drill to help the “back to target” feel?

 

I tried it and it felt horrible and weird and wrong. Which generally for me means I need to work on it because it’s different from what I’m currently doin’. And what I’m currently doin’ ain’t workin’

 

I have a history of shoulder lunging to start the forward swing. I thought that was what you were supposed to do. Don’t ask.

 

So this move to me feels like I contact the ball while still fully coiled. Of course that isn’t what is happening, but that is how it feels.

 

Result from this focus for me has been greatly improved contact and shot shape. No more push slices OB as long as I execute.

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Its a bunch of different things. Hopefully, you only have to do 1/2 things and get them all.

 

Left arm off chest

Left shoulder off chin

Keep back to target

Left shoulder down and forward to left leg

Lead with right elbow

Stay in left tilt longer

Regain flexion

Dropping arms (out and forward too)

 

All of those are basically the same move. Its all how you perceive it.

 

Haha. I have practiced almost all of these feels. But I am clinically nuts.

 

The only one I don’t do is regain flexion. Because I don’t know what it means and sincerely hope no one tries to explain it.

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So is this move the result of a spine angle change, or is it a result of the Sneed Squat aka Monte's Zipper Away Drill?

 

The way I have been thinking about this is my butt sticks out as I also increase the bend at my hips/spine/lower my head and move my hands away from my chest. If I don’t do all that I’ll hit the hosel.

 

That’s the thing that hits me - this whole transition move is a related set of changes - from pulling the handle vertically and goat humping and standing up (decreasing angel between hips/spine) early to the opposite.

 

I hadn’t seen this thread till just now. It’s reassuring to me.

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So is this move the result of a spine angle change, or is it a result of the Sneed Squat aka Monte's Zipper Away Drill?

I would say in the case of Adam Scott it's really just keeping spine angle constant. By going past his chin the L shoulder move a titch up at the end of the backswing. So going a bit down is just continued rotation.

 

It’s not continued rotation. His belt buckle lowers, his left leg increases in flex, his sternum drops and his head works down. It’s much more than just continued rotation

Thank you for correcting me. As I was posting I thought sure there was more.

So it's more of a compression move like readying yourself to jump?

In Scott's case there is very little other lowering, mostly appears to be the rotation. Others lower much further.

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So is this move the result of a spine angle change, or is it a result of the Sneed Squat aka Monte's Zipper Away Drill?

 

Nicklaus talked about "releasing from the top"....I never understood that comment but this move is releasing shoulders downward into the gut, dropping or more like throwing the shoulder girdle down (it's a fast move) in concert with re-pivot and with arms that are going down and outward. On the occasions I can do this right it feels akin to what Jack was talking about.

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The only reason Scott, DJ's left shoulders are moving down in the transition is because they have rotated their shoulders more than 90 deg on the backswing, to the point the "shoulder-point" has moved UP ! (relative to the face on horizontal / horizon).

 

The shoulders turn LEVEL relative to the spine.

 

So of course, to turn the shoulders on the downswing, the left shoulder APPEARS to moves "down", but that is just from a face on perspective relative to horizontal.

 

Every good golf swing I've seen has the shoulders moving together, in the same plane of motion.

 

Without a golf club in your hands, or without the intention of a golf swing, you can move your shoulders independently all over the place, but making a swing ? ... turn one or the other shoulder, ... your preference .. the other shoulder will "follow".

 

I'm no Adam Scott (by a long shot), and my swing is homemade, but

 

 

Definitely "down" in transition with the left shoulder for me. It's a "compressing" move for sure, which is GREAT for lofted clubs (looks like Scott is hitting some kind of wedge there). Too much can be BAD for less-lofted clubs, though I would suspect there to be less of it with a longer club, generally (Thoughts Dan? Monte?).

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this move is releasing shoulders downward into the gut, dropping or more like throwing the shoulder girdle down (it's a fast move) in concert with re-pivot and with arms that are going down and outward.

 

Good grief, and I thought that I had the weirdest swing thoughts ;)

 

What the heck is a "re-pivot" ?

 

Lol......guess I should say, "get weight to left side".............on 2nd thought, no.

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Omg, so we are talking about 2 inch move. Good luck trying to make that happen.

True, but it's a six inch mistake. Instead of looking at it as just 2 down it could be 4 up, or more, by swinging the shoulders too flat going forward. Even zero down is a benefit as it keeps you in the proper positions.

 

This is just my perception of it, but it looks like the photos aren’t lined up quite evenly. The one on the left looks just a bit lower (look at the grass). If they matched it looks like it would show even more drop on the right.

 

I have no idea on the swing talk going on, just noticed that in the picture.


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