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[quote name='6enh09an' timestamp='1303914227' post='3189885'] Ultimate test if someone has got Hogan's moves---is if that someone can still mimic Hogan's movements if the swing gets super quick tempo like Hogan.. You would have no time to "mimic"Hogan there.. Chris' swing is slow.. SoChris, assuming you've got Hogan, can you do it very quick please so we can see if the Hogan moves/components would still be there? [/quote] I don´t have Mr. Hogan´s move - I use his handpath plane... thats all. Believe me I can´t do my movement in slowmotion - my pivot is doing the loop... In full speed you can barely see any loop... <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> You can bet, that with my longer clubs I have to use a longer backswing - but with my short and middle Irons? I thought they are for accuracy! Chris

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Chris
By any chance is your backswing influenced by Harvey Penick's advice on chipping in his little red book? He used to tell students to pretend they were chipping the ball underneath an imaginary bench.
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[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303385437' post='3173166']
Unfortunately this is yet another sad ending for a misguided effort to swing like Hogan. [b]Disconnected arms, off plane, excess pronation, handsy plane shift ... opposite of Hogan and a poor basis for a good swing in general. ugh[/b]
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[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303680333' post='3181968']
Did Hogan really have this big plane shift thats being taken for granted? Watching this entire series I honestly don't see it, unlike [b]Chris who rolls it and raises the handle[/b].
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[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303750288' post='3184159']
You answered it to the contrary right there if good players arent aware that makes it subtle and unconscious. No ones saying a swing doesnt have plane shifts, only that in BH's case its subtle and not deliberate.[b] It's the copiers who both exaggerate and manufacture that produce picasso versions of the Mona Lisa[/b]
[/quote]

Normally this is not my character, but JD need´s someone who is bringing him down to earth.

Here is an example what happens if you don´t have a flattening move - my swing is in no way perfect, but I can say
I knew what I do. Contrary there are persons with 2882 posts and they define themselves as Hogan experts.
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JD is a lefty and I just flipped him to right handed...
I don´t think that a flying right punch elbow, backing up (this is a common flattening move and brings the swingpath in to out), goat humping and a full roll horizontal release had something to do with Mr. Hogan, but it is a pattern who works for a lot of people - just not my cup of tee.

Chris

@JD3 BTW you can benefit from this thread a lot...
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Chris, a lot of teachers would say parallax on those swings of JD.

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I never said I swing like hogan, never put up my swing vs his, never said I use "the same technique" as you did. Never ever ever. Most of my swing questions are posted in the SnT thread. But even not being any kind of expert I can see youre way off. As for posting frequency you posted a bunch here and in other threads about hogan and images of your swing that show no signs of change or improvement. Instead you stubbornly hang onto your fantasy and arrogantly reject the sincere advice of keen observers like 8i and dap. You are seriously wearing people out.

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[quote name='6enh09an' timestamp='1303914227' post='3189885'] Ultimate test if someone has got Hogan's moves---is if that someone can still mimic Hogan's movements if the swing gets super quick tempo like Hogan.. You would have no time to "mimic"Hogan there.. Chris' swing is slow.. SoChris, assuming you've got Hogan, can you do it very quick please so we can see if the Hogan moves/components would still be there? [/quote] I don´t have Mr. Hogan´s move - I use his handpath plane... thats all. Believe me I can´t do my movement in slowmotion - my pivot is doing the loop... In full speed you can barely see any loop... <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> You can bet, that with my longer clubs I have to use a longer backswing - but with my short and middle Irons? I thought they are for accuracy! Chris
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Chris I think You start to be quite near. You already got the idea and moves. Next step is to put more power into it. And much more. That will change many things and I think You will be quite close after that. Stop thinking moves now. Try to keep them alive and hit it hard!

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[quote name='chris_golf' timestamp='1304108880' post='3196717']
[quote name='6enh09an' timestamp='1303914227' post='3189885'] Ultimate test if someone has got Hogan's moves---is if that someone can still mimic Hogan's movements if the swing gets super quick tempo like Hogan.. You would have no time to "mimic"Hogan there.. Chris' swing is slow.. SoChris, assuming you've got Hogan, can you do it very quick please so we can see if the Hogan moves/components would still be there? [/quote] I don´t have Mr. Hogan´s move - I use his handpath plane... thats all. Believe me I can´t do my movement in slowmotion - my pivot is doing the loop... In full speed you can barely see any loop... <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLu4nAto5MI?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> <object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJvr44qAW9o?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="640"></object> You can bet, that with my longer clubs I have to use a longer backswing - but with my short and middle Irons? I thought they are for accuracy! Chris
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Chris I think You start to be quite near. You already got the idea and moves. Next step is to put more power into it. And much more. That will change many things and I think You will be quite close after that. Stop thinking moves now. Try to keep them alive and hit it hard!
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Have to agree with teeace man, more energy will get u releasing high like hogan... i bet ur swing looks different with a higher finish..

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Chris-golf, Hi Chris, in my most humble opinion, there is no purpose for the downloop. It is merely a natural occurance. This downloop is a result of the body wanting to swing in the most efficient manner.
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Maybe... but there is more to it...

Look to my avatar and then think about, why I came down in pitch elbow and how?

My definition of a downloop I explanied before ( butt end pointing over baseline after transition) - I would be interested how the teacher´s who teaching "swinging left" think about handpath and shallowing the path.
IMHO you would need something like concave/convex handpath to do it effectively...
Then you have to tinker if you would want a punch or pitch elbow... etc. etc...

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[quote name='markponi' timestamp='1304457002' post='3205509'] My latest swing thought is this which applies very closely to the topic at hand. Swing over the top with the flatest downswing plane possible. Compression and workability is easy. [/quote] Sure it is not a pattern for everyone - but Mr. Hogan did it perfectly... why not follow him... This player even don´t need a downloop, just a little OTT handpath... interesting that he uses as well the right elbow folding in the downswing and the flat right shoulder turn (where did he saw this?), I love it: <object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U2SkC8MDVPA?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U2SkC8MDVPA?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="480"></object> Chris

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[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303910725' post='3189723']
Chris
By any chance is your backswing influenced by Harvey Penick's advice on chipping in his little red book? He used to tell students to pretend they were chipping the ball underneath an imaginary bench.
[/quote]
[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303385437' post='3173166']
Unfortunately this is yet another sad ending for a misguided effort to swing like Hogan. [b]Disconnected arms, off plane, excess pronation, handsy plane shift ... opposite of Hogan and a poor basis for a good swing in general. ugh[/b]
[/quote]
[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303680333' post='3181968']
Did Hogan really have this big plane shift thats being taken for granted? Watching this entire series I honestly don't see it, unlike [b]Chris who rolls it and raises the handle[/b].
[/quote]

[quote name='JD3' timestamp='1303750288' post='3184159']
You answered it to the contrary right there if good players arent aware that makes it subtle and unconscious. No ones saying a swing doesnt have plane shifts, only that in BH's case its subtle and not deliberate.[b] It's the copiers who both exaggerate and manufacture that produce picasso versions of the Mona Lisa[/b]
[/quote]

Normally this is not my character, but JD need´s someone who is bringing him down to earth.

Here is an example what happens if you don´t have a flattening move - my swing is in no way perfect, but I can say
I knew what I do. Contrary there are persons with 2882 posts and they define themselves as Hogan experts.
[attachment=774836:JDP4.jpg]
[attachment=774837:JDP5.jpg]
[attachment=774838:JDP55.jpg]
[attachment=774839:JDP7.jpg]
[attachment=774840:JDP75.jpg]

JD is a lefty and I just flipped him to right handed...
I don´t think that a flying right punch elbow, backing up (this is a common flattening move and brings the swingpath in to out), goat humping and a full roll horizontal release had something to do with Mr. Hogan, but it is a pattern who works for a lot of people - just not my cup of tee.

Chris

@JD3 BTW you can benefit from this thread a lot...
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Interesting side by side. The meat and potatoes of them however is that in one swing the arms are synched...in the other...they are a tad late and behind the pivot. Despite the flaw du jours usually pointed out on this board....you can get a ball around pretty darn effectively if the upper body centers are synched with the arms. The million dollar question however is how the heck did Hogan lay it off and still keep the arms in sync? Us late starters go down this path of lay off and lag development that can never be released because its executed by detaching the arms in the BS which makes them swing behind the pivot in the DS....swing left all you want...late is late. I've yet to see a amateur Hogan style swing on this board (except from SF students) that lays off and lags in sync (not that I've seen them all either).

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[quote name='chris_golf' timestamp='1304462929' post='3205774']
[quote name='markponi' timestamp='1304457002' post='3205509'] My latest swing thought is this which applies very closely to the topic at hand. Swing over the top with the flatest downswing plane possible. Compression and workability is easy. [/quote] Sure it is not a pattern for everyone - but Mr. Hogan did it perfectly... why not follow him... This player even don´t need a downloop, just a little OTT handpath... interesting that he uses as well the right elbow folding in the downswing and the flat right shoulder turn (where did he saw this?), I love it: <object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U2SkC8MDVPA?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U2SkC8MDVPA?fs=1&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="480"></object> Chris
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I think the difference between techniques is that C Sifford's body isn't locking around impact forcing him to level out out the shoulder turn in the post impact phase to get any type of rotation through impact. Sure he comes out of it at the end but the balls is well gone by then. Your follow though is almost a dead giveway that your trail shoulder or core is locking....preventing the shoulders from turning on an incline plane post impact...by the time you get to the ball the only way your body will allow you to rotate is level to the ground. Despite the "flatness' Mr Hogan's swing...his shoulder rotation and tilts are still on an inclined plane.

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Interesting side by side. The meat and potatoes of them however is that in one swing the arms are synched...in the other...they are a tad late and behind the pivot. Despite the flaw du jours usually pointed out on this board....you can get a ball around pretty darn effectively if the upper body centers are synched with the arms. The million dollar question however is how the heck did Hogan lay it off and still keep the arms in sync? Us late starters go down this path of lay off and lag development that can never be released because its executed by detaching the arms in the BS which makes them swing behind the pivot in the DS....swing left all you want...late is late. I've yet to see a amateur Hogan style swing on this board (except from SF students) that lays off and lags in sync (not that I've seen them all either).
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How You think to manage together two things: Open shoulders and hands, arms and club head to be not behind the pivot. I thing those things are so strongly connected to each other that I can't see any other way to do it. Hands and club head in front of the body = square shoulders at impact. No other way.

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Interesting side by side. The meat and potatoes of them however is that in one swing the arms are synched...in the other...they are a tad late and behind the pivot. Despite the flaw du jours usually pointed out on this board........I've yet to see a amateur Hogan style swing on this board (except from SF students) that lays off and lags in sync (not that I've seen them all either).
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Setting the record straight again I never said I swing like, never said I wanted, never compared my swing to his, never said I use the same technique etc etc like the OP. Yet i hit it pure. The lesson here and why as you never see the hogan wannabes post a good swing, is that they'd be better off stopping the delusion they get hogan and just work on something they do get

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@JD : Why you post on this forum... only to critique other swingstyles than your own...
You have zero tollerance in all your posts about other swingstyles then your "reality".
To bad you can give only critiques in your posts and never give something positive or constructive to the forum. I feel sorry for you and can´t understand your agenda to post.

I am here to learn and to give and share my thoughts... most times here are really good posters , who understand different swing patterns and can discuss these differences and there are as well a lot of true Hogan fans. Sure my journey is
to understand Mr. Hogan´s swing better. Other posters journey is to critique what they don´t want to see or what they want to see.

I thought I would discuss handpath (downloop) and the resulting elbow position and release pattern of Mr. Hogan...

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Well chris youre wrong about me again. I think hogan had the best swing and yet I don't try to swing like him. That means I'm very open to different ways to get it done. What I don't get about you is continuing to post failed attempts at analyzing and copying hogan (in whole or part) and not showing an ounce of improvement or willingness to incorporate advice from others who have a better handle. The swings of mine that you have great contempt for are from almost 2 years ago and were put up specifically to seek feedback on how I was progressing and what I needed to work on going forward. And were given high marks from instructors for the progress from earlier swings. I sure hope today further signs of Improvement are there and if not then I'm guilty of not listening and would work on that too. Why can't you do the same?

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Hogans pivot is so much more dynamic than OP it makes comparison difficult Hogans hips and shoulders are rotating so much harder than OP and handpath is more result of pivot-not simple hand manipulation.

Face on view in avatar shows shoulder rotation stall then impact-this is clearly not using Hogan's mechanics. Hogan's shaft was not released before impact.

There is a reason for this.

Butch Harmon said back in the day everyone tried to be Hogan so if it were easy there would be a lot of folks swinging just like him now but there's not because it's not easy. Homer Kelley mentioned that three barrel players had nothing to fear from the four barrel people unless four barrel was fully mastered.

Hogan was four barrel so realize that searching for Hogan's move is like searching for a grail.

I commend anyone's efforts to swing like Hogan and good luck maybe someday you can get close.

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speaking of which, what is the result of your downloop on your game?

re: dispersion, trajectory control, distance control, spin control, shot shape options, choice of tempos, stock shot and misses.

imo the bulk catalyst for the reason hogan is looked at by so many for so long.

i appreciate learning can be 1 step forwards 2 steps back, and golf is known for stepped gains/losses, ..just curious about your real gains/losses at present.

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Chris, I was thinking about it. Being that you are nearly a foot taller than Hogan, do you think the dynamics can be the same?
Can you use your height more to your advantage maybe?

Should turn that downloop into a wicked whip and kill the ball, no?

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speaking of which, what is the result of your downloop on your game?

re: dispersion, trajectory control, distance control, spin control, shot shape options, choice of tempos, stock shot and misses.

imo the bulk catalyst for the reason hogan is looked at by so many for so long.

i appreciate learning can be 1 step forwards 2 steps back, and golf is known for stepped gains/losses, ..just curious about your real gains/losses at present.
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Joe,

I had this downloop from the beginning and learned it from "five lessons"

For the Hogan conspiracy gang _ this is where Mr. Hogan shows the downloop:
[attachment=779014:FiveLessonsDownloop.jpg]

Anyway I understood in this picture that the change of the pane of glass in the downswing is thru the 2nd axis tilt!!!
You see everyone interpret the book differently...

My downloop is only to gain power - I can say this, because I tried to play without it and it was like playing with 60% of my power.
I can achieve with the downloop my pitch elbow early and load something, which I don´t have without it.
With the shorter Irons I don´t downloop much - they are more for control. If I increase my tempo and SS, so more
downloop happens.

In my opinion it is a loading action (maybe overloading Accumulator #3) and if you are a swinger with
pitch elbow you can benefit from max. trigger delay. It happens always if my lower body starts the downswing and
my backswing is stil not finished. More overlapping - more power or visa versa...

I don´t try to downloop - it is part of my swing since the beginning. Not a lot of choices for blueprints in my case

re: dispersion, trajectory control, distance control, spin control, shot shape options, choice of tempos, stock shot and misses.

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BTW: In my Avatar with the Driver is it 4-3-1? Thank you...

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[quote name='chris_golf' timestamp='1304621852' post='3210513']
I don´t try to downloop - it is part of my swing since the beginning.
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oh, i missed that, lol. do you ever use other angles, ..as a video guy you could make split screen (fo + dtl) through a 1/4 set, spectrum minimum to maximum downloop, see better what your doing to your pivot/planes as you ramp it up.

(...im guessing the 431Q is to someone else)

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[quote name='magnum184' timestamp='1241031211' post='1663760']
Hmmm.

You're right. Studying Hogan is a complete waste of time.

He wasn't even close to achieving perfect sequencing.
He didn't understand a thing about the Laws of golf.
In fact, there are no laws in golf. Geometry and physics aren't even applicable in golf are they?
He wasn't even close to a biomechanical model.

Truth is he was the model for perfect sequencing.
There are laws that apply for everyone. A golf swing has always and will always be able to be explained by math and science.
Geometry and physics apply to everyone. Impact conditions are everything and geometry and physics and biomechanics are at the heart of it. He is the biomechanical model.

Hogan was the epitome of this. His fundamentals can apply to everyone. In fact, they are ideal no matter how one swings to some degree.

You think Hogan was full of compensations for a hook? You think he hit a fade all day long? He could hook the snot out of it anytime he wanted.

Tell me what you know about sequencing, impact laws, and anatomy/biomechanics before you claim studying Ben Hogan is a waste of time. You understand that and you'll see why he could do what he did.

Nobody ever said the man was perfect. That is rediculous. But laws are laws. There is a perfect swing. It's perfect impact conditions for the desired shot. Attaining that perfection is rarely attainable. However, getting as close as possible as consistently as possible is the goal. Golf is a game of misses. A swing that produces misses that really aren't bad misses more often than not due to application of geometrical and physics laws.................well................now you're getting to Ben Hogan.

Waste of time? Not hardly.

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I quoted this from a former poster here, because I think as well it is worth to studying Mr. Hogan closely. I try to attempt to have a clearer picture of it - why not? I will never look the same - but there a key motions I would like to have and understand - do I have these already- of course not, but first I have to understand them clearly and thru this process I have to go deeper into pivot and clubmotion and try to explain it to understand it better for myself...

Waste of time? No, I enjoy it.
To master your own golf swing - there is no time frame! Who cares if I arrive in 1 year or 8 years where I want to be...

Chris

@joegolfwrx : good idea - yeah I use video to verify if my feelings are changing anything - mostly not...

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Well Chris, there is nothing wrong with getting down to what makes something tick. Understanding the mechanics can be very useful. But, when it comes to the application I think you'll be going rack back to feels which may or may not be the truth. For what limited knowledge of Hogan I have, I think his books contain the best imagery for the player if they go at it and learn it piece for piece. I think he did or tried/felt he did everything he said. Even if he felt it and he doesn't do it or it doesn't look like he did it, then I still see no reason to avoid that same feel. Toss in the
extra blurbs from him and it's the basic package. Might get you to the ballpark. Don't know. I just think one has to constantly work on those fundamentals. Tough deal. Damned constant process of refinement.

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Chris: Love your passion, man...but gotta tell you...take that energy and go SEE someone who can channel it for you, constructively...You load into your right elbow, which gets you so underplane at p4 its ridiculous, you spin the shaft at p4.5 which gets you more underplane, and the pivot sequence is way off--you are 40 yds right at p5, which means you have to roll all hell out of the left wrist to even remotely get the ball to start anywhere near the baseline at impact...not trying to brutalize you....just saying HEY...with some help you can better channel that energy...all this talk of Hogan is like the other side of the universe...just saying...

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[quote name='Siteseer2' timestamp='1305077626' post='3223688']
Chris: Love your passion, man...but gotta tell you...take that energy and go SEE someone who can channel it for you, constructively...You load into your right elbow, which gets you so underplane at p4 its ridiculous, you spin the shaft at p4.5 which gets you more underplane, and the pivot sequence is way off--you are 40 yds right at p5, which means you have to roll all hell out of the left wrist to even remotely get the ball to start anywhere near the baseline at impact...not trying to brutalize you....just saying HEY...with some help you can better channel that energy...all this talk of Hogan is like the other side of the universe...just saying...
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Any suggestion on who teacher can help get us to Hogan?

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Whatever happened to Chris? Hope he's ok post-Seve. That other stuff was just messing around.

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you gotta be real careful just looking at videos.
Quiros looks like he has a big "downloop",
in reality his hands go up and down on almost excactly the same line.
its the changing shape of the body on the downswing that leads to a misperception.
Hogan as well nearly always "came over the top", his hands are more out on the downswing than on the backswing.
(not by much though!!).
but as you can see from the pic neither of these two have anything like a big "downloop".
interesting to see Hogan's backswing hands path, looks just like he describes how you throw a basketball underhand, slightly concave (in and up).
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