(Login Snakedoc) Blake Moderator Posted Mar 10, 2009 1:34 AM
Chris,
Interesting idea. I think I sent you a copy of Blake's article published in the May, 1981 issue of "Golf Monthly." It was titled "Anchoring the Swing Fulcrum." In it he emphasized the importance of keeping the head (swing fulcrum) still during the swing.
The gist of the article was: "If the right hip has moved forward, on the downswing, to the point where it is forward of the player's head, or of his swing fulcrum, before the power is applied, the head will stay still. But, if the power is applied BEFORE the right hip has passed the fulcrum of the swing, then the body is pushed up with the shot." A few paragraphs later, "When I say 'right hip' I do not mean 'right buttock' though there are some great golfers who get the whole of the right buttock forward of the fulcrum before impact. Johnny Miller has been one. By 'right hip' I mean the centre of the ball joint of the right hip, the exact point at which the leg pushes the trunk in the downswing. It is when this point in the hip joint is forward of the player's neck and/or head before impact, that he gets the feeling of being behind the ball through impact."
There is a picture of Miller in his distinctive reverse-C finish position and his head is behind his right buttock. Frankly, I never made much of the article, but since it was published just a few months before Blake's death, at the very end of his golfing career and life, I sometimes thought there might be some wisdom there which I'm missing. Do you see any relationship between your idea of getting behind the lead arm and Mindy's idea stated above?
Intriguingly, he wrote in the article, "A push with the right leg is the main source of power in the downswing and in that, I think, there is general agreement." General agreement!?
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