Unless one has some physical reason they can not move the club (hip replacement that did not work, fused spine, left arm that can not straighten, etc.) I do not believe that we all need unique swing signatures. I can not physically do what Tiger Woods does because I am not as flexible or strong. But I can do what most of the SA people discussed here do. And, in my case, I can do what Moe did. I do not but I am physically able.
I think of Coach Wooden teaching kids how to shoot a free throw at basketball camp. They would all look the same. Only as they feel they can improve upon the tried-and-true form, do they create a unique free-throw signature. Usually with mixed or bad results. Sometime after Coach Wooden we all became consumed with individual style.
Want to use tennis? My father-in-law learned the game in the 50's. He was a b+ player. He was small and not very athletic except for tennis. If you saw him play, he looked like a tennis instruction book. Every stroke was classic and perfect form. By the time I was learning the game, we were encouraged to be unique. I wish I'd have learned solid, boring, perfect strokes like he had.
I hear the argument for mixing and matching and I am more convinced that everyone reading this would be better served to pick a method and master it -- no matter which one it is.
Russ
from 18.0 to 13.2 with NG
from 13.2 to 8.3 with GGA
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