By John Matherly
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"Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I could move the Earth."- Archimedes
When you read the typical advice about the swing radius, the teacher will talk about how the player is holding his arms outstretched and hands far away from the body.
And they talk about the fact that the golf player keeps the hands far from the body during the swing. The mistake here is that the teachers are defining swing radius as simply the distance the clubhead is being held away from the body.
BUT this is by NO means the whole story.
It is actually only a beginning. This new power source cannot be seen normally since it is working thru the linkages in the golfer’s body. Principle: The swing radius, properly defined, is the distance from the clubhead to the first non-pulling link in the body. Think of a chain with 5 links being swung in a circle. If you hold onto the chain at the link number 2, there are only links that swing around and that form the lever (swing radius). The other 3 links are just passive and along for the ride.
However, if you hold the chain at link number 5 and swing it around, all 5 links are pulling and the swing radius has been extended from 2 to 5 links - a more than doubling of the swing radius. In the golf swing, if the hips turn with the shoulders and then turn exactly with the shoulders again on the downswing, the hips are not pulling and therefore are not part of the swing radius. This can be seen in many beginners at the driving range.
If however, the hips pull the shoulders around on the downswing, the swing radius has been lengthened by the distance from the shoulders to the hips. And again, if the knees are used to pull and turn the hips, which then pull on the shoulders, the swing radius is again lengthened by the distance from the knees to the hips. Taken to the maximum, the maximum possible swing radius is from the left heel all the way back to the clubhead.
This is called swinging from the feet in some golf techniques. By causing one body link to pull on the next, the effective lever is very significantly extended (up to 1.5 meters longer!) and much much more leverage is generated that can be applied to the ball. So now that you know the principle, try swinging from the feet and see what kind of increased distance you will have.
Until the next report.
Best regards,
John Matherly
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"Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I could move the Earth."- Archimedes
When you read the typical advice about the swing radius, the teacher will talk about how the player is holding his arms outstretched and hands far away from the body.
And they talk about the fact that the golf player keeps the hands far from the body during the swing. The mistake here is that the teachers are defining swing radius as simply the distance the clubhead is being held away from the body.
BUT this is by NO means the whole story.
