I can vouch for Trig and I'm going to keep a keen eye on his pivot. It's something I picked up last November from Yoda and will never go back. Ted and Yoda confirmed last week I'm doing it correctly. I heard multiple times, "that looks just like Hogan".
Charlie,
The position as best I can describe it is; At setup you will feel balanced 50/50 between the feet but...you will feel the upper quadriceps in your left leg pushing down on the ground as though you were attempting to level a mound of dirt under your left foot. You will feel "
decidedly leftward".
From that position, you should feel like you can launch yourself into a full sprint targetward if you wished. That is your address feel. Think of Ben Hogan and review the video on this site to get the look of it. There is not much perceptable change in weight shift, in fact you can get the feel without a club by taking your address position as described above and simply raising your right hand into an "oath" position, parallel to the plane line about 4 inches behind your squared right shoulder (at address, you are actually taking your right hand to the turned shoulder location). Your left knee will need to flex a bit and your rear-end will rotate targetward to get the right hand there. It's OK to let the right knee straighten but not lock as you turn. (An Option) For many conditioned in pop instruction, this may feel like a reverse pivot but it isn't because your weight isn't shifted to your left foot on the backstroke and right foot on the downstroke. It is quite the opposite.
That's all folks...
Now for a quickie on my swamp report.
I have a tough decision. I have been working on swinging for all of my 6 years of playing golf. I have been determined to make it work and feel very close to taking all of the non-compatible (read hitting) components out. The gotcha is, I made a serious attempt to try hitting last week and demonstrated it with relative ease. In fact, it felt simple and the results were very satisfactory. Ted, Yoda and Trig all agree I'm a natural hitter and should seriously consider using it, but after investing all of this time in swinging I hate to turn in the towel and move on. I have made my decision but am not ready to announce it yet.
Other than that, I take my right hand a little too inside the plane which also effects my extensor action. I thought it wasn't inside enough
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I also need a slight adjustment in my grip to get my #1 pressure point aligned properly.
These seemingly small changes make a big difference.
Bagger