Coming Video – “MCS – The Power Of The Pivot” – What The Progressive Drills Will Do For You

Update: This video has been delayed because of events pertaining to my research on the MCS Golf Swing and on the optimal golf swing motion. I should have a release date estimate sometime early in the New Year. /Update

I’ve been working on the progressive pivot exercises that are designed to teach the mechanically-correct pivot action, but I’ve been fiddling with them for the past weeks to try to get all of the concepts I feel are crucial for an optimal golf swing.

I have actually laughed out loud at times while doing them, because I keep thinking about Tai-Chi when I start doing the down swing pivot exercises.

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Golf Digest & The X Factor Prepare To Ruin A New Generation Of Young Backs

The video from Golf Digest is called The Science Behind Gordon Sargent’s Insane Swing Speed, but I’ll just call it what it is – A Recipe For Disaster.

I’ve already (long ago) pointed out that any real science that looks at the X Factor notion of Jim McLean infamy concludes that it is physically unsound and puts golfers at a higher risk of back injury, but why quibble?

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The Truth About Physical Motion – There Is Only One Optimal Technique

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The thing about the golf swing, as I’ve said previously, is that golf is both a sport and a game.

Meaning, there is a physical and athletic element in it, and then a separate skill-related element that really doesn’t rely on athletic prowess.

Because of the second element, you will get golfers who are very successful at golf even though they aren’t very athletic at all, just as you will find athletes who struggle to play golf in areas outside of athletic ability alone.

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I Have Bad News, And Good News – A Necessary Decision, Not Made Lightly

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It may seem ridiculous in light of the most recent posting lauding the virtues of the upcoming video, but I have made a decision regarding not only the upcoming video, but other issues that have been long simmering on the back burner.

Unfortunately, I was optimistic about production time, especially as the project has kept evolving, and I have had to make this hard but necessary decision to further delay the video release.

The reasons are several:

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The Power Of The Pivot – You Will Likely Never Need Another Swing Video

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My apologies for the time it’s taking to finish this video project, “MCS – The Power Of The Pivot” – here is the thing that’s causing the delays, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I devised the pivot drills last summer when I thought that there might be an easier way to show and teach the optimal pivot action, but something happened along the way.

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Will Zalatoris Continues Down The Tiger Woods Disaster Track

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We’ve already been here, over 3 and a half years ago, when I mentioned that Will Zalatoris was going to miss the rest of the 2023 season following back surgery.

Unfortunately, he is continuing down the Tiger Woods Disaster Track, as he will now miss the entire 2027 following a spinal fusions procedure.

This is nothing new, and this won’t help Will any more than it has Woods.

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Seve Ballesteros’ Setup DTL (A+)

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This short clip of Seve Ballesteros hitting a drive at the Masters, and I had to grab it to show you all how it used to be done, and how it should still be done!

Now, Seve was a self-taught golfer who learned how to swing hitting stones on the beach when he was a lad growing up in Spain, and he was known for his brilliant ball-striking and remarkable short game.

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The Down Swing – Out to Square Then In

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As I’m working through the “MCS – Power Of The Pivot” video for release this month, I am at a point in the swing where I explain how the natural motion of a mechanically-sound golf swing doesn’t require one to “swing left” or to try to pull the club to the inside.

It’s very simple, but the Modern Golf Swing people don’t seem to realize that – they think that Ben Hogan’s “swing left” move was some magical move, when all it was designed to do was let him fade the ball rather than hook it like he was wont to do.

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Still Here – Latest Update, Video Expansion

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I’m just updating the progress on the video with regards to what’s done and what remains to be done.

Frustratingly, I have had less time to work on the final production due to life’s events intruding – the best laid plans of mice and men, essentially.

I’m sure this is no surprise to long-time WAX Golf members – I have a habit of under-estimating how long the video will take to produce, and the only thing I can use in my defense is that when the videos come out, I am told that they were worth the wait.

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I’m Convinced – A Proper Setup & Pivot = Human Iron Byron

I’m finally getting through the video and preparing for the final edit after having had to re-shoot the pivot exercises due to my dissatisfaction with the original video footage.

One of the things I was able to add with the re-shoot is the adjustable nature of the setup itself – I have talked about a standard, high-heel pivot and my last video featured the low-heel-lift that Ben Hogan featured in the 1950s, and it’s all the same pivot action with a variation in the setup.

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Remember The Hogan/Trevino Down Swing Bump? You’ve Got It With The Pivot Drill

I’m editing video and have reached the part where the pivot drill shows how to properly transition from the top to the down swing – do you remember my post on how all of the Modern Golf Swing players are trying to replicate the Hogan/Trevino down swing “bump” but can’t?

Well, you’ll have it with the pivot drills I’ve devised to get you swinging with ease – in fact, while watching the down swing “bump” transition in my pivot drills – even while I was shooting that part, as a matter of fact, all I could see in my head was the difference between doing it properly and utterly failing.

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Back On Track – I’ve Simplified The Pivot Drills Even More

The good thing about being unhappy about the pivot drills video that I had shot, if there is a good thing about it, is that I was able to further simplify them when going over the re-shoot.

Somehow, in the time since I shot the original video, I had kept working on the drills unconsciously so that I have an even simpler way to get the pivot working.

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