A New Pivot Concept For The Same Old Pivot?

I am still finding nuggets in my previous swing videos to present in the upcoming video and, to be honest, it’s slow-going because there’s so much in those previous videos that the problem is not what to include, but what to leave out.

It is my goal to make this the simplest video I have ever made, because let’s face it – we’re talking about a golf swing, not rocket science.

In that regard, I believe I can make the pivot action so simple that one literally can not get it wrong if one follows along with what I’m saying.

There shouldn’t have to be sonnets and written about a simple action (can we make it a haiku?), although Ben Hogan did make the swing look like poetry in motion.


And if you need proof that I not only know how Hogan pivoted but can do it myself (and show other how to do it), then compare his action above to mine below:


And for all of those clueless “experts” and “gurus” who say that Ben Hogan couldn’t have played in this era (which is ridiculous, because the same people, including Tiger Woods, have spent decades trying to emulate his swing with catastrophic misinterpretations), I was able to generate over 180 mph ball speed with this exact pivot, at the age of 47:


… and that was with a range ball and and old Ben Hogan CS3 driver circa 2005.

Moving on…

While looking through my video and swing archive, I came across a short video that I had shot with David D. back in 2016 when I was working on the “MCS – Dropping The Hammer” video, and this below has to have been one of the best demonstrations of the pivot that I have come up with:


I’m not even talking about the description or instruction that was in this clip but rather the physical demonstration of this pivot action.

Perhaps it only jumped out at my now because I’ve been working on a new concept – a new “visual” or “feel,” if you will, on how to perform a pivot in this manner.

And the great news is – for everyone who struggles to achieve a “full shoulder turn,” you will never have to worry again about “turning the shoulders” on the back pivot, because that position at the top:


… has nothing to do with actually turning the shoulders, they just end up in this position that we call “a full shoulder turn.”

Confused?

Don’t worry – this is such a simple and basic concept, I don’t see how anyone will not be able to get it, provided one gets the setup position correctly and performs the proper pivot action.

Let’s hope I’m correct.

More to come.

4 thoughts on “A New Pivot Concept For The Same Old Pivot?

  1. AK's avatarAK

    Thinking consciously about a full shoulder turn used to mess me up bigly. Since just thinking about just taking the club away with my shoulder underneath the chin, I get a full hip turn and great shoulder turn, allowing me to get the ball where it needs to be.

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