So, there’s nothing that has changed in the MCS Golf Swing model theory in years except my changing of the foot angles in the setup – that is, the degree of flaring of each foot.

Even that change is something that I’ve done because it’s optimal, not because the original setup was wrong – you can have a setup that is mechanically-sound but not optimal, and I’ve always been after the Holy Grail of optimal.

That said, I have already discussed how the pivot drills I came up with this past spring and summer have actually taught me the rest of what I needed to know in order to not only build an optimal swing model but to also execute it in the proper manner.

I’d say that, because of the fallible nature of our own selves with habit, stubbornness and ego, I had close to the optimal model for the Classic Golf Swing over ten years ago but didn’t follow my own instructions to others on how to swing.

It was only when I looked at everything in the models and compared them to how I was performing the swing – and I mean, took a really good and honest view of my own procedures, that I began the process of changing what differed to match the model.

So, I got pretty close but certain things weren’t matching – I thought they did, the old “feel vs real” problem again, until I began to perform these pivot drills and then compare them to how I would swing.

It took a while, but a couple of days ago, I finally got the back pivot and down swing actions to match the theory – and it’s a wonderful thing.

Not my swing itself, but the way the swing works when you match the model.  It is simple, so simple that I don’t see how it can be further simplified, and I knew that I was on this track to the finish when I made the decision to delay the video project until I had finished all of the work on a rebuild of the models.

This was necessary because I am the only one who can explain and demonstrate the models, and I want to be 100% in accordance with certain vital points of both the setup and the swinging action.

If I can’t replicate the model 100%, then it will be due to physical limitations on my part and not because I inadvertently stray from the model – such as swinging left-dominant without being beware of it, or having a stronger grip than I should, etc.

I’m close to swinging again, as well.  In the spring, I went for a couple of sessions even while I was still in the recovery process, which then brought back tenderness and stiffness in the shoulder, but this time I’m waiting until I’m pain free, and I’m nearly there.

As I said a few weeks back, we’re no longer looking at a model based upon, “Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and others did this…”

We’re now looking at setting up and swinging in a manner that is optimal and not because XYZ greats did similar things.

The similarities in their swings were what made them great swingers, but their differences from the models I’ve built are what kept any of them from having a swing you would say couldn’t be improved upon.