Category Archives: Basic Kinesiology MCS

You Can Blame Tiger Woods (Or His Coach) For the “Squat & Dump” Move (Updated)

Update: Since posting this, I have uncovered evidence that takes the Tiger Squat back to his Sean Foley days, and it has just gotten worse and worse over time. /update

I have been wracking my brain for the past few days, trying to think of where the Squat & Dump move came from.

I have seen the Tiger Woods Tai-Chi routine, of course, but it wasn’t until I went looking for some old Tiger Woods swings that I found it – and yes, you can lay the blame on this horrific move on him and his coach at the time.

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Basic Kinesiology – Swinging Or Throwing Motion

This is something so basic that it’s incredible to find myself writing this post today.  It’s simple kinesiology and I’ve dealt with the subject before when comparing other athletic motions, but here we go.

The Flying Foot Syndrome is destroying the leading knee joints of many who perform this move because it is not mechanically sound.

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Modern Golf Re-Inventing The “Snead Squat” (Which Isn’t A Thing, By The Way)

I’ve been blessed in my life to not suffer from frequent or severe headaches (other than those from hangovers in my younger days), and that’s a good thing when looking at golf-related content online.

I hate headaches, and were I prone to them, I’m sure that I’d get them daily just consuming modern golf swing content.

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If The Average Person Can’t Do It – It’s Not Proper Mechanics

I found a comment in a YouTube short that encapsulates the madness of the Modern Golf Swing in general, but also specifically the Flying Foot Syndrome.

Let me ask you, if you’ve been involved in any sports other than golf – as an “average person,” which I certainly am, what would you expect to be taught with regards to technique?

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Golf.com & AI Inform Us That Grass Is Green… 3 Tips For Irons

There’s nothing wrong with helping people improve their golf swings.

It is a tad disingenuous however in my opinion to present old and established mechanics principles as new and a result of “the advent of new technologies in the sport,” which is an exact sentence from the article I just read.

Or worse – it means that these basic principles aren’t being taught to beginning golfers.

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More Jake Knapp – This Swing Is So Close…

We are talking a tweak to his setup (I mentioned how it was centered in the last post, so right-biased is the move) and one to his pivot action (Classic rather than Modern), and this swing would be as good as any you’ll see on Tour.

The smooth power he displays with that great leveraging action, just makes everything look so silky when you watch it replay.

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Jake Knapp’s Power Source

Coincidences are funny, aren’t they?  During my daily foray through Instagram and YouTube looking at current players’ golf swings, I ran across Jake Knapp, a 30 year old PGA Tour pro who stands around 180 cm (a shade less than 6’0″), who is a pretty long driver.

I was looking at his action and thought to myself, “A lot of power there, but I doubt very consistent, with what I see,” and immediately went to his profile on PGATour.com, which confirmed what I thought.

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Aldrich Potgieter Drives It Long (661 Hole Reached In Two)

I’ll say first off that I am impressed with Aldrich Potgieter’s golf swing, even if it is a Modern Golf Swing version, and although his having reached a 661 Par 5 hole in two at the Mexico Open is impressive compared to what the other pros are doing, it shouldn’t be.

He hit a 331 yard drive and then smoked his Driver off the turf another 323 yards to reach the green, and it’s the second shot that impresses me.

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Christmas Eve Musings – Swinging Down

After a lifetime in sports, I am still confused by the golf myth that in order to swing a golf downward, you must push upwards from the ground.

It is easily the silliest and most “debunkable” myth, as well, which makes me wonder why swing analysts are pushing this.

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Remember That BDC Swing Tip? He Doesn’t Do It

I advised people earlier in the week to be careful from where and from whom they get their swing tips.

Almost as if to prove my point, Bryson DeChambeau posted a video yesterday of himself playing a public course and trying to set a new course record.

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