Category Archives: Pivot

I Believe I’ve Invented A New Pivot Action – The Journey

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“Pivot Action” or “Golf Swing Model…” take your pick.

I am posting this historical narrative of my swing research journey from 2005 to today, so that late-comers to the blog can refer to this and yesterday’s posting to get up to speed on what my work has been about.

As for the title – it would be very ironic if I have, because I began this journey with the intention of figuring out the “perfect” golf swing if it didn’t already exist – and I thought it already did!

When I vowed to figure out the golf swing back on US Open Saturday back in 2005, I was in the Moe Norman camp for someone having the “perfect” golf swing.  So, I spent two years studying and trying to replicate his swing action.

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I Don’t Want ANYONE’S Golf Swing – The Thing About Models

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I deal with my title statement about other peoples’ swings, here is the thing about models.

From my experience in other sports like hockey, baseball, track & field, basketball etc., I know (outside of the golf world, apparently not so much inside it) that there is such a thing as kinesiology.

There is also a reason I am so harsh on the Modern Golf Swing and its proponents – they violate the principal tenets of kinesiology.

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Dunaway Hits Balls Left-Handed – Look At His Grip & Pivot

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It’s funny that I’ve had the Mike Austin and Mike Dunaway swing videos for years, and have watched them all – the funny part is that, watching them now years later, things jump out at me that I never noticed before.

One thing about the MCS Golf Swing model theory that will never change, and can never change, is of course the “Leaning A” setup that mirrors Jack Nicklaus’ recommended setup from his “Golf My Way” book.

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I Think The Name For This Model Should Be The “Post-Modern” Golf Swing

When you think about it, the Mike Dunaway-style golf swing still does have a free and full hip turn, but it doesn’t look anything like your typical “Classic Golf Swing” model.

I mean, if someone were to ask me to demonstrate a Classic Golf Swing, I would hardly rack up Dunaway’s model, would I?

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The Fundamentals Of A Proper & Mechanically Sound Golf Swing

There are of course a million different ways in which someone can swing a golf club, but the focus on this blog has been on building a mechanically-correct and proper golf swing.

Even here however, as you can see with my exploration on different pivot actions over the years, there are variations you will find in swinging in a mechanically-correct manner.

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Nearly 20 Years Ago – A Version Of The “Shift & Post” Action

I am solving some of my previous “mysteries” regarding the golf swing and pivoting now that I’ve been able to identify, isolate and deliberately perform the “Shift & Post” action which I had previously performed without knowing it.

Going all the way back to 2007, nearly 20 years ago – I have a whole VHS videotape cassette in my bedroom closet, and an old VCR that is missing a remote control, which contains golf swings of mine from 2006 going through 2008.

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It’s Official – The “Late Hogan” Pivot Is A “Shift & Post” Pivot

I’ve been thinking that the “Late Hogan” pivot action needs a better name and, after investigating the similarities between that pivot and Mike Dunaway’s, I can confirm that the proper pivot action is a “Shift & Post” pivot.

You may think, “they don’t look anything alike,” and you’d be correct – they look different at a glance because of the differences between Ben Hogan’s and Mike Dunaway’s setups, and also their overall swing actions.

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Great Ben Hogan Face-On Look (The “Leaning A” Setup)

The main reason I didn’t choose Ben Hogan’s swing for the MCS model is that he was a feel swinger who practiced endlessly, and so his setup would vary almost day to day – he would get the feel of how he was swinging on a particular day and go with it.

That’s not going to breed consistency – Hogan could do so because he hit balls every day, every single day, when he wasn’t actually playing.  Most of us can’t do that, and even if we could, we can simply avoid having to by building a consistent and repeatable setup over the ball.

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“Late Hogan” On The PGA Tour? Jake Knapp Has “The Pivot”

You’ll all remember my saying that Jack Knapp was “so close” to having a perfect swing? 

Well, I haven’t looked at his swing in a year, and it was before I noticed that I had swung with the same pivot as the one Ben Hogan used late in his career, and something made me go back to what I’d posted about him and how easy he generated power.

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Another Mystery Solved By The Pivot – Hogan’s Flatter Plane

Something I noticed instantly when I began to make practice back pivots, now that my shoulder is improving enough to do so, was the much flatter plane I have at the top compared to my previous, more typically Classic pivot style.

I began to look into it, wondering why I didn’t have much higher hands at the top the way I used to, a la Jack Nicklaus, but the flatter plane is actually a feature of the “Late Hogan” pivot action.

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