Tag Archives: Address Procedure

I Nearly Nailed The MCS Setup In 2015 – Comparison

I keep coming back to it, and I keep seeing it – I had actually nailed the MCS Golf Swing setup – the likely optimal one, at least for myself, way back in 2015, which was the first year I had built a swing model not trying to copy anyone.

Sure, I of course had looked at the greatest swingers when studying their setups and swing actions, but when I actually got over the ball, I wasn’t trying to emulate Ben Hogan or Jack Nicklaus, Mike Austin or Dunaway – I was just getting over the ball and slamming it.

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Kyle Berkshire Nails The MCS Setup Theory

I haven’t invented anything with my work on the MCS Golf Swing models over the years – I spent the first part of my research looking only at the greatest swingers ever and compiling a list of things they did in common.

The first thing of course, was seeing that every great player in history when you talk of the absolute greatest swingers, used the Classic Golf Swing.

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I’ve Always Had The Power Line – It’s About The Setup

I talked the past week about the “Power Line,” which I call that straight line you can create from the joint of the leading shoulder down through the hands to the club head, and I’ll expand a little.

For the irons and other clubs except the Driver, it’s pretty simple – get that Power Line going vertically from shoulder to club head either past impact or just at impact (say, with a 3 or 5 metal when the ball is teed up) and you’re pretty much assured to have generated maximum leverage and power into the ball.

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The “Power Line” At Impact – All In The Setup

The reason so many people struggle to maximize their power with the golf swing is likely because they’re not set up in the proper manner in which to do so.

It is also a reason you’ll find all sorts of professional players who contort themselves coming into impact – they manage to get the power they want to generate, but at a cost to consistency and/or physical health.

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DJ Hits Irons – Face On View – 9i, 7i, 5i

I’ve just uploaded some irons swings from the same date as the down the line swings I shot back in August of 2022.

Now, I had said that I loved the setup viewed down the line and the face-on, not so much – however, upon review, it’s not so much the setup that I didn’t love, rather the pivot action.

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DJ’s Iron Swings DTL – 9i, 7i, 5i

I have just uploaded a swing clip of myself hitting three irons down the line from August 16, 2022.

The setup, I have to say, is absolutely nailed, at least from the down the line view.

Face on, I am not in love with because of the work I’ve done in the intervening 2.5 years, but I have nothing to pick at with this view.

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DJ Blasting Driver – Face On & DTL (Aug ’22)

As promised, here are two drives from August of 2022 showing me swinging from a virtually optimal setup that will essentially comprise the setup I describe and provide instructions for in my upcoming video.

This is a neutral setup, meaning you can set up this way over the ball whether you are left or right-dominant in swinging.

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Beautiful Example Of Why The Grip Is So Important (Driving It Long & Straight)

Now, this applies of course to all clubs, not just the driver, but I have found in my archives a swing session in which my setup and grip are nearly perfect with regards to swinging optimally.

Sadly, I am not enamored of the actual pivot action, but I was still hitting my irons and driver beautifully long and straight on this day of tinkering with my setup.

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There Are Two Mechanically-Correct Pivot Actions

Of course, the old WAX Nation crew from the days of the Smash Golf blog and the DJ Watts Golf blog (I used to get bored of my sites and create new ones, but WAX Golf has been around since 2013) will remember this.

There are actually two pivot actions that I know of which are mechanically-correct – which one is optimal, I haven’t yet figured out, and each could be equally effective depending on the person using it.

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Fred Couples Proves A Swing Can Be Powerful – And Dangerous

I keep seeing his swings on Instagram and YouTube.

I am not going to tell you that I didn’t admire Fred Couples’ golf swing back in the day.  It was smooth, powerful and many consider it the sweetest swing action ever.

I wouldn’t argue with any of the above – except that what was once a romance flick now looks to me like a horror movie, especially in slow motion takes.

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