Let’s discuss the concept of Leverage, Levers & how to produce optimal leverage in a golf swing.
Below, you see the picture of a swing model using the 3 Levers, a static “At Address” pose:
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Do You Want To Play Golf As A SPORT Or As a GAME?
You may think it’s an odd question, but it’s a question for the serious, want to learn a proper swing person to consider.
The reason I ask is because you can play golf with ANY type of golf swing, good, bad, horrific, and you can play it very well if you’re prepared to practice endlessly to develop a repeating move with all of the flaws contained in an “anything goes” swing.
What Does “MCS” in the “MCS Golf Swing” Mean?
The “MCS” in the phrase “MCS Golf Swing” of course means “Mechanically-Correct Swing.”
Speaking from a teaching or instruction point of view, let alone deciding to swing using a certain model, the very first question about a golf swing model should be, “Is it mechanically-sound?”
The answer to that question with any iteration you choose to pick from the Modern Golf Swings out there is simply and concisely, “No,” which means it shouldn’t be used for the purpose of swinging a golf club.
Tom Watson’s Words of Wisdom
Originally Posted Dec 12, 2015. Re-posted in honor of Tom Watson as he announces his retirement at 69 from Champions Tour major play.
I’ve said before that golf will never be taken seriously as a “sport” (although it was for a brief period during the height of the Tiger Woods era) because it doesn’t follow the same athletic principles.
Catch Me On The “Golf Smarter” Podcast!
Update: The podcast episode is now out, you can find it here!
Hey, WAX Nation, I told you there would be things happening this year that were a little different, and here’s the first part!
I want to thank WAXGolf reader Paul Cervantes (who is himself a writer and golf enthusiast) for referring me to Fred Greene of the the “GolfSmarter” podcast (the highest rated and longest-running golf podcast, by the way, so Fred is a true pioneer of the modern era), and of course Fred for granting me an interview on his show.
This Is Big – Golf Digest Publishes The “X-Factor” Study
*Originally Posted February 6, 2019*
As I have time, I’ll be going through my archives to re-post articles that I still find relevant. This is one of them, edited slightly.
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Well, I had just said yesterday not to hold one’s breath on any major golf publications or channels discussing the results of the so-called “X-Factor” study we read about in the BBC…
And look here, friends – Golf Digest through GolfWorld courtesy of Joe Beall has just published a piece online doing exactly that:
Science Now Says – Modern Golf Swing Destroys Your Back
Thanks to everyone who emailed/messaged about the following news piece, as I hadn’t yet seen it when I began getting your forwards! Once again, WAX Golf readers are on the ball.
While the title actually says, “X-Factor Golf Swing Linked To Back Pain,” you can’t have pain without damage, and if you’re damaging your back doing something repeatedly over a period of years – you’re going to destroy it.
Ben Hogan’s “Pivot Pivot” Action Was Misunderstood
It is likely because of the phrasing he used to describe his pivot, where he said he didn’t want his hips to move to the right on the back swing.
From there, you likely got the Modern Golf Swing mantra of restricting the hips on the back swing, which is completely off-base when you look at Hogan’s actual swing.
More Modern Swing Stuff… The “Snead Squat”
I have been hearing for years upon years that to swing with power, you want to “emulate Sam Snead’s ‘squat,'” whatever that is supposed to mean.
I still hear it on TV and read it online.
I can show you below that the the half-way down position in just about any swing, good or bad, has the “squat” aspect to it, and it has nothing to do with Sam Snead.
I Don’t Play Golf But… A 600 Yard Par 5 In Two?
If you think today’s pro tour players are good and that the longer ones among them hit it far (both accurate assessments, because I’m not saying they aren’t or that they don’t), then let me tell you something about my day yesterday and let you wonder what they could do with mechanically-sound and properly leveraged Classic Golf Swings.
Yesterday, I enjoyed a great day on the course out at Royal Ashburn G.C. with David D.
This track is the former Fall Q School venue of the former Canadian Tour, and the ironic thing is that I actually worked there as a locker room attendant for a summer coming out of high school – and never once saw the course!
