Tag Archives: Kinesiology of the MCS Golf Swing

Bryson Turns A Swing Flaw Into Modern Golf Instruction

Note: Thanks to long time WAX Nation citizen Chief Cowpie for forwarding me the attached video clip.

This is really getting out of hand – we’ve gone from a time where golf analysts were clueless about mechanics and so tried to explain and excuse swing flaws in a positive manner – i.e. the flying foot became “using the ground” and “vertical lift,” but we’ve reached bottom.

Now, we’ve got Bryson DeChambeau taking a swing flaw – the jumping leading foot to avoid snapping oneself in half due to not releasing the trailing foot – has turned it into swing instruction.

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I Believe I Made A Major Error Back In 2017…

I have made an important breakthrough in my theory work, I believe, that finally solves the issue of the setup.

I think it’s been about a week since a little nugget of an idea landed in my brain and began to change the way I look at the setup for a golf swing.

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Nicklaus & Nicklaus Adjusted Setups vs Rory McIlroy

First off, let me say that the last two or three weeks have been amazing with regards to my swing research, notably the Jack Nicklaus-inspired setup and swing action.

The funny thing is you often don’t notice what other golfers are doing with their swings or setups until you have actually done or worked on similar things, and with Rory McIlroy, I noticed something at a glance looking at his setup and swing from this year’s Dubai Invitational event.

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Some Days, I Just Can’t (AKA What Is This Swing???)

Before anyone is even tempted to say in response to this posting, “He’s a world-class player,” or “U.S. Open Champion” or “he’d knock it past YOU, DJ,” let me just respond.

I. Don’t. Care.

This blog is not nor has it ever been a how-to-play-golf site – it is a swing mechanics site and that’s all care about.

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Swing Theory Work Update – The Stable Iron Byron Concept

You’ll all by now be familiar with the concept upon which I’ve been working with regards to swing modeling – that is, swinging in a manner that emulates the Iron Byron or any other swinging machine or robot.

What this would entail is in reaching the optimal in three processes (the setup, back pivot and down swing) with maximum stability in the leading foot and head positions throughout.

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I’m Not Saying Jordan Spieth’s Swing Is Damaging His Left Wrist, But…

I’m not a doctor, while I do have a bit of knowledge regarding kinesiology attained through swing research and a lifetime of athletic pursuits, but this article really set my Spider Senses tingling when I read about Jordan Spieth’s wayward ECU tendon.

Basically, the sheath that holds his left ECU tendon in place is torn and it pops out from time to time, leading to his having to WD from events or miss them altogether when this occurs.

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Al Geiberger – The Original “Mr. 59” & The Swing

I don’t think I’ve ever showcased Al Geiberger, the original “Mr. 59” and someone who had a golf swing model that was near bang-on, as you will observe.

There are only a couple of critiques I would have of the setup and pivot action but, other than that, there’s not really anything at which to pick.

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Why Moe Norman Was So Straight, And So Short In Distance

I have talked about how, when I began my golf swing research, I had chosen Moe Norman’s swing to study because of how it was always being called the “perfect swing.”

I have of course concluded that, while he could strike a ball nearly perfectly straight time after time, it wasn’t an optimal golf swing.

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Nicklaus Shows What’s Been Lost (Leverage)

I’ve taken Jack Nicklaus’ driver swing from the Masters in 1963 to illustrate the power of hip & leg action regarding the leveraging of the golf swing, something that has been lost with both the Modern Golf Swing models & the Flying Foot Syndrome.

It would likely surprise modern golf students to learn that what makes it so difficult to get a 90 degree shoulder turn at the top with a planted leading heel is also what makes the Classic Golf Swing so effortless in power production via leverage.

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Not A Rabbit Hole – My Grip Research Is Bearing Fruit

It is now becoming evident to me that, out of all of the issues that people investigate with regards to swing modelling (ball position, stance, etc.), the grip is most overlooked part of it all.

I have spent years believing simply because he set the standard over a century ago that Harry Vardon’s grip was the correct one to employ.

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