Austin's Swing

[LowPost42]

Re: Austin's Swing

Well, I must say that elements of this thread lead to an interesting round last night.

I tried a different setup with my 1PS - I tried having a slight spine tilt (against the book's advice), and a 'straight' right arm at address - which forces the cupping of the right wrist.

Well, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Tour trajectory, and I was 2 clubs longer than I was previously.

Needless to say, the first time I figured it out, I was waaaaay over the green.

I still managed to s****e out a new PB, after making some adjustments in club decision.

[Nightheron]

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Err ..., if you are not having us on, would you mind explaining a bit more about what you did to get the greater distance and accuracy? I have struggled with the 1PS, due to lack of passive arms mainly. Thanks.

Well, I must say that elements of this thread lead to an interesting round last night.

I tried a different setup with my 1PS - I tried having a slight spine tilt (against the book's advice), and a 'straight' right arm at address - which forces the cupping of the right wrist.

Well, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Tour trajectory, and I was 2 clubs longer than I was previously.

Needless to say, the first time I figured it out, I was waaaaay over the green.

I still managed to s****e out a new PB, after making some adjustments in club decision.

[ubizmo]

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I tried a different setup with my 1PS - I tried having a slight spine tilt (against the book's advice), and a 'straight' right arm at address - which forces the cupping of the right wrist.

Which book were you going against, the Austin book or another book? I think you mentioned in another thread that the source you were using for the 1PS said you should keep a straight spine.

As for the 'straight' right arm...why the quotation marks? And isn't the right arms pretty straight at address anyway?

[ubizmo]

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I look at it this way - if it was that good everyone would be doing and Mr Austin would probably be the greatest golfer of all time.

Well, Mr. Austin *is* the longest hitter of all time, so I guess that counts for something.

[pnearn]

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Low

Funnily enough I went to the range last night and experimented with keeping my right arm as straight as possible for as long as possible on the backswing, ostensibly meaning my shoulders are turning a full triangle for as long as possible. As you know I have a connection led 1PS swing

It felt almost forced and a bit tense (probably as I wasnt used to it) but I was flushing it right out the screws. I guess for me the straighter right arm builds and maintains width. It felt as if my right arm was pulling my left arm almost out of its shoulder socket .. not sure if this is right or not but it felt a lot more powerful coming down

[ubizmo]

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Funnily enough I went to the range last night and experimented with keeping my right arm as straight as possible for as long as possible on the backswing, ostensibly meaning my shoulders are turning a full triangle for as long as possible. As you know I have a connection led 1PS swing

It felt almost forced and a bit tense (probably as I wasnt used to it) but I was flushing it right out the screws. I guess for me the straighter right arm builds and maintains width. It felt as if my right arm was pulling my left arm almost out of its shoulder socket .. not sure if this is right or not but it felt a lot more powerful coming down

I have a 2PS, I think, but if there's one thing I've learned just by experimenting, it's that I need to keep the feeling of straightness to get a good swing, and when I do it, I'm likely to strike the ball clean and strong. I focus on my left arm, but I see that to keep the right arm straight(-ish) means keeping the left arm off the chest, and I haven't really experimented with this variable much.

I say the "feeling of straightness" because the thing I've learned by videotaping my swing is that even when it feels that my left arm is rigid, it isn't. It flexes, or "bows" somewhat at the top of the backswing, but I'm completely unaware of it.

The way I see it, the degree of flex in the right arm is going to affect the swing plane--does it make it more upright?

[gord962]

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THat is exactly what you want to be doing if you are looking to build width into your swing. Unfortunately it doesn't work for everyone. Glad to hear it works for you! Keep up the good work!!!

As for the swing plane, as long as you are getting the most distance between your hands and your head, you are getting maximum amount of width in your swing. Work with the swingpath that works for you and build your width once that swing is repeatable and consistant.

[pnearn]

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Ubi

I was testing this last night. In my normal swing when i stopped halfway back ( at parallel or 9 o'clock) my left arm was straight but my right arm had already begun to fold

If I concentrated on keeping the right arm straight then by this half way back point both my arms were still fully extended, the left arm still connected to the chest and the triangle still intact. Here is where I felt real extension of the left arm. As its uncomfortable the right arm probably wants to fold. Turning the shoulders further from here just hinged the wrists and folded the right elbow at the top. The trick for me I think is not folding the right elbow too early

[pgmetcalf]

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Well, Mr. Austin *is* the longest hitter of all time, so I guess that counts for something.

Aparantly it doesn't count for totalled majors

[ubizmo]

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Aparantly it doesn't count for totalled majors

True enough. I gather Austin was legendary for hitting the long ball, and of course holds the record for the longest golf shot in tournament play, but I don't think the other aspects of his game were as legendary.