the key to distance

[takinitdeep]

Re: the key to distance

Well, it's a bit late to tell Hogan anything He did say you should hit with both arms though and intimated you should not let the right overpower the left. I would not agree with his contradicting statement that he would like to have three right arms, that would overpower the left. Shootin, nobody is suggesting the right side does not play a powerful role, only that it must be tuned with the left. I believe the right and left side should have a Yin Yang relationship that works in harmony whereby the right does fire through but under control of the left side.

Tiger! I probably will not get the chance to ask him but I would suspect he would also agree that the downswing is a part pulling and part pushing motion.

Brian:
Nor would either one care enough to reply. Johnny Miller was leading the USOpen one year as the low amateur, went into the clubhouse, saw Hogan eating. He went up to Hogan and said "Hello, Mr. Hogan, I'm Johnny Miller, you have always been my idol and I have followed your career" Hogan said without even looking up,"Can't you see I'm eating my soup."
Now that's my kind of guy. Guess what he would say to Shootin about the right versus left, pushing vs. pulling? Would you like to guess?

[shootin4par]

Re: the key to distance

walk up to hogan and just say, the left side has the power in the golf swing and that might be enough to piss him off and put his soup down, say that to tiger and he might have stevie take care of you

[shootin4par]

Re: the key to distance

the austinology is a total of 7 hours. some parts of it are more valuable then the other parts. I would go with the stuff off his site so you can hear it straight from the horses mouth rather then interpertations

[cyc53870]

Re: the key to distance

It's true that at impact, there is some sort of exhalation... whoosh... that comes naturally. Should we try to condition ourselves to do this on purpose or does it come about naturally?

I think that on the upswing, I kinda suspend breathing a bit so it does not interfere with the shot. After all, in a two-second swing who needs to breathe?

On one hand we should not think about breathing at all on the course. It might ruin our game! On the other hand this could be experimented upon on the driving range...

[edshaw]

Re: the key to distance

Research in competition hand gun target
shooting indicates the body is most at
rest just before the exhalation process
has bottomed out. There is a 0.7 second
window to pull the trigger with minimal
interference from breathing. Please note
the handgun shooting is not golf. In pistol
shooting, movements are critical as any
movement is transferred to the end of the
barrel. Any wind, for example, causes
body movement that can kill the shot.

Just something to experiment with, if interested.

[BrianW]

Re: the key to distance

Research in competition hand gun target
shooting indicates the body is most at
rest just before the exhalation process
has bottomed out. There is a 0.7 second
window to pull the trigger with minimal
interference from breathing. Please note
the handgun shooting is not golf. In pistol
shooting, movements are critical as any
movement is transferred to the end of the
barrel. Any wind, for example, causes
body movement that can kill the shot.

Just something to experiment with, if interested.

A marksman will exhale and hold his breath when pulling the trigger, this stops the body-sway created by breathing affecting the aim. Not quite the same in golf though.

[edshaw]

Re: the key to distance

Not to count angels on a pin head, Brian,
but it's a relaxation more than a breath
holding. That brief time between when
most of the air has been exhaled and before
the diaphram kicks off the inhalation
phase, as I understand it.
You're right in saying it's not the same
as in golf. I agree with that, but at the
same time, it raises a question in my mind,
"What are we hoping to accomplish by
analyzing and discussing breathing?"
golf, that is. I think the issue relates
to application of martial arts technique
to long balling it on the golf course,
something like that.

[BrianW]

Re: the key to distance

Ed,

Yes, you are correct. Don't see why I commented really.

I would say that breathing is associated to golf but more in the mental part of the game, it can help with relaxation and a pre shot routine.

[shootin4par]

Re: the key to distance

I have been doing a little yoga, and also looked into breathing. It is part of yoga, martial arts, weightlifting, archery, everyday life, etc...
from what I gather the "ideal' would be to exhale when applying the downswing force. but I could always be wrong.

[GreeBoman]

Re: the key to distance

I have.... looked into looked into breathing.

I highly recommend it!

[Scragger63]

Re: the key to distance

I highly recommend it!

Err...

Breathing is over rated....