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    O-Factor

    Nice to be back! Winter was a mess here in the Northeast. Bowling season is wrapping up, so its TIME FOR GOLF BABY!!!!

    Got the latest Golf Magazine. Read the "O-Factor" article 3 times over. Did some practice in my garage with my junk club and my SwingSetter. I like the movement. Never thought about the left hip moving UP & LEFT on the downswing. It stresses not to BUMP but to ROTATE. It makes me feel like I am "dropping into the slot." It also gets the weight to my left heel, not my left pinkie toe (which is a sign for me that I came over the top). This move also drops that right shoulder WAY down. Very Tiger like. Hips WAY cleared and right should working under.

    I like it. What do the vets out there think? Greg? Pros? Cons? Something that is worth working on?

    Excited for the snow to melt away and hit the range......
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    It's a perfect position into impact -- Lead hip up and around (rotated). You have no other place for your trailing shoulder to be but down now (as long as you are maintaining that spine angle).

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    • #3
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      Originally posted by GregJWillis
      It's a perfect position into impact -- Lead hip up and around (rotated). You have no other place for your trailing shoulder to be but down now (as long as you are maintaining that spine angle).
      Greg, so true. The "O" factor is nothing new though as you know. From Hogan and before and since, the swing has been described as such. Its good to remind folks however that although the swing is an oval it is that oval slanted like Hogan's pane of glass, stay below the pane and all is good, rise above the pane and all HLL breaks loose.

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        Re: O-Factor

        Originally posted by GregJWillis
        It's a perfect position into impact -- Lead hip up and around (rotated). You have no other place for your trailing shoulder to be but down now (as long as you are maintaining that spine angle).
        Also perfect position for unloading on that cupped trailing wrist.

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          Re: O-Factor

          Originally posted by GregJWillis
          It's a perfect position into impact -- Lead hip up and around (rotated). You have no other place for your trailing shoulder to be but down now (as long as you are maintaining that spine angle).
          "as long as you are maintaining that spine angle"

          Great point. As I practice this, I notice that my hips want to move towards the ball. Which is obviously causing my spine angle to change.

          Any tips or thoughts on how to stop this?

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          • #6
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            If you can believe it, relaxation in the spine will allow it to keep it's relationship to the hips. When you force it so stay, tension has a nasty way of working against you. Flexability is the key. And that is a function of your ability to maintain unusual positions in a type of action such as the torso/hip rotation about an axis -- something that is not redially natural.

            So, make sure you are well oiled in the back and shoulders, hips and glutes, and especially the love handles...having those all working their range of motion without tension will get you not only good physical positions with good resulting shots, but added consistancy in being able to return to those positions without having to "think" about it.

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              Originally posted by GregJWillis
              If you can believe it, relaxation in the spine will allow it to keep it's relationship to the hips. When you force it so stay, tension has a nasty way of working against you. Flexability is the key. And that is a function of your ability to maintain unusual positions in a type of action such as the torso/hip rotation about an axis -- something that is not redially natural.

              So, make sure you are well oiled in the back and shoulders, hips and glutes, and especially the love handles...having those all working their range of motion without tension will get you not only good physical positions with good resulting shots, but added consistancy in being able to return to those positions without having to "think" about it.
              I saw an interview with Sam Snead years ago and they asked him how he felt when he swung at his best. Sam said he "felt all oily."

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              • #8
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                Conjures up some pretty disturbing images...

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by GregJWillis
                  Conjures up some pretty disturbing images...
                  Nothing like a 70 year old guy covered in baby oil

                  Thanks for the tips. My flexibility is pretty crumby. Probably my biggest struggle. But I continue to work on it.

                  Thank you!

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