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I'm Walt a new member who is recently retired at age 67. I picked up an old book published in 1972 written by Mindy Blake entitled "The Golf Swing of the Future. In it, he recommends a stance with left foot turned 30 degrees to to the left and the right foot turned 10 degrees or more with the shoulders being square. The backswing is initiated with a forward press of the knees toward the target and locking in the head as you start actual backswing.
The purpose of this stance or posture as he calls it, is to rstrict your hip turn while still making hopefully a 90 degree turn with your shoulders. This creates more tension or torque. Although it effectively shortens one's swing, it does develop more power. I tried this setup at practice range yesterday and did notice that I was hitting the ball consistently one or two club length's longer.
My question to other members is to see if anyone else has tried this setup and what results you have achieved. I think since 1972, some of the principles of limiting one's hip turn has been incorporated into standard golf instructions but I did find that the unqiue stance did make it easier to restrict my hip turn while still allowing the same amount of shoulder turn.
Any feedback will be appreciated and I plan on trying it on th course tomorrow. I'm sure I will encounter some directional or possibly judgement of distance issues.
Walt M
San Pedro, California
I'm Walt a new member who is recently retired at age 67. I picked up an old book published in 1972 written by Mindy Blake entitled "The Golf Swing of the Future. In it, he recommends a stance with left foot turned 30 degrees to to the left and the right foot turned 10 degrees or more with the shoulders being square. The backswing is initiated with a forward press of the knees toward the target and locking in the head as you start actual backswing.
The purpose of this stance or posture as he calls it, is to rstrict your hip turn while still making hopefully a 90 degree turn with your shoulders. This creates more tension or torque. Although it effectively shortens one's swing, it does develop more power. I tried this setup at practice range yesterday and did notice that I was hitting the ball consistently one or two club length's longer.
My question to other members is to see if anyone else has tried this setup and what results you have achieved. I think since 1972, some of the principles of limiting one's hip turn has been incorporated into standard golf instructions but I did find that the unqiue stance did make it easier to restrict my hip turn while still allowing the same amount of shoulder turn.
Any feedback will be appreciated and I plan on trying it on th course tomorrow. I'm sure I will encounter some directional or possibly judgement of distance issues.
Walt M
San Pedro, California
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