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bill321 Professional Champion
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Any specific thoughts at address (e.g. emphasis on bending at the waist) that you've found helpful/key?
cogolfer1 LowIndex
# 1 3/27/2014 4:53:00 PM
No joke, sticking my ass out as far as I can while keeping my knees bent is something I came across around a year ago, and I think it really helped. Just pretend there's someone standing behind you, and model your handsome side to them as best you can.
ScottSorrell Professional Champion
# 2 3/27/2014 5:38:21 PM
No joke, sticking my ass out as far as I can while keeping my knees bent is something I came across around a year ago, and I think it really helped. Just pretend there's someone standing behind you, and model your handsome side to them as best you can. I would not tell your new roommate when you start school any of the above things.
bill321 Professional Champion
# 3 3/27/2014 5:52:03 PM
No joke, sticking my ass out as far as I can while keeping my knees bent is something I came across around a year ago, and I think it really helped. Just pretend there's someone standing behind you, and model your handsome side to them as best you can. You and I seem to have ended up in the same position, albeit with different self-talk. In my round today, I was focused on my initial move at address being a forward hip bend....not shlumping forward haphazardly and sans purposeful thought. In doing so, I kinda felt the "butt out" feeling as a byproduct. This non-golf video (from 1:40-2:15) really shows and verbalizes things well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.. Thoughts? To me, it's Adam Scott, who's always struck me as almost painfully geometric at address.
OtterMan08 Legend
# 4 3/27/2014 6:21:06 PM
I think to myself, "this is what I want to do" http://youtu.be/fYeE-GIyn9Y And this is what it ends up looking like... http://youtu.be/sn5euJatYjs And the thing of it is, it never feels all that bad while it's happening. I don't need glasses, even I can see what it looks like on a video. This was from early last year, and I'm sure my swing is much improved from then, but I think that every year around this time and every September I'm convinced the Eagles are going to win the Superbowl...
Don Freeman Professional Champion
# 5 3/27/2014 6:45:28 PM
There are many different postures with many very good golfers. You have to start with what your body allows you to comfortably do. You can't force it. Having said that, I think no matter how you stand, you must keep your spine straight. Whether you stand upright like my hero, Freddy Couples, or bent like Keegan. When I was learning the game back in the 1970's, I read an illustration of how your spine should turn. It was compared to a barber's pole, running from the base of your skull to your waist. Stays straight, yet the torso, shoulders twist around it. I think that is correct no matter which position you start from.
Mark Simmons Legend
# 6 3/27/2014 10:41:29 PM
WOW! There is a lot we could discuss here. I'll just add that balance is really underrated. I find it really helpful to pay attention to the weight under my feet; make sure it's centered front to back and 50/50 foot to foot. It's a check that can detect a lot of set up flaws.

bill321

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Any specific thoughts at address (e.g. emphasis on bending at the waist) that you've found helpful/key?

cogolfer1

LowIndex

# 1 3/27/2014 4:53:00 PM

No joke, sticking my ass out as far as I can while keeping my knees bent is something I came across around a year ago, and I think it really helped. Just pretend there's someone standing behind you, and model your handsome side to them as best you can.

ScottSorrell

Professional Champion

# 2 3/27/2014 5:38:21 PM

I would not tell your new roommate when you start school any of the above things.

bill321

Professional Champion

# 3 3/27/2014 5:52:03 PM

You and I seem to have ended up in the same position, albeit with different self-talk. In my round today, I was focused on my initial move at address being a forward hip bend....not shlumping forward haphazardly and sans purposeful thought. In doing so, I kinda felt the "butt out" feeling as a byproduct. This non-golf video (from 1:40-2:15) really shows and verbalizes things well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..

Thoughts? To me, it's Adam Scott, who's always struck me as almost painfully geometric at address.

OtterMan08

Legend

# 4 3/27/2014 6:21:06 PM

I think to myself, "this is what I want to do"

http://youtu.be/fYeE-GIyn9Y

And this is what it ends up looking like...

http://youtu.be/sn5euJatYjs

And the thing of it is, it never feels all that bad while it's happening. I don't need glasses, even I can see what it looks like on a video. This was from early last year, and I'm sure my swing is much improved from then, but I think that every year around this time and every September I'm convinced the Eagles are going to win the Superbowl...

Don Freeman

Professional Champion

# 5 3/27/2014 6:45:28 PM

There are many different postures with many very good golfers. You have to start with what your body allows you to comfortably do. You can't force it. Having said that, I think no matter how you stand, you must keep your spine straight. Whether you stand upright like my hero, Freddy Couples, or bent like Keegan. When I was learning the game back in the 1970's, I read an illustration of how your spine should turn. It was compared to a barber's pole, running from the base of your skull to your waist. Stays straight, yet the torso, shoulders twist around it. I think that is correct no matter which position you start from.

Mark Simmons

Legend

# 6 3/27/2014 10:41:29 PM

WOW! There is a lot we could discuss here. I'll just add that balance is really underrated. I find it really helpful to pay attention to the weight under my feet; make sure it's centered front to back and 50/50 foot to foot. It's a check that can detect a lot of set up flaws.

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