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Ben Hogan: Leg Movement, Clubface Angle and Release Action

By on Apr 19, 2013 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 5 }

  I don’t usually watch the videos I do once I finish and send them off to be processed and eventually posted, but I watched this one over again and I have to say that the information here is new and different and very cool. In a rant against Tiger Woods and Sean Foley a couple of weeks ago Brandel Chamblee made the argument that flat swingers (such as Hogan) had to practice more (where he came up with that idea is anyone’s guess) and that he couldn’t understand why more people didn’t try to emulate Nicklaus’s swing over Hogan’s. I think the fact that Hogan was of such normal (even on the small side) stature and utilized such a [...]

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A Few of My Favorite Swings: Part 1

By on Jan 9, 2013 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 0 }

Here is the first of four videos that highlight the swings that I find interesting to watch, study, and to show to students to demonstrate different swing techniques. The following swings are covered in Part 1: Adam Scott Tommy Bolt Bubba Watson Nicolas Colsaerts Jimmy Demaret Brendan DeJonge Jason Dufner Ken Duke Harris English Tommy Gainey Sergio Garcia Robert Garrigus Gary Hallberg Ben Hogan Join the forum discussion on this post

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The Myth of Hogan and the One Plane Swing

By on Sep 24, 2012 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 0 }

  The ascent of the “One Plane Swing”, Jim Hardy’s catchy name for his teaching preferences, is a fairly recent occurrence, coming after Hardy’s success with Peter Jacobsen, Tom Pernice, Olin Browne and other Tour players. Perhaps the most successful of the “one-planers” is Matt Kuchar, who is taught not by Hardy but by Chris O’Connell, a Hardy disciple. I happen to like Kuchar’s swing, and have no problem with anyone teaching what they believe to be viable ways to hit a golf ball, especially when there is evidence that it works, at least for some (which is always the case with every method in the sense that not everyone will benefit from the technique). I happen to believe that [...]

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Swing Analysis: Secret in the Dirt’s “Sevam1″ (aka Michael Maves)

By on Mar 19, 2012 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 7 }

What we see here is that while Maves has the Hogan rhythm down to a “T”, the rest of it does not really compare.

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Ben Hogan: More Swing Observations

By on Jan 9, 2012 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 2 }

There is one thing I know about Ben Hogan’s swing: I will never stop studying it because I constantly find new things to focus on that matter a great deal in the search for a truly precise swing model.

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Most Great Players Lower During Their Swings: So Wouldn’t You Figure It To Be a Good Thing?

By on Jan 2, 2012 in Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras - Comments { 10 }

I’m sure that Mike realizes good players lower during the swing. I’m also sure that after watching this he wishes he had been a little clearer on just what he was discussing, as it certainly seems like he’s saying Scott’s head is not going down at the exact moment that it is.

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Johnny Miller Offers More Brilliant Swing Analysis

By on Dec 8, 2011 in Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras - Comments { 11 }

Yes, Johnny Miller was a great player, a major champion. Yes, he hit the ball (for a time) as well as anyone in his era. Yes, you would think he would know a ton about the golf swing and about the players who have been great in the past, and thus it would be educational to listen to what he had to say on the subject.

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Right Arm Action: The Key to a Superior Strike

By on Jul 18, 2011 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 15 }

I’ve been teaching for 25 years, and staring at video of myself and Ben Hogan for 30. What you are going to see in this video is the most important piece of information that I have uncovered in all that time. I think you will agree when you watch that this is original thought. You won’t see this anywhere because it isn’t anywhere else.

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Ben Hogan’s Secret

By on Jun 30, 2011 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 6 }

Anyone who has spent any time studying the swing of Ben Hogan knows about the “secret” that he allegedly came up with in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s that he suggested turned him from an erratic hooker of the ball into a ball-striking machine. The problem is that Hogan never really revealed exactly what he meant…

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Jonathan Byrd’s Golf Swing: The Next Hogan?

By on Jan 14, 2011 in Videos: Swing Analysis - Comments { 9 }

There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in watching a tightly connected, “flat” looking swing. The movement appears centered and simple. The energy seems to come 100 % from rotation, and there is little or no rangy or loose movement.

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