[Daryl]

Although not everything in the golf stroke is a chain reaction, the Pivot certainly, is a chain reaction. Once the Action starts, it's going to react as it's "aligned" to react and no amount of effort is going to change the outcome very much. But a lot of energy can be wasted trying overcome mis-alignments which makes the "swing" a labor intensive and frustrating and a tiring thing and the more you thrust the worse it gets.

We rely totally on this chain reaction to produce the same results every time. When we hit fades and draws or straight shots we trust that the Pivots chain reaction will be so dependable that minor adjustment can produce different lines of compression on the ball.

I can understand why so much instruction and methodology is focused on the Pivot. I'll bet you, that you can go to the practice range, and without pivoting, hit balls with only your arms and hands to a green 25 yards away without any problems. If you can do that, then Zone 2 and 3 are fine (for now). Then, your problems are Zone 1 and you should concentrate all of your efforts on building a solid and perfect Zone 1.


The word "Pivot" is used 126 times in about 230 pages of the 6th Edition.