He put out a great book and video that these pictures come from. His number one key was a flat left wrist. He also prescribed the pivot as the key to this condition. Sounds familiar huh? His video and book are quite good. Died way too young, chain smoker. He also was renowned as a free spirit on tour. Hogan once chewed him out for having his hair too long. Probably touched his ear. Great swing for somebody from Winnipeg that played five months of golf a year as a kid.
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Interesting Drew, I don't want to start another war but Lag Erickson has George as one of his illustrations of being a hitter.
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Watch the left knee start the downswing. Of all the things I think he got from Hogan, that is it. Not quite the same dynamics as Schlee, but the same result coming down.
Totally agree with ya EdZ. I think that in the era of Knudson he might have added a touch of knee drive to what Hogan might have done as a Hip Slide. Just a theory coming from an old knee driver that'll never get those years back. It was in vogue after all.
Here is an article that I have on file, no mention of knees but it sure looks like there is some additional knee drive in one of those photos. A little extra gravy on Hogan's potatoes maybe?
PS I have a feeling that Yoda would teach this a Hip thing not a knee thing. Which begs another question about 6-M-1. If you Slide the Hips as a first move does this mean you have shortened the Radius? Im thinking no. The left foot is still being loaded, if you will. Preserving the Feet/Up full sequence to the Pivot Train. Course George and Hogan would have started by slammin the left foot down, it being slightly off the ground for longer shots.
The knee action has to be intentional in his case. If you watch the slow motion sequence, he is well up on the left foot at the end of the backswing, and has fully set the left knee/foot before much of anything else happens coming down.
Try the move - it results in what Schlee called the "World Class Move" - the flattening of the shaft, a bit like what you can see in Ricky Fowler's motion, and Sergio's as well. It also sets the right elbow in the perfect swinger's position, pitch, ready to be pulled on through.
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At least in my attempts at this motion, there is a very big difference between a focus on knee action vs. hip action in terms of the amount of lag pressure generated and how well the entire power package is pulled. With a focus on hip action, far more can get off track (round house). The focus on knee action makes the right shoulder move downplane nearly automatically, thanks to the right elbow being pulled into pitch.
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"Support the On Plane Swinging Force in Balance"
"we have no friends, we have no enemies, we have only teachers"
Simplicity buffs, see 5-0, 1-L, 2-0 A and B 10-2-B, 4-D, 6B-1D, 6-B-3-0-1, 6-C-1, 6-E-2
At least in my attempts at this motion, there is a very big difference between a focus on knee action vs. hip action in terms of the amount of lag pressure generated and how well the entire power package is pulled. With a focus on hip action, far more can get off track (round house). The focus on knee action makes the right shoulder move downplane nearly automatically, thanks to the right elbow being pulled into pitch.
By Hip Action do you mean a Slide with a Delayed Turn though? I find it hard to Roundhouse when I do that.
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