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It’s been a while since I’ve analyzed my own swing for the website, but in the past month my back has felt better (it’s been 2 ½ years since my 2nd 2-level fusion) and I’ve been able to work on it in earnest for the first time in years. I’ve settled into a daily morning workout of 45 minutes that incorporates stretching, isometrics, and body weight exercises that doesn’t blow me up, and I get to the gym a few times a week for lower body lifting on stable machines and 30 minutes of fast paced walking (2 miles).
I’ve always been a Hogan fan, and have spent countless hours analyzing and trying to mimic his swing, but I had the revelation that at 66 years old now, it was dumb to watch his swings from the 40’s and early 50’s when there are plenty of swings available (see the Hogan vs. Snead match) from Hogan after he turned 50, when his swing got appreciably shorter. In my swings you see here I’m trying to setup a bit closer to the ball with my hands more under my chest and my weight on the balls of my feet. From there I am moving my hands and arms inward toward my body while pushing both sides of me pelvis backwards, making sure that I keep the clubhead outside of my hands as it passes P2 by using my wrists to elevate the club, and opening the face by cupping my left wrist and rotation my forearms. This takes my left arm much deeper across my chest and planes the club nicely at the top. I am using the metronome to speed up the overall pace of the swing, and in the forward swing I’m looking to snap my left leg back much more aggressively after the right hip pushes pressure from right to left. My release feels more bent over and much more to the left as it passes closer to my body. But the biggest key to the whole thing is the attempt to keep the left side of my pelvis from moving forward between P3 and P4. Maintaining that depth allows the left leg to stay deep also and eventually get out of the way when it straightens.
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