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Old 04-04-2009, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by EdZ View Post
Basically, utilizing the entire body as a big 'lever'.

Easy enough to see the club length and left arm as a lever, the primary lever, but what isn't so obvious is that when you make a golf stroke, that lever you can see really extends throughout the body, based on how you use the power accumulators.

If you just swing the left arm alone and zero out the body, you've got a fairly short radius/lever. As you make a bigger and bigger swing, more components, more parts of the body, get involved, and the longer the lever gets.

'swinging from the feet' - when all of the components, hips, knees, legs, are being utilized to their fullest - as long as you maintain lag pressure - meaning as long as you are in the right sequence - from the ground up.

Assuming you have fully used all of the body, and are in sequence with lag pressure, you have effectively made that lever not just the left arm and club, but from the clubhead, up the arms, through the body, and all the way down to the ground.

A significantly longer radius - radius power - swinging from the feet.
I believe Mchatton addresses this in one of his videos. I'm paraphrasing, but he talks about how some folks think the swing radius goes from the shoulder to the end of the clubhead (approximately 74 inches if you have a 44 inch driver and a 30 inch long left arm). But.... if you properly utilize your pivot/body, the radius effectively could be considered "this long" (from your feet thru your legs thru your torso, your shoulder, your left arm, and the club).... and he straightens his left arm and club, pointing it skyward. It's a great visual to see the "swinging from the feet" radius.

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