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Post by slice_oftheday on Aug 25, 2010 21:53:40 GMT -5
Hey all, I was wondering about eye line at impact, and how people keep their head back, or eyes looking behind the ball. Lag is working with me on adding more spine tilt, but I still notice the eye line looks in front of the ball. The 2nd photo is the most recent of my impact shot, and Lag is on the far right 3rd photo. Is the eye line an important thing to think about? The red line is my guess at an eye line, and the yellow line is a guess at tilt starting at the belt buckle
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Post by slice_oftheday on Aug 26, 2010 20:02:29 GMT -5
Anyone with comments to share?
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Post by Richie3Jack on Aug 26, 2010 20:06:56 GMT -5
Eye dominance is a factor.
3JACK
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Post by slice_oftheday on Aug 26, 2010 20:19:47 GMT -5
according to a test I found on the internet, I'm right eye dominant
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Post by cloran on Aug 26, 2010 20:21:37 GMT -5
This lady did ok with her eyes pointing the same way yours do at impact. Attachments:
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Post by slice_oftheday on Aug 26, 2010 20:48:15 GMT -5
hmmm interesting photo cloran
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Post by well01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:44:06 GMT -5
If you are trying to get the look that lag has try just keeping your shoulders closed longer in the downswing. Lag's shoulders are more closed than yours at impact allowing his head to stay back and his eyes to look more down.
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Post by monkutare on Aug 27, 2010 11:53:43 GMT -5
perhaps the players in the first two photos, left and middle, are right eye dominant and the player on the right is left eye dominant
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Post by well01 on Aug 27, 2010 12:02:41 GMT -5
Maybe. I'm no expert but I have seen plenty of right eye dominant players (including myself) with Lag's look.
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Post by slice_oftheday on Aug 28, 2010 3:20:39 GMT -5
I think you are right well01, furyk is wide open at impact and he has a similar eye line to me I think I need to get more closed on the downswing like Lag so save my pivot for what he calls post impact thrust
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Post by well01 on Aug 30, 2010 12:22:50 GMT -5
I think I need to get more closed on the downswing like Lag so save my pivot for what he calls post impact thrust For sure!!!! Also, if you keep your shoulders more closed it will help with the alignment of the shaft coming down (I think Lag calls it the 4:30 line or something like that)
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Post by imperfectgolfer on Aug 30, 2010 12:41:15 GMT -5
I think that what you call "eye line" is really a reflection of the timing/degree of swiveling of the head through the late downswing and followthrough, and there is no biomechanical reason why it has to be time-coordinated with the rotation of the torso. In fact, to prevent pivot stalling in the late downswing/followthrough, certain golfers (eg. Annika Sorenstam) deliberately swivel their head targetwards earlier/prematurely. I think that it is a much better swing style choice than the opposite - keeping the head down too long after impact, which may predispose to pivot stalling. I think that these optional swing style choices have nothing to do with eye dominance. Jeff.
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Post by well01 on Aug 30, 2010 16:04:42 GMT -5
I think that what you call "eye line" is really a reflection of the timing/degree of swiveling of the head through the late downswing and followthrough, and there is no biomechanical reason why it has to be time-coordinated with the rotation of the torso. In fact, to prevent pivot stalling in the late downswing/followthrough, certain golfers (eg. Annika Sorenstam) deliberately swivel their head targetwards earlier/prematurely. Jeff. How do you know Annika DELIBERATELY swivels her head targetwards early to prevent pivot stalling? And to prevent pivot stalling when? Lag put's a lot of focus on the pivot post impact. I would say Annika's head move would make it really difficult to have Lag's pivot. I think that it is a much better swing style choice than the opposite - keeping the head down too long after impact, which may predispose to pivot stalling. Jeff. Too Long after impact The picture he posted is a split second after impact...the ball is still in the picture frame. Lag has his own moves that he teaches to prevent pivot stalling. Are you saying he is wrong because he doesn't teach people to swivel their head I think a lot of REALLY good golfers would disagree.
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Post by imperfectgolfer on Aug 30, 2010 21:12:16 GMT -5
I wasn't stating that LagPressure keeps his head down too long after impact. I was just writing in general terms. If LagPressure does in fact keep his head down for a long period after impact, it only demonstrates that one can have a superb pivot action post-impact despite that undesirable "head-swivel stopping" action. I don't personally recommend Annika's idiosyncratic premature head swiveling action. I prefer a head swiveling action where the head swivels naturally in synchronous rhythm with the rotating torso/arms. Jeff.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Aug 31, 2010 8:50:32 GMT -5
I think it has to do with eye dominance. I'm right handed, but left eye dominant. My head stays back on the downswing because if I was like Annika, I would have too much difficulty actually seeing the golf ball. Also notice on the backswing how there is little head swivel in these right eye dominant golfers...I think it's simply because of their eye dominance, they have almost no backswing head swivel simply because they can't see the ball as well.
3JACK
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