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Post by imperfectgolfer on Aug 31, 2010 9:21:42 GMT -5
3jack
It may apply to you.
However, I think that for most golfers (especially professional golfers), they only vaguely look at the ball during their swing action. It is easily possible to see the ball with sufficient accuracy with the non-dominant eye during the golf swing action.
By the way, do you really swing differently with the dominant eye covered/closed/partially obscured?
Jeff.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Aug 31, 2010 9:56:48 GMT -5
By the way, do you really swing differently with the dominant eye covered/closed/partially obscured? Jeff. I'd have to try. I know that when I close my dominant eye it's a lot harder for me to see things. 3JACK |
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Post by well01 on Aug 31, 2010 13:46:42 GMT -5
3jack By the way, do you really swing differently with the dominant eye covered/closed/partially obscured? Jeff. Yes, for me it looks completely different at the top (head position, eye line, shoulder turn). |
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Post by well01 on Aug 31, 2010 13:49:17 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 Do you think Annika head position has anything to do with her shoulder alignment? If she kept her shoulders closed longer it would completely change her head position. She might tilt her head in a different way to see the ball but I don't think it would "swivel" like it does. |
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Post by rohlio on Sept 2, 2010 22:30:15 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 I am left eye dominant right handed and I do just the opposite. I actually practiced for a long time turning my head to actually spot the target at the start of my downswing, it helped me make a much better pivot through the ball. The ball isn't moving I don't really find it necessary to see it at impact anyway. I hit a lot oo balls with my eyes shut or looking at a spot on the ground in front of the ball or even looking at the target through my whole swing when I am at the range. To the OP your "eye line" looks awful similar to me to many great ball strikers, others have mentioned Annika Sorenstam, I would like to add others to your list of players who turn there head towards the target prior to or at impact. Off the top of my head I know that David Duval did this as well as Robert Allenby. CHeck out Allenby's head in this video: Fast forward this one to 1:42 secs and check out where DD is looking before impact. This in my opinion is a very healthy movement and aesthetic in regards to good ballstriking ( I use aesthetic to mean "non essential"). If you experience better results with one or the other go with it, but I don't think it is a goal in and of itself. I know that when a PGA pro I was playing with suggested I try I was STUNNED with how good I hit the ball this way. |
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