Backswing

[TPG]

Mike,

thanks for the swing library!

I notice your shoulder turn does not put your left shoulder over to your right foot on the backswing, but is centered, esp. with 5I.

What are your thoughts on weight distribution at end of backswing and how far towards the right side the left shoulder should be at end of backswing?

I am having some inconsistency with ball flight on the longer clubs, getting back to my left side during downswing may be contributing...

Thanks.

tom

[Michael Jacobs]

Originally Posted by TPG

Mike,

thanks for the swing library!

I notice your shoulder turn does not put your left shoulder over to your right foot on the backswing, but is centered, esp. with 5I.

What are your thoughts on weight distribution at end of backswing and how far towards the right side the left shoulder should be at end of backswing?

I am having some inconsistency with ball flight on the longer clubs, getting back to my left side during downswing may be contributing...

Thanks.

tom

Tom,

It has always been back there and will be headed back there shortly. I got carried away with lifting weights and the shoulder development has limited my movements and created a steeper trunk movement than I like to have. That 5 iron swing you see in the Swing Library is pretty much as flat as I can physically make the trunk move at that time, In a Swing Library Part 2 next year I will hopefully have a different physique and you will see a difference.

Hope that helps... In hindsight however, I have played he best golf rounds and scores of my life since I started the lifting and broadening my trunk...... so go figure, probably due to stamina

I was still lifting during the swing library filiming... so here is my current 5 iron backswing - here i am striking a shot and I am approx 6 weeks removed from lifting heavy weights. An improvement in the flatness
I am going to start a new workout routine after labor day that will not over develop my trunk