Thursday, June 9, 2011

George Knudson

Here's someone who I consider to be in the top 5 ballstrikers of all time, Mr George Knudson.

Here are some of George's thoughts on the Golf Swing






Hit em Straight
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  1. If Tiger Woods moved his pelvis like GK, then he probably would not have developed left knee problems - note that GK has a flexed left knee at impact and he doesn't "snap" the left leg straight through impact.

    He has a superb rotary pivot action.

    Jeff.

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  2. PIVOT
    Knudson "rotate to load, shift weight to unload."

    McHatton "turn, tilt then slide through forever"

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  3. Absolutely Berkeley.
    Mr. Knudson's book, "The Natural Golf Swing" is probably the manual for "Pure Swinging".

    Ralph

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  4. I agree with Ralph in that I believe George Knudson is one it the best ball strikers of all time. I would classify his pivot action as a swing-throw action. And I would say it is one of the purist swing-throw pivot actions because although he says the head goes where the body takes it, his head works well to counter balance his pivot action, ensuring his swing-throw action is anchored enough to assist in a repeatable bottom of the swing arc location.

    Keep in mind, when I describe his pivot as a swing-throw action it is simply based on my classifications of different applications of pivot components. In no way does that make it less pure than a more purely rotary pivot action. Technically swing-throw pivot actions like Knudson's and David Duval's ( when he was #1 in the world) are just as pure as Hogan's Throw-Swing pivot action and Sam Snead's more purely rotary pivot action. There is simply more to the body and to pivoting than simply rotating and shifting weight.

    Though core and/or hip rotation and weight shifting from foot to foot are some of the core ingredients to a sound pivot, we have two hips and two legs, and can athletically apply external and internal rotation and abduction and addiction of the pelvis and legs, as well as use flexion and extension to our advantage. So, though Sam Snead has been classified as a more purely rotary player than most, he also used ground force and used his left side to rotate and/or pull away from his right side to help maximize his power application. He also sequentially stacked power components from the ground up.

    My point is there are many valid pivot actions. Some golfers will play better applying as pure a swing-throw pivot action as possible, others a throw-swing and others a more purely rotary. In all cases both the rotary company's and weight shifting components need to be organized sequentially to make the chosen pivot action effective. And the more the head acts to counterbalance the puvot action the more likely the stroke will be anchored effectively and that will equate to a more predictable bottom of the arc location.

    EA Tischler

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  5. I think it is important to note that Tiger's natural and athletic hip speed is much faster than Knudson's and that will produce very different dynamics and will require different swing applications. Many great players have had the left leg straighten vigorously through the ball, ie Sam Snead. As some of Mike Adams research, has shown (and my experiences and research are in-line with Mike's) golfers that use a posting action of the left leg in their swing techniques need to have the leg straightening at the appropriate time during the delivery action. Golfer's with faster hip speeds need to flare the left foot out more to ensure the left leg straightens later instead of too early. Over the years Tiger has squared up his foot more than he naturally did when he was younger. Another key alignment is where the left hip joint is aligned in relations to the posting leg and the golfers Anchor alignment (balance point). If the golfer's balance point is to far forward as the leg straightens (for those that use a posting action) the leg will snap back and can even hyper-extend. Additionally, if the leg straightens too fast as the alignment is in place the leg will snap back even harder.

    Keep in mind, Tiger had existing injuries in his left knee from a childhood injury. If he was never injuried as a child, then he may have been able to get away with some of these activities. However, either because of the injury or because other conditions inherent to his anatomy and physiology, he needs to take care to ensure that the left leg straightens at the corret time and that his hip is in the proper alignment.

    In my experience, if Tiger would flare the left foot a little more, allowing for a later straightening of the left leg, and if he would ensure a Center Anchor pivot action (which would make sure his hip never gets too far forward) then he will be much better posed to manage his existing injuries and will be able to prevent any further damage.

    However, if he continues to load and drive ahead of the Anchor alignments his body is built to use, and if he continues to use techniques that allow his leg to straighten too quickly he will continue to experience problems in his left leg.

    Just my two cents!

    EA Tischler

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  6. By the way, I just read a temporary fix for posting comments with google and it worked for me to be able to make my last post. For those of you still having problems I cleared my cache and cookies, and then made sure I was signed out of my google account. Then when I checked back in I made sure that the login box for staying signed in, or for remembering the login, was uncheck. So, when I went to post, it simply asked me to sign in and recognized me without being stuck in the login loop.

    I looked it up on the help forum for blogger and they said it might work for some of us and that they are still trying to fix the issue.

    good luck

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