Ok… will kick off with some stills from yesterday after doing about an hour of intensive Hogan Module work.
I’m doing the backswing reps, then backswing with tripping the shaft and working the sled. Then strike into impact (Adaptive Mod 1). Then the Free Ride Down Drills. Then explosion into finish (Adaptive Mod 3)… then one more adaptive Mod 3 which I will probably add to the program… but am in the process of field testing it further.
Then I tee up a driver on the deck and just go at it as hard as I can. Usually the first couple of strikes are other worldy (at least to me)… and here are some still captured from that first swing. Really focusing on getting the shaft on the P2 tabletop after tripping the shaft and getting that shaft at right angles to the spine as quickly as possible. This is a most important common element of the great hitters.
I’ll post that video on the youtube channel in the next couple of days… but I am going to post another Hogan related video tomorrow called…
“Why is Hogan’s Method not being Taught today?”
Well it is now…!
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I put up Hogan in the Coleman Video to show that in his later years he decided to save his back from blowing out… as I have also… so this comp is going to be a lot healthier on the back muscles.
All in all… really happy with how these Hogan Mods are working and transforming my golf swing into something I have never experienced before.
I am a student of this stuff as well… and it’s really fun, inspiring and a rewarding discipline for the soul.
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The last two frame sequences shows how incredible Hogan’s post impact pivot thrust was. He goes from closed rotation at P3 to very open at P4. Other worldly really, but shows it’s possible. I am absolutely hammering this driver, flying the ball 20 yards farther than I ever have. I know this because I have NEVER flow the ball all the way down to the blackberry bushes at the bottom of the canyon. I can both see and hear the ball cracking into the thorny vines.
I’m in about the same position as Faldo was or Nick Price just prior to P4.
Will post some comps of those guys here soon for comparison.
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These are some great visualizations. In your practice environment though, it seems way different from wearing metal spikes on grass. How can you be sure your footwork with spikeless on the deck would be the same as metal spikes on grass?
Metal spikes on grass are going to be better. The right foot is really critical. Mine tends to slip out in a clockwise direction if there is too much moisture on the deck. Fortunately a dry rubber sole shoe against the dry IPE wood gives decent traction, but I agree, not as good as fresh metal spikes. As I have progressed through this Hogan work, it’s become more and more apparent the importance of solid traction in the right shoe. My advice is to wear metal spikes whenever possible. It’s very upsetting to me that most golf courses still don’t allow them… even though they are 100% legal with the USGA. It’s completely absurd. Can you imagine showing up at a bowling alley and they don’t allow you to wear bowling shoes because they say they leave marks on the floor or something? The USGA should take a hard stance on this, and support the use of steel spikes which they deem legal for the game.
I often wear steel spikes anyway, just swap them out down the first fairway and keep the other shoes in my bag or if someone is riding in a cart, I might sneak them into the back bin. Grass is moist and often way too slippery for even soft spikes. I can’t wear no spike shoes on grass. Soft spikes are far inferior, and metal is the proper way to go.
This obviously has been a major point of contention for me, and one of the reasons I don’t join a country club if they don’t allow steel spikes.
I believe one of the main reasons modern golf swings aren’t developing properly is because of this issue. Swings are generally getting more and more upright because that takes pressure off the rotational forces in the shoes. The flatter you swing, the more force is put into the shoes rotationally.
It’s a bit ironic you brought this up, because I have recently been considering bolting a 2x4 onto the deck and using that to secure my right foot from any kind of lateral or clockwise rotational slippage when hitting balls off the deck for demonstration purposes… which would give me 100% support no matter how hard I push weight laterally off the right foot.
Thanks for the question, because it needs to be addressed.
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