I bet Rory’s swung it this way since he was a child. If not, I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall to hear that discussion. I think its instructive to watch and see how the hips might work in a golf swing. From the top accelerating down but then slowing down into impact and then re-accelerating. The idea of continuous and increasingly accelerating hips from start to finish doesn’t compute. Good news is most of us decel hips, not stop, coming into impact. Maybe the idea is recognizing that moment (not trying to make it happen), and use it to set up the strike and light the second fuse for a re-fire post impact, most of the work done being by a super-accelerated torso with has much more range of motion. I like the idea of thinking about bracing to make this happen…
Mod 1 student:
Mod 5 Student:
Newman making some MAJOR leaps forward with his module work.
Congrats and great way to kick off the new year!
Beautiful! Congratulations on the progress 
Great work. Love how level you are rotating those shoulders post impact.
New ABS student with the chip rolling method…
anyone have thoughts on when forearm rotation starts to occur on the downswing. i feel like im not doing it right. i have been hitting a lot of high weak fades which to me indicates im either not rotating my hips fast enough or not rotating my forearms enough. not quite sure.
Your week fade syndrom is not because your not rotating your hips. Its actually the oposite. Firing the hips from the top of the swing is a swing wrecker. At the top of the swing you must (rotate the forearms-secret in the dirt calls it ringing the bell) while saving pivot until you are able to get to what Lag calls the 4:30 line.
Easier said than done obviously!
thats what i feel like im doing, i try to pressure the right leg on the downswing and i try to slot the club on the 4:30 line so the but of the club points outside the ball. i must think im doing it but i quess im not, might have to start working out a little and get some flexibility.
This is exactly why I don’t teach backswing and transition first. You can spend all day working on a picture perfect top of the backswing and a drop into the slot, and then the whole thing just collapses because you don’t have the forearm and pivot guns to deliver the goods from there.
I believe it is better to work the club into familiar territory… or that you should already know what to do with the golf club through and post impact and into your finish before addressing transition protocols.
To really transition dynamically, an equal dynamic must exist on the other side (post impact) to essentially catch then continue the forces that have been created pre impact.
yeah, when i tend to do yoga and lift for a few months i tend to play great golf, when i dont do yoga or weight training for a few weeks or months my golf goes to the garbage. Guess it feels like my swing is the same but my flexibility and strength actually change my swing dynamics without me knowing it.
Module #3 Student Lightbulbs:
Zack (zacashus) nailing the core ABS intentions.
He called me the other day and told me he had some huge lightbulbs going off… and that he couldn’t miss a shot on the range.
I went to see it and we took a few vids… very good stuff going on here.
Thanks for the post John. REALLY glad it’s coming together!!! 
I’ve been working at ABS for 2 years and now it’s finally working… On these swings I’m alittle shut at the top and I’m coming down a hair shut with a cut result. (slotting it well, just a hair shut) I’m currently working on the cup in the left wrist at P2 so I’m more skyward with the clubface at P3. That will allow even more torso rotation through impact… But it’s coming together! Very excited!
Zack
That looks very good especially the pivot thrust post impact, I like how the club stays with the body turn post impact and the face doesnt get rolled over.
Some big changes from a years ago Zack, great stuff.
Good work guys… it’s going to be a great golfing year with these kind of lightbulbs going off.
4.30 Line Lighbulb
When hitting the bag I would notice the shift in perspective as I moved onto the 4.30 line, but that feeling would soon be gone - because I would keep myself bowed and rotated, and continue the bag beating from there. So I wouldn’t feel a change, as I kept myself in that position. BUT out on the course, I now realise that I’ve never hit a ball from a proper perspective of looking down that 4.30 line … until today. WOW. As I rotate back and start bowing, the perspective … shifts … it’s hard to describe. I still can’t really put my finger on it. But it opens things up, I feel I have more room to hit from, I can find the slot easier. It feels like a totally different swing. Initially, I found myself swaying left … almost like my brain was trying to get me back where it was comfortable … but by forcing myself to stay on the right hand side, I started hitting it beautifully. Even managed to get a couple of “cracks!” out of a persimmon wood, which is a first. … Need to try this some more …
It’s interesting that I’ve been beating the bag for months, rotate and bow, rotate and bow, but it’s taken this long for it to work its way sufficiently into my DNA that I’ve done it on the course with a ball in-front of me …