I’d sure like to have this impact position! (Hogan, Snead,Trevino, Furyk,etc)…And she KEEPS saving that right arm well post impact as Robbo points out.
I think another ABS principle is her knee bend/vertical drop from the top which promotes her ability to use the ground, as well as save that right arm. I haven’t had the “drawing on the computer” module yet, but if you look at her visor against the hill in the background and compare top of swing to impact, there must be 6-8 inches of drop!
Her name is Makoto Takemura. I guess she was a good amateur but doesn’t seem to have done much since turning pro a couple of years ago.
I’m fascinated by the Asian players because of the martial arts link- obviously a big stereotype there, but I think it’s related. Most if not all of the swings I’ve been looking at, go through the zone very cleanly and level, and don’t rely on much hand manipulation. Takemura’s swing is very much like that. She’s got some Rory McIlroy similarities too through the zone.
This is Chie Arimura, she’s a very good player. Again, I’m not saying this is precisely ABS stuff, but there are links imo. Something to also note in this one is the definition in her right calf muscle showing she’s really maintaining the pressure in the front of the foot. Even though it’s up early it’s still very much involved.
We really don’t see the full mod 3 positions so Cap’n Chaos may not be totally accurate. Regardless… my guess is that he’d kill to hit it as good as both these players do.
Two, she’s aiming left of where the camera is set up so it’s a bit offline, though I do think you’re right at the same time. One of the things I’ve noticed is that maybe because a lot of the girls are very short, they don’t really drop from the top, it’s very much a rotational action all the way. Arimura pulls in and down a bit from the top but the rotation starts pretty early from the top. KJ Choi is similar actually, and so is YE Yang. Choi really looks like he’s slid out from the top, but he gets it great before going. Same with Yang. I’ll add one of him and Yang because they both have great upper body rotation through the strike. They don’t maintain the pressure too long past impact, but they’re never going up through there which seems to be a theme with a lot of the swings I’ve been looking at…
Chi Chi is great at two things most players, even good ones don’t do…
drops it into the 4:30 slot, then rips it around with a level rotation and maintains right arm bend
nicely post impact. Every player I have ever seen do this hits it straight as an arrow… and if there
forearm strength is adequate and torso rotational speed is strong, they can hit it long also.
Chi Chi knocked it out there pretty good for a guy his size. I was fortunate to get to see him play an
entire round when he was on his game. He won the event, and it was an absolute clinic in shot making
and ball control. Very similar to how Trevino would execute, shaping his shots into the greens and spinning
the ball toward the hole into the pockets where the pins were tucked. Something that is missing in the modern
version of golf.
Absolutely! Sorry I don’t usually check in on the weekends.
She has a very Jim Furyk look through the ball. What I meant by no module 3 as we do it is this: we save our shoulders more before engaging module 3. I think a typical ABS striker here would have the shoulders a bit more square at impact. There is little doubt she uses module 3…it’s just used earlier than we advocate.
Makes a lot of sense. I was mentioning above that the swings I’ve been looking at do tend to go early- possibly due to their height or other reasons. While I don’t know all the ins and outs of M3, I get where you’re coming from with your point.
NRG, those Chi Chi sequences are just awesome! Thanks for those. I didn’t think it could get any better than the ones a few days ago, but these ones here might be better. It’s a pretty rare angle, and one that I like to swing into with a mirror or a window- it gives a great sense of directional purpose to want to be looking around to see it.
Yeah, if ever the myth of getting to the left side from the top needed to be busted, those are exhibit A. It’s as if his feet are burying in sponge or something.
I spent a bit of time looking at Peete’s swing a while ago, I love his tempo. Talk about slow at the top and hammering it through the zone- he’s a great visual for that. I had no idea he was so good btw, he gets no love for the numbers he was putting up, and he was consistent with them too. It’s probably common knowledge, but he couldn’t straighten his left arm, and he took up golf very late, maybe in his 20’s. Gotta love a guy like that who lets nothing get in his way.
