Pivot - Active or Passive

[Mike O]

An absolutely fantastic point!



This is gold. Golfers need this information no matter what level they're at. It's so fundamental, all students who are serious should be made aware of this right from the start.



More discussion needed regarding the last sentence, "...and then not realizing...". I thought the nature of the Hand Controlled Pivot is that you are aware of your Hands and what they're doing by definition.


That's the thing people have to understand, just because you're using Hand Controlled Pivot doesn't mean you'll get great alignments, but it's still the correct procedure that should be used while one is making changes in their Stroke.

Tong,
Thanks for seeing the value!

As far as your question:
Tong Quote:
"More discussion needed regarding the last sentence, "...and then not realizing...". I thought the nature of the Hand Controlled Pivot is that you are aware of your Hands and what they're doing by definition."

My point was that these guys (PGA Touring Pro's)- and I know that I can't speak for all of them - so this is a generalization and my assumption, - are unaware of the nature of a hand controlled pivot --

( on the wider level- goal orientation and purpose in regards to any movement, i.e. it's important to see the larger movement theory that validates the "hand controlled pivot theory in golf)

-- many are great athletes- and have been really good at a really young age. For them, "they play by feel"- it's not something that they analyze- in fact, that "analyzing" usually doesn't help them that much given their level of play already and the poor quality of information that they and we all have to work with. When it comes to the study of movement and the knowledge to improve one's performance- we're at the very beginning, rudimentary stages.

So for them - they may fade in and out of a hand controlled pivot- since most of their movement is not really consciously created or identified- therefore if they go back to figure out a problem in their movement- they don't know the steps that got them there - so they can't trace it. That's the problem that they have!, the disadvantage to "having talent" and "building a talent". It's probably one of the few problems they do have!, given their ability to put the ball in the hole.