Right Knee
 

GPStyles, V.J. Trolio with his book "The final Missing Piece" shows
that Hogan was allready on the left side at the top of the swing.
No need to plant the left foot.

In the book Afternoons with Mr. Hogan by Jody Vasquez, Hogan
says that his big secret was to start the downswing with the
right knee in pefect balance. Home Kelley will be the first to tell
you to maintain balance and not let the knees cause bobbing
and sway. The move must be done correctly. Ed Z has a lot of
insite and knows his stuff. A great guy. His post on the right
knee has a lot of good information.

A further study would be a read of the post, Hogans Power Secret,
posted on the Lab. In this post, Yoda says that Hogan push off
the right foot, instep, to get the right elbow deeper into impact.

V.J. Trolio mentions that Hogan early move to the left side is a
move and may not be the secret but Hogans way and very helpfull.

Counterfall is a word coined David Lee in his book Gravity Golf.
With Counterfall the weight shifs toward the right heal in the
backswing. If I remember correctly, about 22 degrees. Lee
said that Hogan sent students to him?

Much of what I have said fall into X Classifications in the Yellow
Book and should be experimented with a fundamental understanding
of the Yellow Book first.

Hope that his helps some.

Well yes, some Dkerby - thank you.

You seem to be favouring the right leg starting the downswing rather than the left yes?

Sorry to post this in this thread btw - more than happy to have the conversation elsewhere. I am happy with my set up (although I have a tendancy to get over plane with my right forearm) and back swing but my downswing does not have the right chain at the moment. My bad move is a 'round house' movement rather than an OTT movement so I am looking for a good trigger and drill for the down swing.

I have read that Tiger has described 'crushing a soda can' with his right foot - is this a good analogy?

You are confusing action and motion.

Action is something you do with intent - drive off the right foot/right knee.

Motion is something that results - the left foot starts down.

That said, different patterns will tend towards different actions (what 'starts' the motion). A hitter may focus on the base of the right hand driving toward the aiming point, a swinger may focus on the hips, or yes, planting the left foot, or 'falling' onto the left side, or 'driving' the right knee.

There is no 'one' answer - it depends on the golfer and the pattern being used, as well as the perspective of the observer.


Perhaps best to move this to its own thread.