Pivotal Axis
 

In most golf techniques, the LEFT LEG is the Pivotal Axis, this is the one we are rotating around during the downstroke, and the weight is mainly on this leg during the downstroke, through the impact area, on to the finish. The Bennett/Plummer techniques even have the weight here all the way throughout the stroke.

I have heard of techniques where the Pivotal Axis is on the right leg. Are any of you familiar with any of these?

I completely agree. On every Shot.

I ONLY use my Right Leg as the Pivotal Axis. Pressure is on my Right Leg driving my Right Hip Forward which pushes my Left Hip forward and Back all the way through to at Least Both Arms Straight. The Left Leg supports the Body Weight. The Right Leg braces and then Drives the Hip Action.

I don't know who Bennett/Plummer are, but Homer Kelly and Yoda are Keenly conscious of this.

Pivotal Axis
 

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Bennett/Plummer are the Stack and Tilt men. The weight stays left throughout the stroke. Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Wi, Mike Weir, etc..

I have heard that another fairly well known instructor, uses the Right Leg as the Pivotal Axis, the weight is on the right leg through the ball. I think Zach Johnson is a right leg guy.

I looks like it can be done either way, as long as one knows how to make that way work. How about some discussion on BOTH WAYS.

Interesting. Stack and Tilt? I stopped reading the Golf Rags years ago.

If you pivot on your left Leg, then the Right Hip moves toward the Plane Line and you may not clear the Right Hip using a Straight Line Delivery Path. A little Over-The-Top occurs unless you simply slide left until Release. But there’s not much Hip Action there. And, How far Forward can the Right Hip move if it’s being pulled by the Left Hip? It Starts to Jam up near Impact. I spent years doing it that way.


Very similar to the Right Shoulder controlling the Left Shoulder, so does the Right Hip Control the Direction and Travel Distance of the Left Hip.
Baseball, Football, etc, use the Right Leg for the Hips to Pivot around and supply forward Hip Thrust.

The Right Leg serves as a backstop for the Shoulder Turn Both Ways.

Bennett
 

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Good response Mr. Daryl!!

Mr. Bennett practices, and occasionally gives some lessons near where I live. He is a very impressive ball striker himself. Some of their info is from TGM and some for MORAD... and some from their research. Tom Scherrer was the most impressive of the students I saw him working with, and they have many.

There are obviously two choices here... Left or Right Leg... there must be a Pivotal Axis for the mechanics to work.

More discussion...

Pivotal Axis, There must be, I agree. Choices? Possibly. However; we can assess the value of a particular Procedure based on Mechanical Advantage.

Who will speak for the Left Leggers? :rolleyes:

Why are we only getting two choices? My choice is a line that kinda goes out diagonally from the head down throught the spine and out the booty. based on the amount of axis tilt the point it hits the ground out behind me is further up or down plane.. . . that's what I'm trying to comply to anyhow.

I'll take Left . . . . (Mikey PM'd me and has dibs on MIDDLE).

WHAT? Just keep your head stationary. What's all this axis tilt mumbo jumbo? :)

Here is a Left Legger.