Mike Austin

[brownman]

Will do guru,Im having a ball just learning

[KevCarter]

Will do guru,Im having a ball just learning

I'm proud that Lynn allows discussion of other teachers methods. Clearly, there are MANY ways to play the game, and it's fun to study them all! There are many who follow Mr. Austin, I understand he was very long. Others are also trying to teach that "optimal" swing for distance, ultimately you have to play the whole game, not just create optimal numbers for a tee shot.



That being said, the pictures that scare me on that post are the ones where he is asking that we get our head over our right foot on the back stroke. That one really scares me Brownman. I have become a HUGE believer in the stationary pivot. Not left and more left, but rather the stationary pivot created by the MacDonald Exercises with a little Trolio mixed in.

There is a lot of discussion on other forums right now about what causes the full swing yips, and in my case, the driver yips were cured by getting back to a stationary pivot and the principles and foundation of The Golfing Machine. I would be afraid to get away from those Brownman.

If it is working for you, GREAT. You gotta ride that horse until she bucks you off. If she does, you know what foundation you need to get back to!

Cheers,
Kevin

[brownman]

Fair comments Kevin,points well taken.Ive been bucked off before,got back on with more determination lol.
With the head moving from one point to another and back again I think Tom T spoke of it somewhere,called it moving centres (I think)sure it does move,but as long as it it properly maintained and monitored as it is a particular pattern,and the player is concious of its being,there is I believe room to move (pardon pun)
As far as getting yips with whatever clubs,one can get them anytime day or night,good thing is to be able to sort it through using TGM methodology.
Thanks for input friend..........more the merrier

[KevCarter]

Fair comments Kevin,points well taken.Ive been bucked off before,got back on with more determination lol.
With the head moving from one point to another and back again I think Tom T spoke of it somewhere,called it moving centres (I think)sure it does move,but as long as it it properly maintained and monitored as it is a particular pattern,and the player is concious of its being,there is I believe room to move (pardon pun)
As far as getting yips with whatever clubs,one can get them anytime day or night,good thing is to be able to sort it through using TGM methodology.
Thanks for input friend..........more the merrier

We are on the same page my friend. When you look at those using a stationary pivot, their head sometimes moves a little. I love this quote from Lynn Blake & Homer Kelley:

HOMER KELLEY viewed the Stationary Head as a geometric ideal, not as a mechanical absolute. He recognized our humanity. Hence, his advice: "Just keep it as still as you can."

[brownman]

Homer just about had every box ticked didnt he

[KevCarter]

I sure think so, and what Homer didn't explain, YODA has covered. A few years ago we discussed what is now being tauted as a new discovery. Lynn called it managed throw away. Advanced procedure, not for the faint of heart, but could come in handy. You can really see the Pro's working it with acquired motion...

[MizunoJoe]

I sure think so, and what Homer didn't explain, YODA has covered. A few years ago we discussed what is now being tauted as a new discovery. Lynn called it managed throw away.Advanced procedure, not for the faint of heart, but could come in handy. You can really see the Pro's working it with acquired motion...

That's what Austin claimed he did and taught. He didn't want the player to thrust the butt of the club downward on the DS, which he called "harpooning". Rather, he wanted the player to manually uncock the left wrist by spinning the right hand clockwise in the plane of the left flying wedge from the top, in conjunction with something he called a "compound pivot".

[innercityteacher]

Homer just about had every box ticked didnt he

Try this link Mr. Brownman

http://perfectgolfswingreview.net/austin.htm

It is interesting. Yoda's Stationary Tripod seems to work very well for me though and I have had some benefit to closing the club face about 10 degrees. I do have an artificial front hip and I think that compensates for a slower rate of hip turn.

ICT

[Yoda]

I'm proud that Lynn allows discussion of other teachers methods. Clearly, there are MANY ways to play the game, and it's fun to study them all! There are many who follow Mr. Austin, I understand he was very long. Others are also trying to teach that "optimal" swing for distance, ultimately you have to play the whole game, not just create optimal numbers for a tee shot.



That being said, the pictures that scare me on that post are the ones where he is asking that we get our head over our right foot on the back stroke. That one really scares me Brownman. I have become a HUGE believer in the stationary pivot. Not left and more left, but rather the stationary pivot created by the MacDonald Exercises with a little Trolio mixed in.

There is a lot of discussion on other forums right now about what causes the full swing yips, and in my case, the driver yips were cured by getting back to a stationary pivot and the principles and foundation of The Golfing Machine. I would be afraid to get away from those Brownman.

If it is working for you, GREAT. You gotta ride that horse until she bucks you off. If she does, you know what foundation you need to get back to!

Cheers,
Kevin

Please ignore Mr. Austin's chin and redraw the lines from the 'nape of the neck' (the 'Swivel Point' of the Stationary Head). [TGMers see 1-L#2.] Doing this, his Head -- and Golf Stroke -- will be found quite centered.

[KevCarter]

Please ignore Mr. Austin's chin and redraw the lines from the 'nape of the neck' (the 'Swivel Point' of the Stationary Head). [TGMers see 1-L#2.] Doing this, his Head -- and Golf Stroke -- will be found quite centered.

Lesson learned. Bad lines and bad angle. I'll not trust others pictures without study in the future.

Kevin