This is the same shot, but on one video I marked the travel of the Sweet Spot. On the other, I used a Plane Angle. I thought the geometry and camera location were good enough for conversation.
For someone that doesn't swing left, he has made some coin. His stroke is one of my personal favorites because of it's simplicity.
Anyway it seems like his clubhead is on a pretty flat plane after transition. (Not flat as in horizontal; Flat as opposed to curved). Something that is probably very good for consistency.
I have a feeling that Stricker would appear to be swinging left if the camera was located in the plane of his clubhead path. There are traces of it even in the current perspective and he seem to hold his wedges pretty well past impact.
I think it is equally interesting to look at the hand path. And perhaps even more interesting - to look at the relationship between the handpath and the clubhead path.
I just watched a sequence of Garcia. That would also be an interesting case. From what I can see his clushaft plane angle changes several times during the down stroke. Garcia's hands are clearly over and then under the plane of the clubhead. Since he is arguebly one of the better ball strikers on tour I have a feeling that his swing can teach us something about the physics and mechanics involved.
He is obviously in a Square-Square (Stance Line-Plane Line) at Address. Yet, he 'traces' (with the Sweetspot) a Closed Plane Line (10-5-E). Unless he is doing that deliberately to produce a Draw shot, he is (dare I say it? ) . . .
Underplane.
I'm sure the Trackman folks could tell us if his horizontal "inside-out" and his vertical "down" were perfectly offset by his "negative" face angle. Too bad there wasn't a machine on him. Then we'd know for sure.
I just watched a sequence of Garcia. That would also be an interesting case. From what I can see his clushaft plane angle changes several times during the down stroke. Garcia's hands are clearly over and then under the plane of the clubhead. Since he is arguebly one of the better ball strikers on tour I have a feeling that his swing can teach us something about the physics and mechanics involved.
This passage seems familiar, BerntR. Didn't you write this a while back? Just wanted to let you know I'm paying attention!
This is the same shot, but on one video I marked the travel of the Sweet Spot. On the other, I used a Plane Angle. I thought the geometry and camera location were good enough for conversation.
For someone that doesn't swing left, he has made some coin. His stroke is one of my personal favorites because of it's simplicity.
What do you think?
Is that a TSP takeaway, and a Single Shift (TSP to Elbow Plane) Down stroke?
Thanks, Ted!
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