Welcome To ShotTalk.com!
We are one of the oldest and largest Golf forums on the internet with golfers from around the world sharing tips, photos and planning golf outings.
Registering is free and easy! Hope to see you on the forums soon!
"....... To the guy that tore his rotator cuff, you have to be smarter than what your doing.
Yes, and I questioned him at least twice that first day telling him I felt it was impossible. But Dan assured me it was all about teaching the body movements it was unaccustomed to... I remember specifically asking him that I thought the purpose of the Austin swing was because it was LESS demanding on the body. He assured me that learning this move is like a child learning to take his first steps.Hello Indacup, Nicely written post I must say. The reason i said that is because of this statement you made. I'm paraphrasing here but basically you said the positions he wanted you to do were hardly possible to do statically. I would think someone such as you would realize that he meant it was a feeling. Surely you're familiar with the saying "feel isn't real".
But if you noticed, my remarks are part of an existing exchange/argument....I have never, EVER wandered into a forum and right off that bat started mocking and insulting a complete stranger without kowing a single fact about them.I apologize for my remark, but as for you saying it was a "smart ass remark" maybe you should go back and read some of your remarks, for example: If your statement of facts regarding swing techniques are as accurate as your reading comprehension, then you just might have put another dent in your reputation .
I DO appreciate your response and I too, harbor no anger and fine putting this behind us and starting fresh!Also, I am not an " Austinite" what ever that is, and I don't harbor any anger towards you.
Speaking of rotator cuffs, I had a frozen shoulder and still have a 70% torn rotator cuff. The Dr. also told me that most people have torn RCs but just don't know it. I opted not to have the tear fixed and I still hit a couple hundred balls a day when the weather permits.
But if you noticed, my remarks are part of an existing exchange/argument....I have never, EVER wandered into a forum and right off that bat started mocking and insulting a complete stranger without kowing a single fact about them.
Is that even humanly possible? Your left elbow behind your right knee? Sounds like only a Chinese circus contortionist could pull that one off. But it leads right into my next issue:which he said to make swing after swing concentrating so that my left elbow was behind my right knee at impact.
If this were true, and given the statement from indacup, then Sam's left elbow should be behind his right knee at impact, correct?Mike's swing was nearly identical to Sam Snead's...
P.S. I've never heard of Mike Austin until today.
Michael Hoke Austin (February 17, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an English-American golf professional and kinesiology expert, specializing in long drives. Besides a doctorate in kinesiology, Dr. Austin had degrees in: Mechanical engineering, philosophy, and physics. He also worked on a highly classified aerospace project (that later became the space program). He was a poet, philosopher, actor, fighter pilot, undefeated heavyweight fighter, contracted opera singer, and spoke several languages.
He was credited by Guinness World Records with hitting the longest drive in tournament play (471m/515 yards) in 1974 at Winterwood Golf Course (the Par-4 455-yard 14th Hole now called Desert Rose Golf Course) in Las Vegas, Nevada.