Mike Austin Swing
It appears however the mike austin was certainly correct about the concept of step and throw.
Mike austin swing. Mike austin is best known for his 515 yard drive in the national senior open in las vegas nevada in 1974. All the swing videos of mike austin s swing that i have viewed are too fast and too indistinct for me to discern what is precisely happening to mike austin s left wrist immediately post impact. He won the pinnacle distance challenge in st. You might even say step then throw is a better phrasing as during the first portion of the downswing before the mid hands torque starts to spike the golfer is bracing himself by using the ground stepping down onto the front foot and letting the center of mass start to drop.
Conventional instruction be damned learn how you can put your body in a position. Video footage courtesy of mike. Mike swing was very unique in comparison to what is commonly taught today but by all accounts it s much easier to learn more effective in hitting the ball powerfully and much easier on the body especially the back and knees according to dan shauger who. It is based on the principle of supple quickness whereby speed is generated through relaxation of all active muscles.
I would need a slow motion video of mike austin s swing to discern whether mike austin used a puck release action or not. Steve pratt golf 19 573 views. The mike austin swing as shown by a sequence of high speed photographs. Louis in july 2003 with a televised drive of 381 yards using the mike austin swing.
In the mike austin golf swing analysis video below you ll find out. Amazingly he was 64 years old at the time. It is believed that the swing speed required for the shot must have been in excess of 150 mph which mike had already recorded at the university of illinois around 1936. Mike austin past holder of the guinness book of records longest drive in competition 515 yards and instructor to the likes of long drive pioneer and hall of famer mike dunaway introduced kinesiology the science behind the efficient use of nerves muscles and skeletal joints to the golf swing.
Mike austin 1960 golf swing tv show part 2 of 2 duration. How to leverage the golf club the mike austin method duration. Due to his physical likeness and personal connection to mike austin at 6 2 and about 210 lbs jaacob was featured in phil reed s book about mike austin in a chapter called the living austin swing. Mike austin was known for many things but the one that people are becoming more and more interested in is the way he swung the golf club.