Originally Posted by takinitdeep

Its a complete waste of time to compare Hogan to anyone else; even Hogan didn't understand Hogan; it just so happens he was a natural talent and his swing was his swing, no one elses. If hogan was such a natural talent then why did it take him so long? I do not know everything but I have looked into biomechics a little and I am taking yoga classes. I can tell you that the more I take Yoga, and the more I learn about it, The more I think hogan really understood about movements of the human body. Hogan understood balance and how to keep the correct muscles engaged and how to eliminate letting the incorrect muscles dominate the swing. Yoga is all about balance and reading his book after taking yoga classes I see strong relationships to what hogan talks about. One thing I do really take offense to is people thinking then knew what hogan knew or say how hogan had a flawed swing that he perfected
Two problems here:
1. Lots of folks on this site compare pro's and say do this or do that; waste of time and not good. so if we dont look at pros for examples then where do we look?
2. Lots of folks on this site have a my way or highway mentality; no matter what anyone says or suggests they have a better way or have a criticism as to why this or that won't work. I agree with your statement but those people also sometimes have some great info. Another thing is that there are laws to movements of the human body just as there are laws to gravity. do the arms/hands go above the shoulders easier when they are bent. Are you open to the fact that this could be a biomechanical law? In biomechanics if you get the wrong muscles engaged early on in the swing you almost eliminate any possibility of making a good swing.
Let me ask you, are you open to the possibility that there is a biomechanically optimum golf swing? Maybe hogan knew of one and you dont have the knowledge that he did to understand what he understood, are you open to that? TIGER WOODS of all people said Hogan owned his swing
Solution:
Be flexible, acknowledge others' opinions as being valid, don't always discount what others' are saying or suggesting, be open to something different, stay unbiased no matter if you think you have the answer to everyone's problems, and most of all, don't be a "know it all."
Thanks all and thats my 2 cents worth.
Lets not let anyone dominate this site as has happened on so many other sites; lets stay active here and admit no one is a pro!!!!!! We are all just trying to keep our game consistent.