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by Chris Henry on August 29, 2008

Courtesy: Golf Digest
Ever since I posted several stories on Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett's Stack and Tilt swing technique, I have been receiving comments.
And those posts occurred more than a year ago.
Stack and Tilt hasn't had this kind of impact on recreational golf perhaps since Hogan's book, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf.
Virtually every comment I have received from golfers who tried and switched has been filled with superlatives and sheer joy.
There hasn't been a single negative.
So, in the interests of objective reporting - or to merely stir the pot - I direct your attention to the link below.
It's a firm called Golf BioDynamics which studies the golf swing from the point of view of physiology.
The principals are now involved with Jim McLean's teaching centers.
This article is from their website and goes into a detailed analysis of whether Bennett and Plummer are onto something or whether their swing system is not quite what it purports to be.
By the way, the "comments' feature is still open and working...
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Response from:
Tom Kay
(08/30/08 9:22am)
Tried the S.&T. method and for the average golfer it would improve your game.Definately helps in hitting in front of the ball(divot)
Response from:
Ed LeBeau
(09/04/08 1:06pm)
The saying is "there's nothing new under the sun." And if you assume that almost every idea or innovation is built upon ideas that preceded it the saying has some validity.
For the most part, Stack & Tilt fits this description. Seventy years ago a golf professional named Ernest Jones lost his right leg in World War I. After recovery he went out and shot 82 followed by 73--on one leg. Based on his experience (of only have one leg), he formulated an approach to the golf swing that abandoned the long-held ideas about weight-shift and other body-focused golf instruction. Instead he came upon the novel, but self-evident, fact that controlling the ball flight has nothing to do with the movement of the body and everything to do with the movement of the club.
The merit of stack and tilt is this. The most efficient and consistent way to use a club to do so in a swinging motion. Since a "swinging" club always returns predictably to the mid point of the arc, centering the body on the club at address is critical. Stack and Tilt positions the golfer with this in mind.
That's it. Eliminating the weight shift and setting up with the body centered on the ball is the only real benefit of S&T. If you want to benefit even more, set up with the body centered on the club instead of the ball.
For more on focusing on the club instead of the body read Manuel de la Torre's book, Understanding the Golf Swing.
For the most part, Stack & Tilt fits this description. Seventy years ago a golf professional named Ernest Jones lost his right leg in World War I. After recovery he went out and shot 82 followed by 73--on one leg. Based on his experience (of only have one leg), he formulated an approach to the golf swing that abandoned the long-held ideas about weight-shift and other body-focused golf instruction. Instead he came upon the novel, but self-evident, fact that controlling the ball flight has nothing to do with the movement of the body and everything to do with the movement of the club.
The merit of stack and tilt is this. The most efficient and consistent way to use a club to do so in a swinging motion. Since a "swinging" club always returns predictably to the mid point of the arc, centering the body on the club at address is critical. Stack and Tilt positions the golfer with this in mind.
That's it. Eliminating the weight shift and setting up with the body centered on the ball is the only real benefit of S&T. If you want to benefit even more, set up with the body centered on the club instead of the ball.
For more on focusing on the club instead of the body read Manuel de la Torre's book, Understanding the Golf Swing.
Response from:
chris
(09/07/08 12:01pm)
Ed - Your comment is intriguing and quite possibly the best "summation" of Stack and Tilt I've read anywhere, apart from Bennett and Plummer themselves. Ernest Jones inspired many players and at least one great teacher in de la Torre. Thank you for contributing to the discussion of Stack and Tilt.
Response from:
citizencane
(10/15/08 9:43pm)
The problem with golf, and it will ruin the game is it is obviously "run" by a small group that think they must know it all and never is there allowed any openings to the great door. I believe from my own experience the stack and tilt works. I watch golf on t.v. every match, I play every opportunity and most consider me quite good. But, I am pretty sick of the stuff where one "so called professionaland their buddies doing the play by play beat up someone like these guys with this stacked golf method. But then, it was us humans wasnt it that cruicified Christ. You are ruining the game. There is room for all of you and Mclean with the fear he will lose "status", his school, or pupils or followers does have an obvious multi million dollar axe to grind. I say to all of us--scoot over and make room. You all should be happy to have this next generation and working all you can to promote each other but the greed factor shows up. Appears to me that all professionals would "get it"--you ALL are killing the sport as we know it. Shame on you. I am a professional analyst-tell me what you want to prove and I will find you to the data. You know it, I know it. Get over it and move on. I am rather tired of hearing all the professionals whine over this. Move on..make room..or get out but do you need to tear the whole system apart?
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