Bryson DeChambeau's Swing Radius

[@robsaxepga]

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[@thomasfraser9072]

Bryson swing is not only a one plane swing; but a one pendulum swinger as well. He axes at his ball with his brute force. If he were to make the appropriate angle between his trail arm the club he would become a 2 pendulum swinger and would hit consistently further with more accuracy then ever before. Yes he is a great golfer: but even he could improve. Cheers

[@TheNYgolfer]

Good analogy. Here is my non scientific theory. Bryson sets up with the number 2 accumulator zeroed out so he establishes the maximum radius at setup. Other players that don't do that reach their maximum radius too, but do it during the swing , not at setup. Now, for discussion purposes , let's clone Bryson and call his clone John. John is identical in every way to Bryson. Hits the gym and is just as strong. John uses identical clubs to Bryson's. There is only one difference between the 2 when it comes to their golf swing. John does not zero out the number 2 accumulator at set up like Bryson does. John has a very noticeable angle between his right forearm and shaft. Now let's video both players swing , down the line, then view the video and stop it just after impact. Bryson and John both have the right forearm and shaft inline. John no longer has the angle he had at setup. Bryson and John look identical. Both now have the same radius from left shoulder to club. Look at any great player at impact. Regardless of how they setup at address, at impact they have the right forearm inline with the shaft and have reached the maximum radius allowable by their arm/shaft combination. So Bryson does not magically increase his swing radius because he zeros out the number 2 accumulator at setup. John reaches the identical radius where it counts, through impact. So what's the advantage to setting up one way or the other? Bryson vs John's way? John introduces a complexity into his swing that Bryson doesn't. John has to accomplish a clubshaft plane shift during his swing. Bryson does not. So Bryson's way (like Moe Norman's way) is simpler and easier to repeat. That's why Bryson does it. Bryson does not hit it farther because of that. He hits it on the sweet spot more often because of that so that makes it go farther more often, which increases his average driving distance. . His brute strength is definitely a factor . Bryson is 6'1" and 245 Lbs. Yet, surprisingly, his driving average in 2020 was only 8 yards longer than Rory's, who is 5'9" and 160 lbs. So how does little Rory do it? Bryson bombs it with brute strength to power the accumulators. Rory does it with rotational speed using centrifugal/centripetal force. Swinging vs hitting. "If strong , hit. If flexible , swing"- Homer Kelley

[@TheSwingEngineer]

Hi NYgolfer - excellent write-up, thanks for posting! You’re missing an important point between Bryson and his clone ‘John’, but it’s not something I’ve covered in this video. If everything about them is identical at address, except Bryson sets up with his left wrist fully uncocked and John doesn’t, think about how close they’re standing to the ball. Bryson, with his outstretched arms and club, will stand further away from the ball at address than John. This creates an important difference between the swings at impact. You’re correct in saying at impact they both have the same radius between the left shoulder and club - but their swings don’t look identical at this point in time. They can’t because their balls are in different locations. To compensate for standing closer to the ball, John has to rotate his ribcage more anticlockwise at impact than Bryson does. This moves the left shoulder away from the ball and ensures John can still hit the ball with a fully uncocked (or near enough to it) left wrist. If John didn’t make this compensation, and was truly identical with Bryson at impact, he would miss the ball entirely, or at best hit it with the hosel / heel. (Compare Bryson’s driver swing with say Rory McIlroy’s - look at how much they’ve rotated their ribcages at impact to see this difference) In the introduction to this video, I’ve explained what I meant by ‘swing radius’. I’ve said “In this context, I mean the distance between the clubhead and left shoulder.” I’ve purposely said “in this context”, because the centre of the swing isn’t the left shoulder, if the left shoulder is rotating around the spine. With that in mind, let’s say the swing radius is more accurately described as the distance between the clubhead, and a spinal vertebrae between the shoulder blades. Compare this distance between Bryson and his clone John. Bryson’s swing radius will be larger than John’s. And as per the video, that will come with all the advantages / disadvantages that entails. *** As for the Bryson / Rory, brute strength / centrifugal-centripetal forces debate - I don’t agree with the binary distinctions. Rory has brute strength. Bryson absolutely utilises centrifugal forces. It’s not a one or the other. The stronger you are, the more musculature you can utilise, the greater you can harness centrifugal forces. All the best, Antony

[@mariooo88]

@@TheSwingEngineer Spot on Antony.

[@thatwilldonicely1314]

that young scamp Isaac Newton has a lot to answer for.