Post by Jeff Martin on Jan 18, 2012 18:12:36 GMT -5
Manzella reverses course in the Calvin Peete thread, and no one there seems to notice.
A week ago, Brian Manzella posted up a video analysis of a great player from the 1980s, super-straight Calvin Peete. Here is the video in question:
vimeo.com/34926568
Here is a link to the thread where it is discussed:
www.brianmanzella.com/golfing-discussions/16660-calvin-peete-analysis.html
In the post pasted below, Brian listed the main points he wanted to make in the video, one of which was that Peete had a "high rate of clubface closure" coming into impact, yet was still the straightest player Brian ever saw play:
That's an odd claim: that the most accurate player of his day had a high closure rate which, by necessity, would be more difficult to time than a swing with a very stable clubface in the impact zone.
Manzella cited this frame as evidence of the "high closure rate": a blurry 2D video of the clubhead a good four feet from impact. What would the "scientists", Fred Tuxen and the 3D "experts" say???
Yet, even with blurry 2D analysis, it is easy to see that Brian is just plain wrong. These two frames show that, by ankle high, Peete has fully rotated the forearms counter-clockwise, which would have squared the face by that point, not left it open:
Another view with the forearms fully rotated counter-clockwise:
Me in a similar position: any more "closure" would result in a smother hook:
Isn't this something so fundamental that even Brian should be able to recognize it, even without 3D and Trackman?
Well, it looks like Brian has reconsidered his position and changed his view on the "rate of closure". A couple days ago, he posted a revised list of "points made" in the video analysis:
Hmmm...Where is that "high rate of closure" point, the second point on the original list?
Without admitting or denying guilt, Brian has simply changed his testimony; from last night:
And nary a peep out of the sheeple. That's how things work in Manzella world!
Jeff
A week ago, Brian Manzella posted up a video analysis of a great player from the 1980s, super-straight Calvin Peete. Here is the video in question:
vimeo.com/34926568
Here is a link to the thread where it is discussed:
www.brianmanzella.com/golfing-discussions/16660-calvin-peete-analysis.html
In the post pasted below, Brian listed the main points he wanted to make in the video, one of which was that Peete had a "high rate of clubface closure" coming into impact, yet was still the straightest player Brian ever saw play:
That's an odd claim: that the most accurate player of his day had a high closure rate which, by necessity, would be more difficult to time than a swing with a very stable clubface in the impact zone.
Manzella cited this frame as evidence of the "high closure rate": a blurry 2D video of the clubhead a good four feet from impact. What would the "scientists", Fred Tuxen and the 3D "experts" say???
Yet, even with blurry 2D analysis, it is easy to see that Brian is just plain wrong. These two frames show that, by ankle high, Peete has fully rotated the forearms counter-clockwise, which would have squared the face by that point, not left it open:
Another view with the forearms fully rotated counter-clockwise:
Me in a similar position: any more "closure" would result in a smother hook:
Isn't this something so fundamental that even Brian should be able to recognize it, even without 3D and Trackman?
Well, it looks like Brian has reconsidered his position and changed his view on the "rate of closure". A couple days ago, he posted a revised list of "points made" in the video analysis:
Hmmm...Where is that "high rate of closure" point, the second point on the original list?
Without admitting or denying guilt, Brian has simply changed his testimony; from last night:
And nary a peep out of the sheeple. That's how things work in Manzella world!
Jeff
