I also had a relapse of knee problems at the end of August which cut my workouts all together. Something broke loose in my knee (cartilage, bone, calcium) and was floating around in my knee. Occasionally, it would lodge in a position that would cause great pain and limit my ability to walk. I saw my orthopaedic surgeon who drained my knee and gave me a cortisone shot for the swelling. We decided not to have immediate sugery as I have in the past, but I was ready because the floating material was causing me great discomfort!
We went on vacation to Florida in early October, and during theat week, the material seemed to disappear, or it found a good place to hide as it has given me little trouble since that time. Hopefully my return to physical activity won't cause it to break loose again.
I talked a lot last year about stack and tilt theory, and even experimented with the swing. As I evaluated my swing this Fall, I found that it caused fundamental problems with what works naturally for me. My legs (lower body) has always been the source of power for my golf swing, and all other sports I participated in. The stack and tilt for me would cause my lower body to out race my upper body which resulted in an open-face and less than optimum swing path.Keeping my arms in front of my chest was almost impossible, and no amount of upper body strength was going to help this problem.
I love the word stacked and its result for hitting square, solid golf shots. Stacked is keeping your torso positioned over your knees throughout your swing. For me, stacked could only happen at impact when I made a wide, behind the golf ball, turn to the top of my backswing.
Like the photo shown above...stacked is best shown in the big picture, hanging back is shown in the inset picture.
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