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All golfers move their head forward to some degree, but I wasn't meaning that his head moves forward "through the ball." It moves forward to the ball. My apologies for being unclear.
A lever needs a fulcurm, certainly. But "unorthodox" motions are often effective ones.
Think Silk Wilkes' jumpshot. It was an ugly thing of beauty.
I'm leaving Romero alone, until he "can't" hit. It just looks like he's so centered and focused and relaxed that I'm not giving him anything to think about.
"Hit it hard kid," will be more than enough.
There was a golf teacher in the 40's named Homer Kelly who wrote a bible on mechanical golf efficiency titled "The Golfing Machine." It reduced the swing to angles and vectors and geometry and physics.
Mechanically, it was correct of course.
But golfers and hitters aren't machines, Iron Byrons. There is a huge element of "feel" involved....and I think, a huge visual component.
Change what Romero does, too much, and he may not see the ball as well....and he may swing in a way that his body doesn't want to.
We underestimate the artful characteristic of athletic effort.
Let's see if Romero is an artist, before we mechanize him.
moe