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13) Shoulder Turn
♦ Take your RIGHT Shoulder as 'flat back' toward the Plane as you can. The
LEFT Shoulder will then respond exactly as it should. YODA ♦ When the Right Shoulder moves on the same Down-stroke Plane as the Hands it provides the greatest support and its best guidance to the Stroke. 7-13 ♦ Slow Start Down for hitters To my mind the advantage of Standard Shoulder Turn, 10-13-A, Flat back and On plane going down is that it allows for the shoulders , the right shoulder specifically to take the Hands and club directly down a flatter Turned Shoulder Plane. A flatter plane angle which would more closely approach a shaft plane and therefor require less of plane shift to get back to the shaft plane (or lie angle which we must for clean contact without any toe up or down). Homer realized we might not be able to get the right shoulder all the way over to the shaft plane and in this regard he recommended we select a higher plane if necessary. See 10-13-D. So this sort of a shoulder turn, which seems weird at first in that the shoulders travel a different path back and down, has some geometric advantages to my mind. Assuming you sequence your Downswing properly (6-M-1) ground up, the Right Shoulder will be taking the Hands down a more desirable Hand Path. The selection of a higher Inclined Plane that isnt a TSP can see the Right Shoulder take the Hands and club out over the top, above the plane. A predicament some solve by dropping the Hands vertically prior to turning the shoulders. This Turned Shoulder Plane and proper downswing sequencing together with Axis Tilt, a sliding of the Hips to Tilt the Spine and lower the Right Shoulder is practiced with the " Downstroke Waggle". A really great drill. I do two after a pull shot on the range and the pulls disappear immediately. The cure for "Roundhousing". O.B. LEFT |
14) Hip Turn
♦ All motion starts with a weight shift, slide, bump, parallel to the delivery
line, either the base line or cross-line when using the angle of approach, i.e. 11 degrees (or whatever) out to right field. ♦ Failure to Clear the Right Hip during Start Up produces a Right Elbow- Right Hip conflict and is a problem epidemic in the Golf World. The Hands resolve this conflict without fanfare simply by going around the Hip. Unfortunately, that means you are now above Plane and must re-route the Club at some point to return correctly to the Ball. Most offenders never make it. ♦ Hence, Homer included 'Clear Right Hip' as an important checkpoint in his Mechanical Checklist For All Strokes (12-3 #13). ♦ Lynn Blake - Sit Left & Rotate ♦ More hip rotation on back stroke to get club on plane ♦ Proper sequence of the tailbone release will go a LONG way toward holding the flying wedge longer. ♦ Be sure that when you're adding tilt it's not just moving the upper COG back. The lower actually shifts forward to keep the upper centered and create tilt. Otherwise you're shifting low point and changing your release sequence around as you mentioned. ♦ Rotate Hips While Moving Them Forward & Legs Keep Head Back First, a little history: Until the 6th edition, the Slide Hip Turn was defined as a Slide (in both directions) with no appreciable Turn.It is the action demonstrated in Photos 10-14-B #1 and #2. It is also the action that unfortunately remains described in the Chapter 11 summary (11-14-B). This oversight originated with Homer Kelley and has yet to be corrected by the current publisher. As you have noted, the amended definition in the 6th and 7th editions is a slide with a delayed turn (in both directions). This new definition differs from the Standard Hip Turn in that it emphasizes a more exaggerated Slide parallel to the selected Delivery Line (normally the Square Plane Line / Target Line) prior to the Turn. An example would be the Slide Hip Turn of Colin Montgomery. Take a look at the linked Swing Sequence, and the differentiating features of Slide versus Standard will be readily apparent. Note especially how the exaggerated Hip Slide (even though coupled with a Delayed Turn) moves Collin's right leg to vertical in the Backstroke and left leg beyond vertical at the Finish. http://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/Golf/v...ence-Golf-Tip/ For the record, I continue to teach the more conventional Standard Hip Turn, even though the Slide Hip Turn is now the listed 14th Component Variation in both the Drive and Drag Loading Basic Patterns (12-1-0 and 12-2-0) in the posthumously published 7th edition. However, if a student came to me with a well-executed and integrated Slide Hip Turn, I would not change it. LYNN BLAKE |
15) Hip Action
♦ Hula-Hula, hips and left knee move towards target at or just before start
down ♦ The Hips pull the Shoulders Down Plane. The minimal Hip Slide -- just enough to get the Weight to the Left Foot -- allows the Right Shoulder to remain On Plane during the Start Down. Then, in full Strokes, the Hip Turn/Action thrusts the Shoulder Downplane toward the Ball, thus providing the initial Acceleration and Delivery of the Loaded Power Package to Release. ♦ A sharp Backstroke Turn, a Down-stroke Hip Slide only (before the Arm Motion begins) encourages "On Plane" Pivot alignments. So it's -- Turn, Slide, Swing, while my Right Hip remains in its Turned condition. The Golfing Machine (Third Edition / 3-F-5) |
16) Knee Action
WORK ON S&T KNEE ACTION.
♦ LEFT KNEE BENDS and right knee straightens incrementally on back stroke ♦ Left knee moves forward 2” in front of left foot at start down ♦ Pouncing cat starts launching as left knee straightens while moving into impact and follow through ♦ Right knee also needs to be straightening and pushing through impact. |
17) Foot Action
♦ Get Weight More Towards Heels
♦ Weight Shifts To Right Heel - Club Sets At Top ♦ On down-stroke weight pushes on the right foot from the ball of the foot then from the big toe. This moves the hips rotationally much more efficiently. ♦ Start shifting weight and pushing from ball of right foot BEFORE Start Down and BEFORE reaching top. Add to Trolio Move. ♦ Down Stroke 1st Move - Weight To Left Heel – Turn FROM 7-19 (LAG LOADING) OF THE 3RD EDITION: Using the Pivot (from the Feet) instead of Arm motion to set up Lag Pressure and Rhythm reduces the risk of losing them by "running out of Right Arm" and gives maximum Extension to the Lever Assembly. |
18) Left Wrist Action
♦ Left wrist must hinge (release) and fully un-cock through impact to
remain flat ♦ EXTENSOR ACTION on down stroke = Flat left wrist ♦ Flat left wrist rolling left wrist through impact |
19) Lag Loading
♦ The Secret to more lag pressure - Right Wrist Angle INCREASES on
downswing. Feel a little FLOAT LOADING. |
20) Trigger Types
The Power Package includes the Arms, Hands and Club and the four Power
Accumulators. After its determined which Power Accumulators will be used for a particular shot, they're Assembled, Stored, Delivered and Released. Component #20 - Triggers, Release the Power Package by Allowing (Automatic) or Forcing (Non-Automatic) the two sides of the Triangle to start returning to Both Arms Straight. |
21) Power Package Assembly Point
Assembly Points are classified according to the reference point along the
delivery paths where assembly is completed. 3 points of reference produce 5 variations I will cover only 3 top side and end. 1) The top of either line path 2) Any point along any delivery path 3) Any point beyond the top A.K.A. the end. Assembly is not completed until the #3 pressure point down-stroke has been established. The top is as in number 1 is used to mean the hands are at shoulder high and on plane. Where as the top is the end of the backstroke. So the player has a choice to as where they choose to their assembly. Top Here the package assembly is complete at the Top before the hands actually start on the down-stroke. # 3 pressure point would assemble on the aft side of the shaft. Side This procedure is when the right forearm is parallel to the ground which now may considered the top of the stroke. # 3 pressure point would assemble on the aft side of the shaft. End Is when the hands goes beyond the top of the backstroke and arches to the end beyond the top. # 3 pressure point assembles top side or under the shaft from the players view. The more closer the player gets to the End of the stroke to assemble the more top side or under the shaft the # 3 pressure point maybe from the players view. The good news is most players use the Top as in number 1 as their assembly point which would be the aft side of the shaft location if the player goes a bit further it is more towards the top side or beneath/under from the players view. |
22) Power Package Loading Action
♦ Feel the right elbow cocking the left wrist
♦ The magic of the right forearm – handles assembly of the power package on the backstroke. See Blake / Gay video. Right elbow needs to start cocking early. ♦ Float loading -> Bent/Frozen Right Wrist (angle can increase) |
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