sure wayne. Good footwork takes a lot of practice. basically what you are looking for is any wobbliness any jumpiness. the feet should stay on the ground, in position that they started from, weight evenly distributed over each foot, no rolling to the outer edges of the right foot in the backswing, no rolling over the edges of the left foot going through, those suckers need to stay flat and balanced. there should be no lifting only rolling inwards towards one another slightly until the right foot is pulled up onto the toe after it has rolled in and after impact. good footwork is not work, its effortless balance and a perfect foundation for your machine, you wouldnt want a house whose foundation is wiggling around all over the place jumping around. the left foot should roll slightly towards the right in the backswing and right foot roll slightly towards the left going through. next time you video your swing forget the swing itself and zoom in on the feet, watch them carefully youll probably notice balance issues, FIX THEM period and your whole swing will benefit

compare the footwork here with luke donald pay close attention notice how he does not roll to the outer edge of his right foot in the backswing its as if someone is holding his foot on the ground flatttttt as a pancake, notice how he rolls in towards the left, but also notice that he does slightly get to the outer edge of the left foot going through, thats a no no. compare our footwork, i like mine better ;) no rolling over the edge right foot comes up a little later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y51h8xAwkjU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIes_-QSaO8

Delayed hip action while moving strongly over to the left side will take a player's ball striking to a whole new level. This requires rolling the right foot well before impact, with the heel leading the toe, like this:

http://home.comcast.net/~peter.dilla...side_clip.html

im gonna have to agree to disagree, i spent a long time gettting that OUT of my swing ( right foot lifting before impact) look at diane from TGM she looks like me not like freddy there. you have to realize also this is an iron not a driver my driver footwork is slightly different, earlier, more lifting of the right foot, the shorter the iron the flatter they both stay longer. the higher swing speed of the driver increases the torquing going on with the hips and feet causing them to lift sooner be a little more activated but they should still not be wobbly or jumpy and i prefer the right foot to be flat as long as possible for balance and foundation. the better you are balanced the more efficient the energy transfer of the entire machine into the ball. every component of my swing is at the advice of my GSEM coach and Homer Kelley and feet being on the ground is one of them. dont get me wrong though when i go at a driver (which i usually do) i look pretty much like freddy there

i have made huge strides in my mental approach, on course mental management, organization of on course data collection, better shot strategy. for some reason taking an extended break from golf has made me fresh and clear and now my mental game is at a new level. I have more appreciation for homer's genius all the time, we were lucky that he used his genius for golf, as he could have applied it to anything..."i have answers to questions nobody thought to ask" that's a special mind that could have solved just about anything.

Good stuff Whip!!!

thanks kev! have you heard about the milverine? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/techn...article608049/

hahahaa

LOL!!! :salut:

MJ,

I'm a recent swinging convert and I have been studying the 'aiming point' discussions and practicing the right forearm angle of approach in the mirror - more stuff to think about... However, your instruction and vid above seems to naturally take care of those angles without much effort. My mind was free enough to focus on lag and PP#1 & #3. Just as you stated, my ball striking moved to the next level. Wow ! I may have to send you a bottle of wine for Christmas. Thank you !

BTW, I was feeling or seeing the ball move from left shoulder low point to front of right shoulder at impact ( head still). Of course it was the hip action that took me there but do you see a potential problem with this swing thought? It seems too easy..! Should my focus instead be on that right foot?

Poetry in motion
 

Whip,

That is a beautiful looking stroke.

Would you care to treat us with a down the line video as well?

thanks BerntR! I haven't been on in awhile, missed your comments. They are very much appreciated! I have put a lot of work and thought into this motion. I am always refining, so it is still a work in progress and therefore not perfect. I hope that it is however, a motion that would make Homer Kelley himself, proud. The components of my machine have been carefully selected and coordinated. I have translated the components through "crash" and "relative translation". My current level of power and control over the golf ball would not be possible without assembling my mechanics according to the science based principles of The Golfing Machine.

the Authorized Instructor is vital to this difficult and complex process. Without the Authorized Instructor, comprehension is vague and mechanical assembly is easily misguided.

"3-A TRANSLATION OF INSTRUCTION
There is another type of translation to consider also--the translation of the instructor's instructions including those in the book. Only the correct translation can lead to the correct application. A procedure must make sense--Geometrically and technically, else the Translation is faulty. If properly translated and it still fails, then there is faulty execution. Never Move anything unnecessarily, nor farther than necessary, but allow for psychological needs and preferences too. Variations of the Variations are unavoidable but should fit in with the basic function in chapter 7.
This book presents the "uncompensated" stroke as a goal, guide and progress report, not as the minimum entrance test...."

read, 3-C, 3-D,3-E to further understand the translation
procedures "crash" and "relative".

this dtl video is slightly older than the face on and is not as good nonetheless it is quite smooth, no recent vids..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIes_-QSaO8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jfDkLvLg-U