23) Power Package Delivery Path
 

♦ Straight Line Delivery with Zero Plane Shift
AIMING POINT CONCEPT - BOBBY CLAMPETT
Homer Kelley’s The Golfing Machine was the book that most
influenced my own game, and my teacher Ben Doyle taught me the
book’s aiming point concept. It works like this:
Draw an imaginary line from your hands at the top of the backswing to
a point a foot or so in front of the ball along the target line. As the
backswing transitions to the downswing, the goal is to have your
hands pass over that mark in front off the ball before the club does.
Just a swing or two using the technique and your divots will move
forward, your impact will be more solid.

24) Power Package Release
 

♦ Right forearm is driven (thrown) through impact
♦ If you run out of right arm before low point, you have no choice but to
throw away your flying wedges.
♦ Impact Elbow While the golfer wants 'impact hands', it's important to
also have 'impact elbow.' Regardless of what the critics say about having
the right forearm on plane at address or even at impact, any critic with
any credibility will concur that the right elbow should still be slightly bent
at impact. So, don't just move the hands forward until the two shafts are
parallel with each other and create 'impact hands.' You need to make sure
that you create impact hands while still having the right elbow bent.
♦ Release #1 and #4 Incrementally On Down-stroke

I've Looked...Now It's Time To Leap!
 

A Tale Of Two Thrusts
 

Why Johnny Can't Read
 

7-3 Delayed Release -- Hitters Vs. Swingers
 

Extensor Action And Weight Shifts
 

7-17 Swinging from the feet
 

7-12 Pivot POWER PACKAGE TRANSPORT
 

7 - 18 Left Wrist Action
 

Byron Nelson
 

!00 years.
He is called the modern golfswing's father.
In what way?
Is that a good thing - TGM wise?

Interesting question. All these years later we seem to be looking more at the swing of his old caddy yard stable mate, Ben Hogan. Who to my mind is 10-19-C's father or the inspiration there of .

Perhaps the fact that Mr Nelson dominated golf in the era immediately after the introduction of steel shafts lead to the title? Hogan didn't really come along until a bit later ...after Nelson had retired to the horse farm.

Byron in experimenting with steel shafts developed his "rocking chair" set of knees , his "caddy dip". Despite the fact it wasn't universally adopted by other golfers of his era it certainly was in vogue once Jack came along.... That and the higher plane angle .

In fact I found some old video of a young Bear Cub looking quite Byron Nelson ish to my eye anyways , some may disagree. Jack eventually took out some of the float loading seen here. Interesting! Wonder why, how , when etc? Anybody know?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8CHBZY19k

The Golden Beast
 

Why he was named the Golden Bear beats me. The Golden Beast seems to fit better. It is simply incredible to see such a union of control and brute force as he held for quite some time.

While I love Ben Hogan's swing, Nicklaus' seems to be highly underrated among the experts.

Maybe he could have made golf clubs named Golden Beast?

Pivot center
 

Right forearm takeaway
 

Keeping the right forearm on-plane
 

12-0 Stroke Patterns
 

Any swingers left - Snap Release
 

Right hip and foot action during downstroke.
 

Imagine
 

Finding Balance - Closing your eyes
 

Centrifugal Force Swingers
 

Are there less swingers..
 

Steady Head?
 

Swingers downswing
 

Horizontal Hinging
 

Once more
 

G.O.L.F. (more on page 260 #2596 http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread7767-260.html)

Geometrically Oriented Linear Force

THE THREE ESSENTIALS ARE:

1) A Stationary Head
2) Balance
3) Rhythm

THE THREE IMPERATIVES ARE:

1) A “Flat” Left Wrist
2) A Clubhead Lag Pressure Point
3) A Straight Plane Line


There are 3 major concepts in TGM:

1) Hinge Action : Clubface control

2) Angular Motion : Clubhead control

3) The Inclined Plane : Clubshaft and sweetspot control

The golfstroke is the Hinge Action (2-G) of an Angular Motion (2-K) operating on an Inclined Plane (2-F).

The means to change a circle into a straight line while circling on an inclinced plane.

The golfstoke is about inscribing near perfect circles with the orbiting clubhead on the face of an inclined plane while simultaneously sustaining lag pressure on the clubshaft and controlling the clubface thru impact.

..

Zone #1 - Body - Provides balance throughout the swing.
Zone #2 - Arms - Provide the speed and power of the swing.
Zone #3 - Hands - Give the shot direction.


If you're having balance problems, work on your pivot.
If you're having distance problems, swing the arms faster (in conjunction with your pivot).
If you're having direction problems, focus on your hands.
..

The Stressed Clubshaft (Clubhead Control and Power) . . . .

The Flat Left Wrist (Clubface Control and Rhythm) . . .

The Straight Plane Line (Clubshaft Control and the Inclined Plane of Motion).
..

Your Stroke Pattern is your Motion. (12-1-0 or 12-2-0). Basic (12-5-1), Acquired (12-5-2) and Total (12-5-3). The Motion makes the Shots. As the Motion improves, Shots improve -- not vice versa (12-0).

So, make the Motion. Let the Motion make the Shots.
..

The Hinge Action must remain the responsibility of the Flat Left Wrist, not the Right Forearm Flying Wedge. Repeat after me the following TGM mantra:

Left Hand -- ClubFACE (Alignment).

Right Hand -- ClubHEAD (Acceleration and Guidance).

..

The SECRET OF GOLF is not a position - it’s a PRESSURE!


The Golfing Machine is about making thoughtful and
 knowledgeable Choices leading to the ultimate goal of
 having an Uncompensated Stroke Pattern.


The three all-encompassing Primary Concepts on which all details can be easily attached as they surface - The Hinge Action (2-G) 
of an Angular Motion (2-K) operating on an Inclined Plane (2-F)

We shouldn’t be trying to make the clubhead go in a straight line – through impact or anywhere else. And we certainly shouldn’t be trying to hold the clubface square to the target.

The clubhead moves in a curve through impact, not a straight line. And the clubface is constantly closing, not staying square.

Homer's easy test for being on plane is ridiculously simple...a five year old can tell if he is on plane or not! In golf it is polite to point!

Geometrically, the Snap Load [late Left Wrist Loading Action] is most efficient.

-- Homer Kelley

Give me a flat left wrist, a lag pressure point 
and a straight plane line, I can teach anyone to play golf

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread5202.html
http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=6158

Quote:
3-F-6 EXECUTION All quick, jerky and wobbly motions are improper execution. Neither the Hands nor the Club are flipped or swished around haphazardly. The ideal – even with an Automatic Release – is to be very deliberate, positive and Heavy. Never Dainty. Shorten the Stroke, slow the Stroke or delay the Release until a positive Clubhead Lag can give the hands a heavy Clubhead to drive (or swing) against the ball – at all speeds. See 6-F. Erratic execution indicates loss of Rhythm (2-G).

And a flimsy Power Package structure indicates lack of Extensor Action (6-B-1-D) and/or neglect of the Flying Wedges (6-B-3-0). Or faulty Translation. Or, it may be that you are attempting to incorporate incompatible Components as discussed in Chapters 1-K and 13. Any procedure - whether Practicing or Playing – that procedure slow that produces awkward or un-golf-like positions or motions is being misapplied. Go back and get it straight immediately – starting with 3-0 and 3-B. Learning step-by-step – start with 3-0 and 3-b. Learning step-by-step to maintain the essential Geometry per 5-0, under all conditions, alone leads to a MASTER’S level of execution. That is – with and without Wristcock, with and without #3 Accumulator, with any Hinging, with any Plane Line Combination (10-5) from any Ball Location, Hitting or Swinging, with Right Forearm Takeaway (7-3) and with a motionless Right Wrist.

Time it takes to learn these key alignments: 15 seconds
Benefit: Lifetime

Time it takes to learn the "Heavy Hit" (ala Extensor Action) : 15 seconds
Benefit: Lifetime

How Do I Set My Arms?
 

Flat left, bent right
 

#4 accumulator
 

Driver at address
 

Straight Path and Flywheel
 

Over the top
 

BY YODA: The dreaded "over-the-top" move. A lot of golfers have this disease and unless they find the cure, they will be doomed in their pursuit of better golfing. I haven't found a single player yet that wants to have this move in their golf stroke!

Over-the-top is ALWAYS a faulty pivot motion. The shoulders turn too early, and off plane, in the start of the downstroke and as a result the arms and hands follow. Now the player is using a bent plane line instead of a straight one! The pivot should never do anything to disrupt the path of the hands!

From the top of the swing the hips MUST slide slightly left, parallel to the Delivery Line. This action tilts the spine, the axis of the shoulder turn, and allows the right shoulder to remain on plane as it begins its turn toward the ball. It also pins the left arm across the chest, loading the #4 Accumulator, and starts the hands in their downplane Delivery Path toward the ball. The Pivot continues its Power Package Transport to Release, then the Arms continue the motion through Impact to the Finish. The golfer who adheres to this Downstroke Sequence (6-M-1) CANNOT come over-the-top!

There are three distinctly different "Zones" that have to be trained individually but must work synchronous.

Zone #1 - Body - Provide balance throughout the swing.
Zone #2- Arms - Provide the speed and power of the swing.
Zone #3 - Hands - Gives the shot direction.

If you're having balance problems, work on your pivot.
If you're having distance problems, swing the arms faster, (in conjunction with your pivot).
If you're having direction problems, focus on your hands.

Reading the book
 

Training the pivot.
 

#2 Accumulator power .. How do U use it?
 

Confused on Wrist hinge movement
 

The little nuggets of wisdom you find here are wonderful.
 

"The bump" to start downswing