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Old 02-24-2007, 05:09 PM
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B-Ray, Not much interest in your thread so far - shame really!

I never used this product but looked at their website - looks like a versatile machine.

I generally hate putting ( 36 putts is a great day for me! and no i am not hitting every green in regulation!! ) - hence my score suffers - but just not found anyway to make it interesting to practice. Feel or mechanics... Seems very easy to have good feel one day and bad the next... difficult to monitor the mechanics on your own... I know that you should get mechanics first and repeat solid mechanics through feel but...

I have tried the Pelz straight back/straight through method and the arc motion preffered by Stan Utley and VJ (never tried his putting arc yet)...

These two seem to be the two "accepted" methods by most teachers... This training aid seems to allow both - pretty good really!

How do you feel it works in reality - which method do you think suits your students / is face balanced putter better for Pelz style stroke? Is a face balanced putter detrimental to arc style stroke?

I sometimes worry about a training aid that forces you to make correct mechanics rather than one that gives feedback on when your mechanics are correct ( ie. without actually guiding you club directly).

Do your students like to use it?
Do any of them actually go on a buy one for their own purposes?
It is not cheap but probably about the same as a premium driver ... if i could shave 5 shots off my game it would be with better putting and not a new driver!!
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