[innercityteacher]

John Savage, last week revealed the "magic of the level handle," which amazingly enough corresponded to tracing the planeline with your shaft, which Bernie (BerntR) and the whole LBG universe has said about, uhmmm, 1,000,000 times!

OB also gave many great answers agout the RFT and shoulder stuff including "..........most likely under plane given a shoulder turn takeaway. Ideally the Shoulders in Startup turn BACK, around on a flatish plane and the Hands and arms go UP. See the Vectors and the McDonald drills too, Wild Bill Melhourne etc etc. Lynn likens this to patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time. Something we do all the time during the course of our normal day, reaching for things......multi levers, independent motions, scattered vectors..........but netting out with the Hands traveling towards their target.........the mug on the top shelf in your kitchen or whatever. You dont lock up and align your shoulders and arms to accomplish that. You dont even think about your shoulders really.............you just direct your hand to the target. Very Homer like isnt it? "

And Kevin has given me so many insights over time that I just literally have stacks of things I pour through several times a week. and then Jerry says things like this
, "I don't think you should worry too much yet about whether or not you are hinging Horizontally or Angled. I'm thinking straight line delivery with the heel of the right hand covering the ball. It is a lot easier to actually do, for me, if I make sure the shaft is running right up the cup in my right hand and the Right Arm On Plane. Tues and Wed. I hit it dead straight with the irons a bit of a draw with the hybrids and woods.
After taking stock of my right arm and pp's #1 and 3, I grabbed a wedge and focused on H, A, or V hinging. Then I grabbed a 7 iron and tried to pay attention to only my hands. Then a hybrid and then a driver. The clubhead goes where my hands take it. If I over cook it, I am pretty sure I turned the back of my left hand over too much."

And ED Z has exercises and drills for RFT.

And while kicking through the stacks, Yoda wrote this about all that,"

Yes, both Hitter and Swinger use Pivot Lag (Hips lead Shoulders in the Downstroke) to Load the Power Package (via the On Plane Right Shoulder Turn Thrust against Pressure Point #4).

The essential difference between the two is what is being Loaded and how. The Hitter Loads the Right Triceps to Drive the Club through Impact, and he does so by using the Hands at the Top to resist the motion of the Backstroke Turn per 7-19-1. The Swinger Loads the Left Wrist to Drag the Club through Impact, and he does so by using the Shoulder Thrust to Snap the Club onto the Lag Pressure Point per 7-19-3."


So putting this together...




I started tracing the line with basic motion and enjoyed the compression so much I wound up knocking down the base of the markers with wedges through 7 iron. I realized with the infinite planeline marked behind my ball with a club, I could trust my tracing/pivot and simply concentrate on "shoulder upplane/shoulder downplane," or, "hands upline/hands downline." My intact wedges and power package united (I'm sorry OB), I was able to swing long and strong with long clubs and the ball in the middle of my stance. Angled hinge produced straight shots with the hint of a fade or a real fade based on ball positions.

The slower my swing, the more the ball seemed to jump and the sweeter the crack like sound of contact.

An older gentleman had started watching with basic motion . He was clearly looking and then really struggling to hit some very nice looking clubs. When I was done swinging and hitting my hinges at will (except HH except for chips), I interrupted the gentleman and laid a club on the planeline. I told him about tracing the line with chips and working up. I told him about the balance of the planeline balancing me. He hit a few solidly but then started to look up before contact and he had no wedges and started spraying his shots. I told him about carrying the pivot through to the left.
Then I decided less was much more and told him about LBG golf and the website.

Finally, with about 30 balls left, I started doing my version of Jerry's straight line thrusting at the aimpoint, using OB's casual RFT approach "right hand to shoulder/right thrust/right heel covers ball." As I got more comfortable, the shots flew as far as my swings with a very casual and simple stroke.

Tomorrow, I'll tee the ball and swing trying to discover a straight line back marker (shoulder up and down)as I do not trust the hit yet with its direction. I fear the left side of the force!

Thanks guys; have fun tomorrow.

ICT

I had a BLAST Jerry. I would say we are just like two little kids playing with our new Christmas toys. Yoda and Homer are just like Santa Claus!

Kevin