[innercityteacher]

Saturday at 6:30am I had laid down an umbrella to mark my planeline. I compressed almost every ball as long as I traced the plainline back and forth. right index finger on back of club. Level hands. Pocket back and through

Par Score GIR Chp/SB/Ptch #/distance Putt #/distance

3 4 Y 0 0 3 70 ft
5 5 Y 0 0 2 10 "
4 5 N 1ptch 30 ft 2 20 "
4 5 N 1sb 20 ft 2 15 "
4 5 N 1ptch 35 ft 2 10 "
4 5 N 1chp 60 ft 2 6 "
3 5 N 2chps 60 ft 2 8 "
4 5 Y 0 0 3 30 "
4 7 N 1ptch 120 ft 3 30 "

35 46 3 6 21 235 ft

At about the 7th hole, I stopped tracing the line and started tilting my back shoulder up then down. It got really sore and I had to use a very flat tracing to get around the course hooking everything, then I combined the flat tracing with the inclined plane.

4 5 N 1sb 10 ft 1 8 ft
4 4 N 1sb 20 " 1 6 "
4 4 Y 0 4 " 2 4 "
4 7 N 2ptchs 150" 3 60"
3 4 Y 0 3 20"
4 5 N 1ptch 120" 2 30 "
4 9 N misplayed into 2 trees 3 50 "
3 4 N 1sb 40" 2 20 "
5 7 N 0 2 10 "

35 49 2 6 19 308*


I slipped back away from the flat tracing and the shoulder became sore again.

I related this all to my GSEB, John Savage, today. His response was to show me PRIMARY AIM POINT/planeline, clearing the back hip with the RIGHT FOREARM TAKEAWAY WHILE KEEPING THE CLUB IN FRONT OF THE HIP AND STERNUM ROTATION/ HORIZONTAL FANNING AND BACK SHOULDER PUSH OUT TO AIMPOINT.


When I relaxed and let my arms extend down the line, I could turn my sternum well enough to hit consistent shots with lower power.

But when I got tired or nervous, I had been tracing the planeline but pulling my sternun in so sharply and deeply that I was stuck and driving my choulder down into my ribcage with power bouncing off it and somehow still making contact with the ball


Instead, by clearing the right hip with the sternum and
( horizontally ) setting the right elbow (much like a sidearm or forward frisbee throw) so the club points at the planeline, the front hip and ribcage can be sent straight back or the right shoulder can push to the planeline straight forward or cover the planeline. LET ME EMPHASIZE HOW GREATLY HORIZONTAL THIS FEELS SETTING AND COVERING FORWARD!

Whether hitting or swinging, the motion is so compact and so linear/horizontal that the ball squeezes out low before shooting high above the battlefield. A well struck ball makes a different heavier, fuller, "angry bee" sound.

I think I'd hit about 30 sand wedges within 5 feet of the target straight in front of me when John asked me if I was bored by the action. I said "no, I had been in the twilight zone for so long, it was great to see cause and effect in operation." John pointed out that the ball could only go where the clubface was aimed! It was so much fun to do it on purpose!

John observed that I was still fighting the tendency to pull with my left arm but concentrating on RFT clearing the hip would help me hit both primary and secondary aimpoints.

Good hitting to all!

Patrick

Oh, sure. Drag my stupid responses in here.
I watched a teaching pro giving a lesson today and it was obvious there was no understanding of TGM.
Man, are we lucky to have this site and these friends.
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