[KevCarter]

Great idea for a thread!

I found right forearm driven putting to be a great cure for my putting yips. I like to set up very much like Jack Nicklaus in the enclosed picture, and a pattern that looks very much like Clampett's teaching in The Impact Zone.

Set up at impact fix
Low right shoulder
Flat left wrist
Bent right wrist
Right elbow/forearm driven
Don't run out of right arm through impact
Extend the right arm at finish
Maintain that pressure in PP #3!

Yoda and VJ do a fantastic job of teaching putting patterns in the Alignment Golf putting DVD. You can power the stoke with the shoulders, arms, or hands, but never mix those options!

Yoda also does a wonderful job of explaining a right side driven stroke with the long putter, including setting that up at impact hand(s) as well! Even though I have no problems with the short putter anymore, I use the long putter often to take the stress off my back just as you have mentioned. Magic of the Right Forearm and PP #3 with the long putter? Absolutely!

Kevin