[innercityteacher]

So far, I have personally suggested that 10 plus people take lessons from my GSEB. I have written mor than 50 notes to people at the driving range about this site. I am not renewing my "Golf-Link" subscription (though it is good), nor my Moe Norman site, nor any other site. I have purcased Alignment Golf I and will get AG II.

What's my point? THIS SITE IS MORE INFORMATIVE, PERSONABLE, AND COMPLETE IN IT'S EXPLANATION OF GOLF FUNDAMENTALS THAN any other golf site. I like the Australian sites and they have some very cool things like animations and some interesting organizational schemes, but the depth and generosity of this site's leadership is AMAZING!

In Nick Faldo's "Golf-The Winning Formula," Nick Faldo (Leadbetter,pp.88-90), describes 3 ways to "Reverse the Swing." The first is "to feel the left shoulder rise." The second is the "bringing the back elbow down and in." The third, "and only for the most advanced player," is to feel the left knee seperate from the right.

I asked my GSEB about this, today, as he instricted me to come to "neutral knees," before "hitting the ball with my hips." So I noticed the left knee move and asked.

As I practiced coming to neutral, the ball compressed differently and travelled low before climbing the hill to apex and landing softly. It made a diferent compressing sound and felt effortless.

Why is such a little move so radically effective? I'm not sure. But the feeling is so significant, was so significant that I gained almost 10 yards of carry, today, and more yards from roll.

When I started with my basic clone sand wedge, I was not getting to the 80 yard flag and elevated green with the range balls. As John worked with me to get the knees to neutral then, "fire my hips," "hit the ball with my hips," "be quicker with the hips," and "develop hip-eye coordination," I went over the flag and the ball started to go about 20 feet higher. When I stopped with the SW, the shots were rolling 95 yards plus. The 8 iron flew 145 and rolled almost 160.

Then, as I started using my 6 iron, I lost compression and kept hitting behind the ball. John told me that I often look like Charles Barkley. By using my arms and hands to hit the ball, I was forcing my right shoulder down and jamming my right hip shut, looking like CB. With longer irons, I was getting worried about power and trying to force the club down instead of shooting my hips down range and letting the club work.

I experimented with various ways to come to neutral including raising the left shoulder, popping the left knee to seperate (the hips must move the knee), and rolling the left ankle.

I settled on rolling the left ankle. I use JN's elbow putting stroke w/index finger on the side so why not roll the front ankle? Combined with an inclined hula-hoop trace in front of me, the club bites and the ball "clicks" to compression.

"Hula trace-up, roll up, tilt away, compress!"

Thoughts?

Patrick

"Level left wrist" neither fully cocked nor fully uncocked.........the gate way to the On Plane Right Forearm and its structural magic for chips and every other shot too. Try it with some Extensor Action to really feel the structure and make sure you make it all the way to Both Arms Straight to complete the correct clubhead orbit and feel little chip shots that are "nutted", pure compression. Yoda would chuckle and say "Hear that sound.....heh , heh, heh". Three dimensional impact.

The Level Left Wrist is employed for every shot (an example of Homers Sameness) but the position of the club in the left hand grip can be altered to zero out the #3 Accumulator typically done in Basic Motion , little chip shots or putts......to deaden the send. Although I know a guy who zeroes it out for every shot ........he dont hit it too far that guy. He's all zone 1 and 2 no zone 3 power.