[innercityteacher]

Hi ICT,

You're missing something. It shouldn't be this difficult.

My Hip Slide, is two inches. That's about this |____________________________| much.

I agree that he is correct with the "Hip/Cart" drill-example. But, that's more a weight shift Drill. Weight stays on the right foot as the left heel is planted and the Downstroke begins. Use your right leg to brace the downstroke shoulder turn but don't push with the right leg.

The MacDonald drills are the keys to the door.

If I'm reading you right, you've been (maybe) using your arms to replace the Pivot. But now you seem to think that the Pivot is a huge muscular lateral motion. Hmm? It may look that way when viewing swings, but it's "Hip Turn" and "Hip Action".

How is your Posture? Are you bending enough?

All of the above is easy. First learn to return the Right Forearm to the Angle of Approach. That alone will dictate your Pivot (Hip Turn and Action). Until you can return the Right Forearm to its Impact Fix Angle of Approach, you're only "Exercising". Save that for the Gym.

Read the drills I gave to AirAir. Get a bucket with a Handle. Horizontal and Angled Hinging are very different. Don't mix.

I wanna be like Jack N. when I get older, like in March 2011. (Lynn can show me the details and some Hitting stuff, too, in April, but I'm going to concentrate on the Turning Shoulder Plane for now.)

Why?

"The basic 'Turning Shoulder Procedure' -"A." below-has been undoubtedly the most widely used Basic Plane. The player who takes the club head 'straight back from the ball' is using this Plane Angle. The club head is also brought "straight down through the ball' for Impact....It is extremely effective and dynamically correct..."

I want to be extremely effective and dynamically correct.

Is this a TSP Swing?

What about this swing?

So, let's forget what these men call their swings. For our purposes, are these TSP swings, or something else? I want my hands and arms to be passive and thrown by my hips straight back on Plane and the DOWN through the ball. In this case my hands will be educated to relax and enjoy the feeling of the power of my Pivot and of the # 3 PP loading and discharging through the ball. Notice in the last Swing how high Mr. Lee's hands are at Address. (1.42 in the tape)

These folks are not the teacher that Yoda is. Because of his teaching, and because of Mr.Kelly, I am able to understand why some things work in golf and some things do not. Pro golfers may not know how they do what they do but we can and try to copy some of it based on our body type and abilities.





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