[innercityteacher]

Ok, I shot a terrible score yesterday , and still saw many new skills take shape after my visit with Lynn.

I made a lot of three puts from far away, and I also got greedy and turned five pars into bogies or worse. The greens are now in summer shape. I'm hitting my sweet spot on my putter through breaks and bouncing my putts out of the middle of holes or ripping around the edges and spitting out yards away. I practice putting now exclusively before my round, maybe that's the problem. I feel like I can hit anything and go for long putts a lot.

I "putted my chips" to within 10 feet on 7 holes. The technique Lynn showed me using my putting grip works with lob wedges, pitching wedges, sand wedges and 9 irons. Several of those shots were within two feet and knocked away. Sadly, all of those chips were for par. Our rough is very thick but the right club getting the ball rolling to the hole right away is beautiful.

My driver and full swing were pulls to start. I corrected two big problems by marching and Pivoting fully until I felt the weight in my PP # 3 and my wrists fully set, and I got my right thumb off the frickin' club! As soon as my right thumb was loose i started bombing my drives straight and far! Sheesh! Those mistakes cost me 20 extra strokes or so, but once I made my last prep a waggle with a loose thumb with lag felt in the PP# 3, and checked my balance, it was FLAIL TIME!


A repeatable FLAIL and putting/chipping technique has me very encouraged. This whole tape touches much of what Lynn showed me. Check out Sam's grip remarks from 5:00 to 7:00!

http://youtu.be/pFbykFmNK5o

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Something else Lynn spent time with me on was a backward Pivot LAG. Here's a good set of exercises from EDZ.

Here's the thread:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5448&highlight=right+thumb#post54 48

Originally posted by EDZ

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges for true swinging is learning to 'trust' that CF will do its job and to 'allow' rotation. Instinct for most people is to 'try' to do something with the club, which unfortunately gets in the way of allowing the club to swing.

If you find that you are bringing the hosel into the ball, chances are you are either a) off plane or b) out of rhythm

Most often the issue is being off plane, having the club too inside on the takeaway with a 'lift and roll' motion of the hands that instantly takes the club off plane. Imagine a line along your toes parallel to the target line, at about the balls of your feet (where your hands are hanging at address). You want your hands to move back and through along that line, without the club getting too much 'behind' them off the plane. Work on this without a club, and even better, while swinging a rope or 'tempo ball' (see ebay).

This addresses the second main issue - rhythm. You can use a rope, or a towel, or even just a t-shirt. Swing it back and wait for it to hit your back, then through. You'll feel the 'swinging' rhythm, and with the t-shirt, you'll even feel that 'lag' loaded and dragged through. The feel of a 'heavy' club that will really help you feel those pressure points in your hands, and 'let' you SWING without trying. Swinging your hands as if they were a child on a swing set.

Lag the hands back to load PP # 3 from Standard Address AND WAIT FOR IT TO HIT YOUR BACK SO THAT YOUR WRISTS FULLY LOAD AND LAG IS FULLY DEVELOPED FOR FULL WRECKING BALL POWER (STAY IN BALANCE PRACTICE THIS) EDZ also reminded us to think "heavy and smooth,)
and that club will crash Down on that little ball as you Pivot back!

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