Some great videos there my friends. Enjoyed watching them, missing Cuscowilla and Yoda's wisdom on the game :(
Alex

As a newbie I found Yoda's recommendation to watch the Rhythm-Hinge video 100 times at least.

I have also been watching the Basic Motion video as well, along with everything else I can watch.

Question - To begin improving my swing, should I begin with the basic motion video?

I have also seen the videos with the Left-Right drill. Should I also employ this in my new curriculum to improve my Gawd Awful swing?

I love this description of the Hip's role in Standard Address, Fix and Startup. The Clearing of the Right Hip prior to Startup as referenced in 12-3 was such a big thing for me geometrically (clearing the inside path for a 3D startup) . But the Lag and Drag it establishes going back is something I have recently dialed up with great success. The flowing momentum it produces can really Load the Lag on its own but goes off the charts when working in concert with the Hips change of directions prior to Startdown, Axis Tilt. The Hip Slide with a Delayed Turn which represents the second "clear the right hip" of 12-3.

Look Ma , Im loaded for bear.

Spending money on golf
 

Hi everyone. Let me tell you a little of what I know about taking golf lessons. Many, many people will charge you near $1000 for a "complete package," and most of those people, I am not talking about TGM/LBG people here, have no stronger of a recommendation than "a friend of a friend," if you follow me. :rolleyes:

Mr. Blake gets called all the time from people who are feeding themselves and their families with their sticks. HE GETS CALLED BY PROFESSIONALS THAT NEED TO DO IT THE BEST THEY CAN.

Airfare for me is about $300 round trip. Cuscowilla was about $700 with car rental. Then I payed for lessons. For many of you, that is 10 rounds of golf or less! For me, it is 20 rounds. MR. BLAKE WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY I SPENT.

DO THE RIGHT THING AND REWARD YOURSELF WITH LESSONS FROM MR. BLAKE! YOUR ENJOYMENT OF GOLF WILL SKYROCKET AS WILL YOUR WINNINGS. :)

ICT

Are you saying that you would ....

☐ Recommend Mr. Blake
☐ Moderately recommend Mr. Blake
☐ Highly recommend Mr. Blake

How many lessons have you taken from Mr. Blake.....

☐ one
☐ Two
☐ Three
☐ Many

Directly related from my last lesson with Mr. Blake, I would say that...

☐ I have improved somewhat
☐ I have greatly improved
☐ my understanding has improved
☐ my understanding of Swing Mechanics has improved and I'm able to apply this new knowledge and lower my score
☐ Yesterday, my "Tour Card" arrived in the mail.

During the time since my lessons with Mr. Blake....

☐ My attitude toward TGM has changed
☐ My golf goals include higher expectations
☐ I hope some day to break 80
☐ I'm depressed more than ever
☐ I have a new outlook on life
☐ I'm going to sell my house, quit my job, move to Florida and become a Golf Teacher

Lol
 

HIGHLY recommend Mr. Blake! :laughing9

Thanks for the graphics D!

Pat

I will also highly recommend lessons from Yoda.

If you want to give yourself a life time experience of golf knowledge - he's your man. :salut:

Hey City, You're a cool dude .... I enjoy your posts and it was fun watching you improve and seeing your progress every day. In fact, If I had the money, I'd send you down there for 3 more days just to see it all over again. That was a blast seeing everybody learning and having a great time.

He's a fan of Forum regulars D!
 

He knows everyones' name, who's written what and when. He really is quite caring and very impressive. He could clone himself since he is that busy!

Pat

This should be Lynn's standard exit form
 

That's great Daryl. I forgot to ask him why Bucket likes goats so much though.

ICT

Only You!
 

Great stuff, Daryl.

And only from you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI

Luv ya man!

:occasion:

Golf School mentions Homer Kelly and TGM!!!
 

TGM and Base Line of the Plane!!!! omgosh!!!!!!! :golfcart: :golfcart: :golfcart:

He mentioned building his plane and his dowel Tracing the Baseline of the Plane!!!!!!!!! Club face control!

ICT

Martin Hall is showing TGM on his "Golfing Library" section. Now, if they'd only acknowledge LBG as the best machine hang-out!

Patrick Biocci -- Finale!
 

With apologies to diligent, real time readers, newbies need to go here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3B4qPZOEA

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread8101.html

Enjoy!

:golfcart2:

Prowling Home Depot for Dowels
 

I now find myself, Lynn, prowling around Lowe's and Home Depot for various color dowels to decorate my "Golf Room" (it would be a "Living Room" except it is filled with a basket of white laundry, a basket of colors, Impact bag, two full-length Ikea mirrors, putting track, and all my golf clubs). When I get the dowels, I will create a tracing station. For now, I have blue painters tape on the 4" wooden slats. Is that so wrong? :laughing9

ICT

Address Routine
 

Hi Everyone. Lynn was very patient with me in assembling my much needed Alignments at Standard Address. I'm curious as to what other LBG practitioners do to come to Standard Address. :book:

For example, if I start with my right forearm on plane at Mid-Body, then assemble the correct grip and left forearm above the right, does that make sense? I'm guessing it is all personal preference. :)

I realize now that my Arms have to swing freely in a more up direction and Shoulders should be almost parallel to the Base Line of the Plane for a longer period.

ICT

My experience was to walk into the ball from behind holding the club in the right hand/ with the right forearm as part of the preshot routine and aim the club were you want to aim (in my case some 20 degrees to the right of the goal and set up with a closed stance). Then I would grip the club with my left hand outside (to the left of) my left leg, thus giving me a stronger grip and then go back to adjusted address with this grip and stance. From there I could drag the club back with my right forearm (and pivot) with a start up swivel and the RW getting bent on the way up. But this may only be suited to my situation where I normally came OTT outside-in in my downstroke - to get rid of all the slicing/pulling that was going on ...:golf:

Thanks Air
 

I tried this by holding the club in the right hand putting the right forearm on plane and then taking the correct "drink water" Ben Hogan grip. I clobbered the ball with it witha very consistent draw.

I found this very useful thread that I want to work through.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...ight=grip+size

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...ight=grip+size

ICT

Flailing Exercises by EdZ
 

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...flail#post2065


ICT

My best ball-striking day ever!
 

Lynn's lessons included a thorough exam of my grip and a detailed explanation of what IMpact Fix is and is not. I had it so wrong! Lynn made it so right! :)

So, I start out with a BEn Hogan correct grip, Mid-Body Hands, and a Standard Address. Hula slightly left and my Pressure Points 1-3 are all aligned Aft of the shaft. RFT/EA feels to Trace the straight Target Line and left ankle lifts slightly. Pivot and Right Arm Sweep down at the same time!
:golf: :golf: :golf:

What caused me to get away from my Swing was a swollen left ankle. I stumbled on it the first two holes but was too stubborn to go home. :( Two aspirin and I tried to minimize my movement.

My first two holes were a stumbling 7 and 6 on two par fours, and a third 6 on our number 1 hcp hole but it was a good hole. You see I crushed my drive 30 yards further than ever before and I hit the best 3 wood of my life which easily carried water left and right (that I used to splash into) and plugged into deep rough pin high. I bent my shaft almost in half! :)

I have been watching Lynn's Hitting and Ted's Hitting videos for reminders. My new correct grip and proper Alignments have made golf so much more fun. I noticed Lynn and Ted's higher sort of "Whirly bird" finish instead of the different "Arrow through the Ear." And I realized I was doing their finish, sort of! :laughing9 I was so happy!

My front 9 par 36 was a 46, and my back 9 par 35 was a 41. I clobbered a few chips and smacked a couple trees pretending to be Godzilla! What was so cool was how early in the year I have made my first 41. And guess who is no longer the short hitter in the group? My club champion with his new R-9 Taylor Made was still about 30 yards longer but I was as long or longer than my other playing partners who had been usually 30 yards longer than me.

The control with the Hitting technique is amazing and I felt myself fly up in the air several times as I swept down. I have never Hit down so completely in my life!
I even putted a few chips within 3 feet of the hole on the back nine! Oh, and I made one Sandy. :laughing1

Thanks Lynn and LBG crew!

ICT

Arrow through the ear?

Does that leave the club pointing directly away from your adress position, ala Ben Doyle and the above plane finish swivel?

Or are you referring to something else?

Knowing how
 

Thanks Daryl. Knowing how helps the will be willing that much more.

ICT

whirly bird finish
 

http://lynnblakegolf.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo& Itemid=85&video_id=12

My opinion only Chip!

Compare and contrast. My finish was more like Ted's. Ted has reminded me to be sure to follow the correct sequence of 10-2-B
ICT

Slightly Closed Shoulders to Target Line
 

Yesterday, the entire golf course was standing water. It was very hard to stay down on every shot and take a face full of mud even with lift clean and place being in effect. Early in the round, I started dragging my putts left. Lynn was very good to instruct me about pushing my right shoulder back from my target line.

After 9 holes, I gave up Hitting and and my slight, very slight Impact Fix alignments. I started a different Swinging set-up with a Level Left Wrist and a softer Right Arm on Plane. The ball started to jump again and my putts straightened out. :)

My understanding of the Slightly Closed Shoulders, and of Moe Norman's much more Pre-Set On- Plane Shoulder, is that an On- Plane Shoulder, or the On-Plane Right Shoulder or Back Shoulder of a golfer is an elegant and beautiful thing.

Pivot moves the back shoulder Up -Plane which is always good, and the Pivot moves the On-Plane, Up-Plane Back Shoulder, Down, Out, and Forward which is beautiful on Balance.

The Hips move in a straight line back and forward. I thought my Feet moved my Hips but Lynn said no, the Feet and Knees stabilize the Head and Tripod. So, if the Shoulders need to be closed to the Target Line, the Hips or rather the Back Hip must be set back from the Target Line! :idea1:

Moe Norman was a genius! In his very simple way he created a series of Alignments that would allow him to always be "same as the last, same as the last." Right Hip was set back and the Back Shoulder was Up-Plane. The Base Line of the Plane was Traced by an On-Plane Right Forearm. He said he simply rotated his knees back and through which is really an easy mistake to make without a bio-mechanical chart. Moe did not allow himself to do a full Finish Swivel it seems, robbing him of some power. He seemed to delay the Finish Swivel for a very long time. I'm not saying I would recommend that adaptation. Moe was different that way. But he used his Hip! Right Hip fully back and the then fully through. Stable Head and Balance. BOOM. :dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Q7NSdHACc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGTi...eature=related

Homer Kelly was a genius. Lynn Blake is a genius who can help others become brilliant at golf and teach others to be become brilliant, too. :)

IC T

Extensor Action is crucial. Listen to Lynn's check list before every shot. " Quiet knees, Quiet Feet, Plane Line, Right Forearm On- Plane, Extensor Action. Grip, Stance, Planeline."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfOw_7jCTA

Check out the Extensor Action in the muscles of the right arm of Pro Wayne Watts guaranteeing the Tracing of the Base line of the Plane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM079i3iSvQ&NR=1

Notes to self: LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!

HIP BACK=SHOULDER BACK AND EASILY STARTED UP-PLANE!
HULA LEFT=THE SAME THING!
BELT BUCKLE 1" RIGHT OF CENTER=SAME THING

RF ON-PLANE, CORRECT GRIP, MID-BODY HANDS, OPEN FACE, EA, BELT BUCKLE PRESET, LAG BACK,HEEL FEELS UP, BELT BUCKLE THROUGH AROUND A STATIONARY HEAD TO ARROW (FINISH SWIVEL).

Right hip back is brilliant!!!! Simple RFT and lighter EA Pivot pushes back the Hip even more! Plant and drive elbow and shoulder Down Plane. Hand Path slides down the Angle of Attack to wind up at Impact Fix or ahead of Adjusted Address with Attitude.

Right Arm gets much deeper. Elbow in works on Swing also!

Why they call it "pitch elbow!"
 

I stumbled upon the "clapping hands" yesterday trying to correct several mistakes.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=66102&highlight=leading+elbow#pos t66102


Pivot, Elbow leads, now I know how and why. Thanks guys! :)

IC T

A 30% power and speed increase? No way! WAY!
 

You guys who have not studied with Lynn or anyone he's trained will not believe me but since studying with Lynn I have increased my speed and power by almost 30% ! :whistle:

How, you might ask?

Well, when I first met Lynn, my Left Hand Grip was wrong as was my Set-up so there was no Power Accumulator # 3 in any of my swings.There was no Balance and no Stationary Head. An honestly, though I thought I was aware of my PP#3, I could not use it on purpose.

I had shot a 79 and 78 last year in the dead of summer. I had achieved that and a 10.1 HCP on hard fairways and a well-timed block with a firm left wrist, hybrids, very soft, senior shafts and simple grit.

Until meeting Lynn and seeing the mad skills he has and that he teaches, I would not be able to shoot a competitive round in a tournament. BTW, an "80" is not a competitive score. :nono:

One of the things Lynn picked up on my first day with him was my right thumb bracing on the shaft. I didn't realize how important an observation that was until the other day. The Golfing Machine is about letting your machine work as effectively as it was designed.

My right thumb should be laying off the grip so my right "v" points to my back shoulder as does my left "v." Lynn showed me a lot of stuff and it takes me awhile to really learn things. Lynn showed me a drill to grip my club with a fist with no thumb and experience the Free Swivel of the wrists of both hands. By taking the right thumb off, the club settles snugly, very snugly, into PP # 3 allowing the golfer to "catch"the Lag as the club is dragged back with the Hip or RFT'd and "Sustain" the Lag as the Swing Drags or the Hit Drives PP # 3. :thumleft: :notworthy

With the back hip back, the back shoulder is on Plane with a Balanced Pivot and Stationary Head. A Swing will Throw those Wrists and PP # 3 like a "Wrecking Ball" (as Lynn has said elsewhere) into the golf ball. A Hit will allow the back Elbow and PP # 3 to turn the ball to frozen custard as it speeds away!

http://youtu.be/GjvxevgmwJ4


My drives were 210 or 220 yards with roll before meeting Lynn. With roll, they are now 260 ish! :golf:

Thanks Lynn!

Ic T

Another way to think of it
 

Maybe you are a good putter and play on a par 71 like I do. Maybe you have actually shot par once or twice. But you and I know that God has a sense of humor and that your club champ or someone else's club champ would just wear you out and make you scream "Momma!" :crybaby:

If that is you, and you cannot shoot 3 over or less on purpose regularly, your Grip is wrong and you have no idea of how powerful and precise your PP # 3 and your Golf Machine can be. With the right Grip and Set-up you can walk up to your club pro, smile, and make him or her say "Mommy!" :)

Call Lynn. He is an excellently talented, clear and humorous teacher. Learn the proper Grip and become a "playah!" Holla at your boyyyyyy! :golf:

IC T

It is funny that you mention the right thumb in your post ICT. I was working on my basic motion last night in my indoor practice setup and as happens sometimes when practicing, something clicks. Last night it was the fact that I was doing what you describe with the right thumb. I began to try doing basic motion with it only lightly touching the club, and as you describe the grip suddenly set into the PP#3 better than it ever has and I could both hear and feel the difference in the contact with the ball. I am excited to take this out to the range for a little total motion practice.

New Distances
 

I have been experiencing what my friend JerryG often complains about, and that is hitting the ball way past the green Pilot! On Memorial Day, thanks to all our Vets, I was resting from my school battles and had a 210 yard slightly uphill 2nd shot. My 2 hybrid has been a trustworthy 190 yard club and the green was well bunkered and narrow in front with a heck of a hill behind. The wild grasses caught my shot 10 yards behind the flag. I took a 7 hacking out of the grasses!

Let us know how you progress.

IC T

ICT, I thought that I had read in Hogans 5 lessons something similar to our right thumb and forefinger discussion and so I tried to find it. Sure enough it says in the grip chapter try feeling as if your right forefinger and thumb are hardly on the club. I don't know if Homer says anything like this in the book but I would not be too surprised if he had.

Lynn mentions Hogan often!
 

Lynn has a teenager's passion for the opposite sex (at least in the 7th and 8th grades in my hood) when it comes to showing how closely The Golfing Machine connects with so much of Hogan! He basically quoted Hogan daily and made particular reference to Hogan while reconstructing my grip. Good work by you Pilot! :)



Check out Ted Fort's RFT straightening at about 4:45 min into this tape and look at his right thumb and how much force is transmitted into the impact bag.

http://youtu.be/qeCRq7Ywrng

Ic T :golf:

My impact bag sure doesn't come off the dowel like that during my Acquired Motion :think: :crybaby: :laughing9

The Gateways to better golf
 

Need some help like me for tomorrow and or Sunday?

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...hlight=release





My highlight in RED. SIMPLE CLAPPING SIDEWAYS PUSHING THE LEFT ARM AND THE BALL GETS IN THE WAY!!!

Ic T


__________________

Listening to your post YODA adventure stories has helped me exorsize many demons. Right-Left-Right-Left-Right-Left-Right-Left-Right-Left...

Thanks Patrick! :salut:

Kevin

Recovering Pervert
 

Patrick,

It really started clicking for me again when I remembered YODA talking about staying away from the "perverted idea of axis tilt." What a HUGE difference. Create axis tilt while keeping the head CENTERED and a slight forward bump of the left hip, rather than letting the head drop back. HUGE.

Do you remember where I heard that comment from YODA? I have so many of his vids I don't know where to start to find it...

KC

Demonstrations of good axis tilt
 

Kevin, it's demonstrated in lots of places and like you, I have seen that film but cannot find it.

Lynn repeats it exactly here at 4:31:

http://youtu.be/AlqtEz_-Zx8

and demonstrates it clearly here through out the video:

http://youtu.be/EDNCLchMYRI


But, I had to remind myself of that damn right thumb on every swing or there would be no Flail and the Axis Tilt won't matter at all, as you know and I have to retrain! :BangHead:

Go to 5:10 ff.

http://youtu.be/pFbykFmNK5o

Ic T
Pat