Thanks, OB!

It's something thats been improving steadily for me, but my old habit of tilting my spine right on the downswing still trips me up now and again. Couple that with (another old habit I'm trying to break of) sliding my hips right a touch to plant my right foot at start-up and you've got serious trouble. :crybaby:

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Off-Balance. Move your right foot back 10" away from your plane line. Swing. If you didn't hit a fat shot or if most of your shots were clean, then its balance.

Balance isn't weight distribution. Its having your Body (pivot) aligned for the next action. Going to the top of the swing should put your body in alignment to swing down. Yours insn't.

Umm hmm, I'm writing that one down. :golf:

In the Alignment Golf DVD, VJ Trolio's 'highschool hips' drill highlights an important subtlety of weight shift - it should move down the line, not out toward the ball.

Did Mr. Kelly ever talk about weight shift alignments?

Weight Shift Alignments (From the Cutting Room Floor)
 

From the Third Edition:

A Sharp Backstoke Turn, a Downstroke Hip Slide only (before the Arm Motion begins) encourages "On Plane" Pivot alignments. So it's -- Turn, Slide, Swing.

[Bold emphasis in the original text.]

:)

Wow, no wonder Daryl is working so hard at finding a copy of the third edition. So much to learn...

Thanks Yoda,
Kevin

I need an excuse. How about, "I was at work and pressed for time, and somehow I ......" :(

I can't even come up with a good excuse. :laughing9

Leave it to Yoda to find the shortest distance in golf :salut:

the distance between problem and solution. Thats what Yoda does.

The other big piece about that hang back deal is the right shoulder stalls and the arms run off and your control of the head and face is GREATLY compromised. Say hello to the two way miss . . . . I live this unfortunately.

Thanks, Yoda!

Forgive me if I'm being a bit thick here :redface: , the weight shifts parallel to the target line, right? Put another way, if ones center of gravity were drawing a line during the Slide, that line would be parallel to the target line?

Clearing the Right Hip On the Downstroke
 

The Slide is parallel to the Plane Line (which normally is also the Target Line, but not always, e.g., Open and Closed Plane Lines). Now, here's the really important part:

The Slide is accomplished while the Right Hip remains Turned. So, it is a Slide (parallel to the Plane Line) with a delayed Turn.

Also, monitor your Foot and Knee Action during the Downstroke. These Components support the Hip Motion and help maintain Balance and a Stationary Head. In other words, no 'saggy-baggy' knees, aka "leg drive" (ugh!) and no exaggerated twisting of the Feet. All this contributes to an On Plane and Centered Arc, the Holy Grail of Golfing Consistency. Study 1-L-#1, #2, #5 and #6.

:)