I have been amazed at how far I can hit the ball with what feels like a painfully slow right arm thrust (and conversely how screwed up a shot can get when I thrust "fast" -- which probably means "early").

A lot of times my swing thought is "slow, heavy, deliberate"...

I think it works because of mechanical advantage of the club still whipping through from left wrist uncocking and release of the lag. I'm still studying.

Also, remember, it's even hard for a trained eye to truly tell if someone is hitting or swinging, so the "speed" of the thrust may be more one of feeling.

Sounds like it's worth the effort.:laughing9

I find your explanations extremely helpful, ICT. As for the weight left issue I might have misunderstood your first post. Of course the weight will be favoring the left side at impact fix (at least if both the body and the hands are in impact fix). I understood you were suggesting it should stay on the left side through the entire backstroke.

Yeppers, that insight took me about 4 months!
 

Yes, that's my meaning. Of course the RFT will move the entire Power Package since it bio-mechanically has to. It will cause a slight shift but by staying left, your back hip is out of the way, as Daryl explained it to me, and your back shoulder moves more easily down plane. (My hips are messed up due to old foot ball injuries so some of my understanding is abstract.)

Par 71, there are other sites with some pretty cool graphics like Iseekgolf.com and Golfmachinist.au. I have looked at lots of sites and gotten different perspectives on all things TGM, but LBG seems to be the most faithful in explaining the correct bio-mechanical relationships necessary to have a very effective golf kit. I'm glad I can help you but I am really on the practice squad, not quite the JV (junior varsity for our foreign friends) team.

I would use our search engine and look at everything you are interested in through Lynn's perspective. Good Luck! Let us know what happens! :golfcart:


ICT

City,
Earlier, you stated we were gatekeepers. We are the gatekeepers whose mantra is "Welcome." We stand at the gate to not only greet, but to also invite.
I recently told the story of the guy standing next to me at the dome who asked what I was working on. I very lightly mentioned things like "steady head", "bent right wrist," "flat left wrist" and the like. I asked what he was working on. He stated "supinatin' and pronatin." When I asked what he meant, he said he wasn't sure. Nice lessons, eh?
None of that baloney here, though. I invited him with a reference to this web site. I made it available. I did not drag him kicking and screaming, though I should have. I did suggest a lesson with someone who is a Friend of Homer's. He didn't pick up on it. I am afraid he is destined to wander in the desert for awhile. There is that readiness factor, you know.
Point being, if I may try to make one, this is the place to kick it around and get Positive feedback and Constructive information. Short of being on a nice golf course, this is my nirvana.
Speaking of nirvana, it was -22 deg.F here this morning when I wandered off the estate to my place of servitude. Should be nicer out tomorrow getting up into the single digit +'s.
Peace, brother.
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Wandering out in public, again!
 

The last two weeks at my indoor golf league, with my 10.9 hcp. I shot an 84 and 79. Tonight with the help of my friends ...............

JerryG ......firm right wrist, good crab dip and going back to my bullseye putter
KevCarter .....Cool clubs, how to turn my left hip left, and the fried Chicken basket
Daryl.......Pivot, firm left wrist. lots of cool pictures
OB Left....Delayed Hip Turn and right shoulder throw, Shaniah Twain
Yoda......Stationary head, RFT, EA, Vertically Un-cocking Left Wrist, Finishing Swivel and how to write posts....

my Aunts Ramona and Belle......



I shot a 73 on a par 70 (a 63 with my hcp.) with 4 birdies, avg. 176 yards per drive. I hit a lot of Wedges within 8 feet. I know it's only a simulator but it was 12 degrees outside!
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ICT

Way to go DUDE!!! :salut: :salut: :salut: :golf:

Hmm? an "EASY" setting?

It was an embarrassingly easy setting!
 

Check my updated post Daryl for the PROPS I owe you. Hey, the guy who drives the ball 350 yards was + 9 last night so it is just what it is, no less and no more. And you know what? If I keep my head still and use the correct alignments, on the real courses I play, and when I drop a natural sub par on my friends, it'll still be just what it is for that moment, no less and no more.

I could not have done it without your help and the nice people at LBG. And there are about 90% of all golfers who will not do it unless they come here to learn.
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ICT

I'm not done yet, Daryl.
 

I don't care if I have to yank out this artificial hip and throw a new one into the slot, if that's what it takes. I'll find out why my club speed is so damn slow, fix it and get faster and better.

The speed chain is my February golf purchase. Wear out don't rust out, n'est pas?


All the great golf teachers got to the point where they sat down to teach in their 80's or so. Lynn will still be standing, I believe, but I won't mind sitting in the shade while I hold forth and shoot my age or better.

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ICT

I have no doubt that you're improving. Isn't it a lot of fun when you know "what you want to do", "Why" and "How"?