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innercityteacher

04-04-2012 05:27 PM

Hi guys! Guys, Really concentrating on a still head and loose hands and have been watching a lot of Martin Chuck. I have used his and the Moe Norman vids to realize my left hip must be my left hand for all purposes. Loose hands allow the left wrist to remain flat and the Pressure points-ALL OF THEM-to be fully loaded. And oh yeah, the ball doesn't think of going left! Ball flight has nice trajectory! I'm thinking a stiffer shaft and heavier club might give me more distance .

innercityteacher

04-04-2012 09:34 PM

Quivering with anticipation for an answer from the gang1

Last week I crushed a 260 yard drive and sadly several 100 yard sand wedges over greens on my way to an 89 for the year's first round of the year.

Each time, from Impact Fix, I thought I had mistakenly thrown the club away by pushing my right hand away from my right shoulder. Otherwise, I just fired my back elbow at the inside of the ball.

Is this "drawing the arrow from the quiver?"

Is this what Lynn is speaking about here?

19. Lag Loading – C – Drag

Drag Loading is the Rope Handle Technique of the “Swinger,” an out-and-out PULL, striving to accelerate the Clubshaft lengthwise, from a quick start Down to Release. Start the Club down as though it were being drawn from a quiver like an arrow – feathered end first. Maintain this motion until the Release switches ends. This is possible only if, and for as long as, Inertia can hold the Clubhead inside the arc of the Hands or hold to a Line Delivery Path (2-L) Centrifugal Force will set in when the Clubhead crosses to the outside and it will begin to pull into its own incidental orbit per 2-P and 2-K#5. Then further acceleration can be applied only at pressure Point #1 to support the Pull on the Clubshaft – especially for the Short Shot Power.

Develop an “Instant Acceleration” Hip Action” (to the Desired Hand speed per 10-15-B) so that the Throw Out Action (6-B-3) can immediately set up the Rhythm and take over the rest of the Downsroke sequence (6-M-1). See 2-K and 6-F-0. With or without Wristcock, always Drag (or Pull 10-3-D) a swinging club Down Plane – even with only centrifugal (Angular) Momentum (2-K)See 10- 23-C

For Clubhead Throwaway Prevention, monitor the pull of Centrifugal Force and the Drag of the Lagging Clubhead.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8820&highlight=quiver#post8820

Is this what Martin Chuck is demonstrating in this video?

http://youtu.be/KgZJNHBRB2c

Is this why those swings were an extra 20-30 yards further, in your opinion? If I were to pull an arrow from my quiver, I would be pushing my right arm away from my head causing an "equal and opposite reaction" correctly shifting my hips before turning them with wedges leading the way correctly. All my "quiver" shots were dead at the flag or dead down the middle.

Am I just down, forward and "out" of my mind? ; >

Thanks!

ICT

innercityteacher

04-04-2012 09:58 PM

Maybe I found my own answer.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...uiver#post3949

Quote:

fdanos
LBG Pro Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 26
Re: Swingers downswing
Originally Posted by wanole
"10-1 9-C "Drag Loading is the Rope Handle Technique of the "Swinger," an out-and-out PULL, striving to accelerate the Clubshaft lengthwise, from a quick Start Down to Release. Start the Club down as though it were being drawn from a quiver like an arrow – feathered end first. Maintain this motion until the Release switches ends. This is possible only if, and for as long as, Inertia can hold the Clubhead inside the arc of the Hands or hold to a Line Delivery Path . . . " [p. 195, 6th Edition]."

Can we talk more about this. I have trouble understanding exactly what this feeling is like.

Your "feel" will be based on the proper execution of the "mechanics".

Will extensor action from the top without uncocking your left wrist put you in this " quiver" like position?

Yes.

I just want to make sure this doesn't create casting.

If you define casting as unintended early release of the left wrist cock, rest easy. Longitudinal acceleration of the club shaft doesn't adversely affect left wrist cock.

If you associate casting with the right shoulder moving around and over the plane angle instead of down plane, that would be associated with the improper execution of the hip turn.

This also means don't pull the butt of the club towards your aiming point right?

In fact, it exactly means to pull the clubshaft down the face of the Plane Angle in a straight line towards your Aiming Point. This Sraight Line Delivery Path (7-23) is Homer's recommended component (10-23-C) for Swinging.

ALso, what does the right shoulder do?

At the Start Down, the Right Shoulder accelerates briefly due to Hip Turn and the resulting Axis Tilt. It then continues to move down the plane angle (2-H) to allow the hands in their correct Impact Alignments to move down the Delivery Path , down through Impact, down through Low Point to reach Follow Through.

I am just trying to understand what I am suppose to be feeling once I do my hip slide to start the downswing.

I hope this helps.

Thanks!!
Thanks for posting

ICT

innercityteacher

04-05-2012 12:39 AM

Ok, I have this, I hope!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6236&page=5&highlight=release+tri ggers

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 9,634
Friendly Fire
Originally Posted by Jeff

I can understand the right arm pushing the lever assemblies only as occurring in two ways - the right arm can push against PP#3 and/or PP#1.

I thought that if the right arm pushes against PP#3 using an axe handle technique (radial direction) that it represents hitting. If it represents hitting, then isn't this "right arm pushing the lever assemblies" a power stroke? Why does he call it a trigger? Also, doesn't the push action occur, from a biomechanical perspective, from the active straightening of the right elbow via active right triceps action - which is an active release of PA#1? In other words, how can this "right arm throw" action be a trigger and not a power stroke (due to release of PA#1) if the golfer is hitting.
Jeff,

Of course, as in your quote above, if the golfer is Hitting ("radial acceleration / axe handle technique"), the Right Arm Throw Trigger is prelude to Right Arm Thrust through Impact and does indeed ultimate in a Right Arm Power Stroke. However, my response was to your premise as postulated in your Post # 30 above (which mandated Swinging):
"Then his right arm throw action induces a passive release of PA#2 via centrifugal action (rather than an axehandle technique of radial force being applied against pressure point #3)."
And this is a Swing -- by your own definition -- with a Right Arm Release Trigger.

innercityteacher

04-07-2012 05:36 PM

Quote:

Are the Frozen Right Wrist and the Locked Left Wrist Hitting procedures? That would definitely be the traditional view. Hitting is all aboutMuscle Power, Thrust and Structure, and the terms 'Frozen' and 'Locked' -- while jarringly hard -- seem right at home in that environment.At the same time, they are at odds with the "soft hands" and"flexible wrists" widely viewed as the Swinger's birthright. So much so, in fact, that to suggest otherwise is revolutionary (if not heretical).

But then Homer Kelley was that kind of guy.

As discussed in my previous post, the term 'Locked' -- Webster:"rendered immovable" -- was slated for Homer's 7th edition. It denotes only that the Left Wrist -- other than in the Standard Adjusted Address(10-9-A) -- is 'Locked' into its Flat condition, i.e., it cannot produce any Horizontal Motion (Bending or Arching). Instead, it can produce onlyVertical Motions (Wristcocking and Uncocking) and Rotational Motions(Turning and Rolling). To that extent, the Left Wrist may be considered 'Unlocked.'This Left Wrist 'Locked' in its Flat condition may be a tough concept for Swingers to handle, but to the extent they deviate from that precision alignment, quoting Homer, "They will pay a price."

The word 'frozen' is probably even more controversial. What could be 'tighter' or 'harder' or more the antithesis of the lyrical Swinging Motion than something that is 'frozen?' So much so, that Homer himself had a hard time applying the term to Swingers early on. But as he came to a full understanding of the importance of the Flying Wedge Alignments and Structure (6-B-3-0-1),his view changed -- I have this discussion on tape -- and he came to believe that the Frozen Right Wrist serves Swingers equally well as Hitters.From the Third Edition's 10-18-0 'General' Section (applying to both Hitters and Swingers):

"...the Right Wrist, if it moves at all, moves in accord with the Left Wrist. Ideally, it should be frozen in its Impact Fix Position --preferably from the Top of the Stroke to well into, or through, the Follow-Through." [Bold by Yoda.]

The term 'frozen' -- Webster: "rendered immobile" -- denotes that the Right Wrist is 'locked' -- that word again -- in its Level and Bent condition. In other words, it cannot produce any Vertical Motion or any Horizontal Motion (other than its Impact Fix Degree of Bend). Instead, it can produce only Rotational Motions (Turn and Roll). To the extent the Right Wrist deviates from that Frozen condition, the Clubface will be misalignedat Impact.

The bottom line is that, as usual, Homer said exactly what he meant in terms that were unmistakably clear. Through Impact, your Left Wrist must be Flat,Level and Vertical, and your Right Wrist must be Bent, Level and Vertical. The best way to achieve this Ideal Impact Alignment is to permit during the Stroke only Left Wrist Vertical and Rotational Motions and Right Wrist Rotational Motions. And the way you do that is to Lock your Left Wrist in its Flat Condition and Freezeyour Right Wrist into its Bent and Level condition early in the Stroke and then maintain those conditions until the end of the Follow-Through.

So what was the result of a Locked set of flying wedges and and on-plane shoulder thrust hmmm?

8 fairways in regulation and 6 greens in regulation, 2 birdie chips and 5 birdie putt chances but missed them all ( I got a little nervous), and settled for 5 pars for a 40!

The Hitting stroke, with Impact Fix staunchly maintained allows for excellent control and power with the right shoulder crushing the ball on plane! I never controlled my ball better and only very slick greens and chips that were too solid (putting chips right through holes!) stopped a better score!

Thanks Lynn!

ICT

innercityteacher

04-11-2012 09:38 AM

Hitting as a building block for swinging

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Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 90820)

The worst of times...the best of times.

After a minor breakthrough Hitting my last time out for 8 pars on my way to a blustery day 89, I forgot to lock my wrists on the front nine this morning and shot a 48, only 3 pars!

Then the research bubbled out in a moment of clarity.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread7215-77.html

This is what Lynn said and umm, it really works, A LOT!

So what was the result of a Locked set of flying wedges and and on-plane shoulder thrust hmmm?

8 fairways in regulation and 6 greens in regulation, 2 birdie chips and 5 birdie putt chances but missed them all ( I got a little nervous), and settled for 5 pars for a 40!

The Hitting stroke, with Impact Fix staunchly maintained allows for excellent control and power with the right shoulder crushing the ball on plane! I never controlled my ball better and only very slick greens and chips that were too solid (putting chips right through holes!) stopped a better score!

Thanks Lynn!

ICT

Went to the range yesterday and found that I can reverse engineer my swing from my Hitting. Now that Impact Fix is so clear (thanks Lynn), I get where my hands should be at Impact. Stationary Head right shoulder on plane slight drag of the handle to the ball, like an inch of slight drag and the left wrist vertically uncocks and the clubs does all the work. I experimented with the swing and got another 10 yards of carry or so, almost 20 with the driver, but nowhere near the absolute control! :(

So Hitting is my competitive pattern. Now to build a set of clubs around it! uggestions?

:)

ICT

innercityteacher

04-11-2012 03:00 PM

Some fruit for dessert?

Quote:

Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 90875)

This was based on a 100% HCP tournament at the club and my "40" on the back nine! THANKS LYNN, Gerry, Kevin, Daryl, OB and Ben!

A B C
1 LIMEKILN GOLF CLUB
2 LIMEKILN GC
3 BETTER BALL OF PARTNERS
4 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012
5 GIFT CERT.
6 1ST PLACE WALLY BORYSZEWSKI / KEITH POKRZYWA - 59 $15.00
7 2ND PLACE PAT B / JOE BUCKLEY - 61 $12.00
8 2ND PLACE BRIAN MCGILL / TOM LOMAX - 61 $12.00
9 4TH PLACE VADIM KOUROUCHIN / STEVE MILLS - 62 $8.00
10 4TH PLACE PAT B / MILT OTTO - 62 $8.00
11 4TH PLACE JOE BUCKLEY / MILT OTTO - 62

JerryG

04-11-2012 08:28 PM

Hooray for City! Way to go, kid. I love seeing success--especially yours. Good luck this weekend.

innercityteacher

04-13-2012 10:15 AM

I am ready to take on POTUS!

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Originally Posted by JerryG (Post 90888)

Hooray for City! Way to go, kid. I love seeing success--especially yours. Good luck this weekend.

Ok, I have my swing ready, uhmm "Hitting Pattern," and the $10 I plundered from the other twosome that day! As he campaigns and raises millions, I am ready to show POTUS a thing or two about "the Chicago Way," in terms of golfing! Just wait 'till we get a hs golf team!

Should I let POTUS win a little so he can sponsor our team? :laughing9

ICT

innercityteacher

04-14-2012 02:48 PM

77 the easy way

Quote:

Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 90902)

Lynn is worth every penny and then some!

was going to buy a new driver at least but I cannot think of why I should put the Adam Red Line 9.5 with the senior shaft away.

I hit 13/13 drives in Regulation and the avg. was almost 240 yards. Would a "hotter" driver help? :(

8 GIR, 33 puts - 3 birdies. The Paul Runyon putting and putting my chips had me all over the pin so that there was only two 3 putts on "14" stint greens. 5-one putt greens = 2 close chips for gimmies of less than a foot and two 8 footers= and one 40 foot bomb! :laughing1

My real problem was not believing how solid the Hitting line is so I would fail to take dead aim mostly until the back and then I started pin-hunting. My last 3 nines were 40, 39 and 38.

Impact Fix +RFT + Right shoulder drive to right triceps + Runion techniques = 5 over par! I hit two holes with longish putts that lipped out. Next time-dead aim to the middle of all greens! :laughing9

Etzwane

04-14-2012 03:08 PM

Great to see you're full ahead on golf again !
Have fun !

JerryG

04-15-2012 09:00 AM

Way to go, City!

KevCarter

04-15-2012 09:55 AM

Great Job Patrick!!!

innercityteacher

04-16-2012 10:34 AM

Next steps on the range...

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevCarter (Post 90912)

Great Job Patrick!!!

My last three "nine hole tracts" have been 40, 39, and 38. The previous nine was a 48 due to a monster Ryobi 2-stroke weed whacker that really fatigued my hands. I could not lock my wedges back though I knew how.

The feeling finally came back on the back 9! The technique of Hitting is sound and I understand it basically. :)

Now, I need to "take up the slack" and become a 4 Barrel Beast! ! :laughing9

http://http://lynnblakegolf.com/foru...ting#post25923

Quote:

Looking for Mr. Goodbar CE#25
Originally Posted by hue
YODA
In real terms if you had a 4-barrel player go to a 3-barrel action and master it to the same level of competence. In your opinion, what would be the loss of distance with the driver be if he became a 3-barrel player, if say the guy could crank it out 300 yards with a 4-barrel action? Thanks.

This is a great question and a great post.

The answer is that the Three-Barrel guy would find his ball 290 on the sprinkler heads. The 300-yard Four Barreler likely would be four yards ahead and surrounded by a group of his closest friends...all in the rough..and all still looking...

P.S. Attention All Four-Barrellers: Do not forget that a lot of what you think you are feeling as Right Arm Thrust...or Drive...or Right Hand through the Ball...or WHATEVER...is nothing more than your very powerful Right Shoulder driving the #4 Accumulator through the Right Forearm Flying Wedge through the Ball.

You may feel the 'Power' in your Right Arm or Hand...but the Source is your Right Shoulder. Larry Nelson told me this personally fifteen years ago, and he knows zilch about The Golfing Machine. He IS a Golfing Machine. Think about it.

__________________
Yoda

I'll start out tomorrow with a gentle hip slide to engage the #4 Accumulator and see if my right shoulder can catch -up!

BTW my GAP HCP went from 15.3 to 14.3 in the latest revision! The goal is a "5" by the end of the summer with "10" being my previous low. :golf:

ICT

innercityteacher

04-16-2012 11:11 AM

More "wow's" about Runyon putting and chip-putting...

The feeling of knowing where your putt/chip is going to go is amazing. Two weeks ago I started feeling the palm of my right hand as my technique. On Saturday, it was PP # 3! It was so awesome! I hit every spot I aimed at, though sometimes with too much power going through breaks and lipping out. That Bulls-eye putter with the sweet-spot at the shaft is powerful! I was worried about fading or hooking the putts but they run straight as long as the green allows. I actually sit back on my heels to putt looking for stability and aim the # 3 PP down the throat of the hole.

ICT

innercityteacher

04-21-2012 11:03 PM

There goes the HCP!

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KevCarter

04-22-2012 06:46 AM

Great Round Patrick!!!

JerryG

04-22-2012 08:16 AM

Congratulations Pat. I love seeing your achievements here.

innercityteacher

04-25-2012 03:42 PM

Truer words were never spoken!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerryG (Post 90952)

Congratulations Pat. I love seeing your achievements here.

It defies my intuition to see how slowly I swing and how efortlessly the ball sails exactly where I aim it! :laughing9

Quote:

That was not Homer Kelley's conclusion. Enjoy the exact words of The Master:

"I think Hitting is going to become far, far more popular than Swinging
with the real blood-thirsty golfers, the money-hungry golfers. They're going
to go to Hitting because it is...they have total control; much better finesse;
more positive control of Power; and less total body involvement."

"It is far more difficult to learn, but far easier to execute
when you get it. Oh, it's so simple! Nothing ever happens! Nothing ever gets
out of line! You just take it up and come down! And you can slam it as hard
as you want to if you stayed with this Right Forearm alignment."

"And you'll find all of a sudden you don't have to Throw the
Club. Just come down any speed you want and it just comes right through. And
not having to 'Rotate the Plane Lines' [Ed: to curve the Ball.] -- gee,
that's a tremendous advantage. But, it is harder to learn, but lots
easier to execute once you've learned it. Much more individual. You feel like
you're controlling every little ingredient."

"I think it's great."
__________________
Yoda

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2675&page=3&highlight=4+barrel+hi tting

Last Friday, I got out to Cobbs Creek, a very old public track poorly maintained. The holes dodge and dive down and up hills like at an amusement park. We played 15 holes before it was dark and I hit 12 of them in regulation or so close to the sandy greens that I could putt!

Did I mention the sand traps on the green via the aeration holes? I could not hit the putts hard enough on 8 holes through the sand. But the thrill of being able to call almost every shot... I MEAN BELOW THE HOLE, PIN HIGH, OVER THE BRANCH... PRICELESS!

ICT

:golfcart:

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 08:04 AM

Refining the Hitting technique-Manipulatives

Quote:

for hitting, Tommy is also starting back with his right forearm and folding (cocking) his right elbow but he is resisting the turning action of the left wrist per 7-19-1 which reads..."by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading"....that action is created with a punch basic right arm motion and the realization that the left wrist must not turn in this case. So, for swinging it's a natural move…for hitting is a manipulative move.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2329&page=3&highlight=4+barrel+hi tting

That's why a golfer stops at "TOP" for Hitting, so that the Flat Left Wrist stays Flat!

ICT

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 08:23 AM

What I'm trying this week and weekend to get to "67."

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108&page=3&highlight=4+barrel+hit ting

Quote:

Jimbo,
When I first started seeking help, I was taught to be a swinger with an angled hinge action. My grip was never addressed and my left hand was very turned (strong) and bent. Furthermore, I was also taught to flatten my left wrist at the top of the swing or "end." Needless to say, I could hook a SW about 50 yards. All of this resulted in a "hold on for dear life" feel coming into impact to prevent the ball from putting on it's left turn signal. Most of my shots were hooks and pushes. The results were strictly dependent on my ability to keep the clubface from closing.

With all of that garbage in my past, I've become much more robotic. My body is extremely quiet. I feel as though my legs are stuck in concrete, almost zero pivot feel. My forearm is placed on plane as described in 7-3. I focus very much on extensor action as listed in 12-3, in most of my practice sessions. After the taking up of the slack (a slight bump in the startdown that loads #4), I try to drive the #1 pressure point into the ground. When I begin my practice sessions I'll monitor my hinge action in some basic strokes. I'll go to both arms straight a few times and hit some very low trajectory punch shots. With my past considered, angled hinging feels normal to me. Keeping my body from continuing to rotate did not feel normal. If the #1 pressure point is truly driving through impact, the #4 pressure point is being relieved of any pressure. In other words, #1 is pushing the left arm off the chest. That's why you can't be pulling and pushing at the same time.

Additionally, I never question someone's feel, but I will use video to find if "feel is real." The video never lies.
__________________
Yoda knows...and he taught me!

For those less fortunate, Swinging is an option.

I too hardly Pivot with the RFT, but I have to keep my left wrist flat and not rolling over my back shoulder (shorter RFT), then the slight bump to load PP # 4 (front shoulder) and then drive PP #1 (left thumb) down, crossline, to the inside aft of the baby-powder infused ball! Then a puff of smoke as it obliterates!

Fairways and greens, putt when possible, putt my chips, and elbow plane pitches!

ICT

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 08:33 AM

More clarity!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108&page=4&highlight=4+barrel+hit ting

Quote:

Yoda does not recommend the closed-closed variation for hitting. I have talked to him, and he will comment further in this thread.

Regarding my personal square-open combination, the TGM player can change any stroke component to create a different result. Because of my open stance (10-5-B), I automatically create a Delayed Pivot (10-12-C). In other words, I have created a restricted backstroke (relative to the Free Turn of 10-12-A) and a free follow-through.

It gives me a very robotic feel, as if my legs are stuck in concrete. I almost have a zero pivot feel.
Your preference for Square-Open has my attention, Ted.

Quote:

The Stance Line will affect only the degree of Pivot Motion during the Backstroke Turn or Follow-Through (10-12). It should never affect the Plane Line.

__________________
Yoda

No Pivot, RFT, Extensor Action, drive #1 PP, read the greens from front and back! lol

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 09:35 AM

Hitting a draw or a hook! It seems to me that I can hit a hook by sliding Impact Fix well forward of usual. In my waggle, the farther forward the Impact Fix, the more the club-face will close through the ball as the right arm must shorten. I can also slide the ball back for a push-draw, to my way of thinking.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108&page=6&highlight=4+barrel+hit ting

Quote:

Drawing The Ball
Originally Posted by JohnThomas1
So maybe i can hit a natural draw with the hitting stroke simply by playing it back a bit?

John
Yes, John, you can produce a 'natural Draw' when Hitting (or 'Manipulated Hands' Swinging) simply by playing the Ball back a bit -- provided you (1) align the Clubface Closed to the Flight Line per 2-J-1 and (2) Rotate your Grip per 7-2. You can do the same thing as a True Swinger by Rotating your Plane Line. Opposite procedures are employed to Fade the Ball.

There are not enough words to properly explain and telegraph into your brain what I've just said. Therefore, we will soon produce a video to collectively explain and demonstrate these relatively simple procedures...for the first time in the history of Golf Instruction.
__________________
Yoda

More work needed.

ICT

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 09:57 AM

This was an early Hitting description that I really liked, esp the active right shoulder.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108&page=7&highlight=4+barrel+hit ting

Quote:

I've got a copy of an instruction book Lee Buck wrote. It's now out of print. He actually advises closing the clubface at address. I would say based on what he said in his book that he played from a 10-5-B Square-Open stance. He said he intentionally took it back outside the Target Line but then his Downstroke was down the target line. He said by doing this he had the clubface looking at the target longer than anybody in golf.

Also, he played with what looks like to me a 10-2-D grip. Mr. K says with this grip "The palm of the Right Hand moves toward Impact exacly like a paddle-wheel rotating On-Plane - no separate Rolling Motion until after Impact." This is Angled Hinging. Lee described himself as a "blocker" on his Golf Channel thing.

Check out the post that Yoda did on the Impact Bag. Look at the picture of Lee post impact. No rolling there. If you can find any swing sequences on Lee, his Backstroke is definitely to Top and not End. Watch how his Right Forearm Wedge stays solid and how his Right Shoulder is driven down plane. Check out follow through. In 1-L, "The Club starts up-and-in after "Low Point" but the thrust continues Down Plane during Follow-Through." Not many got this better than Lee Buck.

Sometimes when I've hit a loose shot, I simply lock out my RFFW, Impact Fix, RFT to Top, drop the wedge on the ball with the back elbow leading. Oops, I'm down the middle again!

Thanks, 12 Piece!

ICT

innercityteacher

04-26-2012 11:05 AM

More Clarity from Yoda!

My emphasis and color .

Quote:

Okay, Armourall2, we've got it going now, so let's you and me climb aboard thestarship The Golfing Machine and "head out to the South Channel,past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island."

Since your question relates to generating Power, we'll head due southtoward The Principles (Chapter 2) and the Emerald Isles, TheGenerators (2-M-3 and 2-M-4).

To clear the confusion regarding the first sentence in the post quote you'vesupplied, study the first sentence of 2-M-3:

"Unless Pivot Thrust actually drives #4 Accumulator through Impact,its assignment during that interval is more clearly defined if considered asdelivery, guidance and support of the Power Package, because it may or may nothave contributed anything but motion during Delivery"

And now lets "get past Niles Pond," and examine the Principle behindthe Hitter's classic Three Barrel application of Power in 2-M-4:

"...consider Pivot Thrust...as supplying the initial acceleration ofthe Hitter's loaded Power Package so the Clubhead can be endowed with PivotSpeed PLUS Right Triceps speed."

Taking these two Principles together, we can see that for a Hitter toactually accomplish a Four Barrel Stroke (which by 10-4-D definition means thatall four Accumulators are functioning -- in their defined powerapplications (6-B-1, 2, 3, and 4) as opposed to simply providingmotion (per 7-4 below). This means that the Pull of CentrifugalForce generated by #4 -- and not the Push of muscular thrustgenerated by #1 -- must power the Club through Impact.

Should #1's Pushing Muscular Thrust manually override #4'sPulling Centrifugal Force, then all bets are off. Yourintended Four Barrel plan will have disintegrated into a Three Barrelcombination, and in so doing will have no doubt created severe disruptions inthe (G.O.L.) Force!

What has happened is that the Swinging (Pulling) Good Guys have beenoverrun by the Thrusting (Pushing) Bad Guys, and consequencely yourTotal Motion (12-5-3) has now been compromised. The introduction of conflictingComponent Variations -- conflicting in the sense that they are notcompatible either with each other or with the type of thrust beingused, i.e. a Push or a Pull, or both -- has resulted in anincongruous Pattern of Variations that are, at best, Incompatible and,at worst, Non-Interchangeable. And per Chapter 13, the only optionsavailable in this sad state are "correction, compensation, or compassion."

These conflicting Variations may include, for example, Hinge Action (7-10),Left Wrist Action (7-1, Lag Loading (7-19), Trigger Type (7-20), PowerPackage Assembly Point (7-21), Power Package Loading Action (7-22) and PowerPackage Release (7-24). Review the Basic Stroke Patterns of 12-1(Hitting) and 12-2 (Swinging), and research their respective Variations inChapter 10. Study The Flail in 2-K and the Power Package inChapter 6. Only then will you come to understand that in G.O.L.F. as in life,"One man's milk is another man's poison." Like Love and Marriage,some things just go together. Or not!

But be patient. By nature's design, the process of assimilation is slow,sometimes painfully slow. Per Chapter 3 (Component Translation), assimilationrequires Study Time, Practice Time and Playing Time . Andper Chapter 13 (The Computer, or more specifically in this case, TheIncubator), also the Fourth Horseman, Calendar Time .

Those who stay with it, soon understand why Homer chose the name Starin naming his System of G.O.L.F.. Each element was hard-won: At first only a "scintillationof distant truth" and only later a dependable ally in the pursuitof Golfing Perfection; namely, The Star System Triad (as described inthe Preface).

We're almost home now, so let's "blow your airhorn and throw a wave to thelighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island." In 7-4, we find the followinggem:

"It may appear that some of the Accumulators omitted from somecombinations are still actually present in the Action. But their participationis negligible, incidental or minimal."

And that brings us full circle to the first Principle referenced in this post:For Hitters attempting a Four Barrel Combination, unless the Pivot Thrust isactually Pulling the #4 Accumulator through Impact -- the Swinger'snormal Centrifugal Pulling application -- then, per the secondPrinciple, the Pivot Thrust is more correctly considered to be the"launching pad" for the Hitter's normal Muscular Pushingapplication. In that instance, though the Shoulder Turn Thrust appears (andactually is) active, it is only giving initial speed to the Hitter's PowerPackage (with its Bent and Loaded Right Arm).

Just because one can observe the motion of the thrusting Shoulder, itdoes not follow that the Shoulder is actually activating the #4 Accumulator.Think of the Action as the sequenced stages of a rocket launch: In Stage 1, theRight Shoulder is providing the initial acceleration of the PowerPackage (in addition to its normal "delivery, guidance and support"functions). In Stage 2, the now flying, Loaded Power Package takes over andfinishes the job. It is the classic one-two punch, and it is best accomplishedwith Three Accumulators (#1, #2, and #3), not four.

So finally, "The sun hits ya and the fog clears, head North,open up to 12, steamin' now. The guys are busy, you're in charge.Ya know what?"

You're a G.O.L.F.er! Is there anything better in the world?

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Yoda

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56358&highlight=4+barrel+hitting# post56358

innercityteacher

04-28-2012 01:40 PM

Treated for Lyme disease no score this weekend!

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Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 91067)

More Clarity from Yoda!

My emphasis and color .

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56358&highlight=4+barrel+hitting# post56358

Taking the antibiotic twice a day very nauseous, barely stayed on the course for the round no score to report. Tee shots were easy but no clue or energy after that.

:(

ICT

innercityteacher

05-03-2012 03:42 PM

Inside info!

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Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 91147)

Taking the antibiotic twice a day very nauseous, barely stayed on the course for the round no score to report. Tee shots were easy but no clue or energy after that.

:(

ICT

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Hitting Help
From what I see and from what you've said so far, Comet is giving you good advise.

Couple of pointers on Hitting -
For hitting, try a 10-2-D grip. It's a strong grip but perfect for angled hinging because it facilitates the simultaneous uncock/roll very well.

Rather than trace the plane line, you will take a more closed line to the ball and one way to set this up is at address is:

In your address position move your right elbow a little more toward your side rather than in front of your left hip. You are going to use a push basic stroke. Looking down at your right forearm, you will see the path that your hands will take up and back down. Follow that line with your hands for your backstroke and downstroke. You can pre-clear your right hip at address to make room for your hands to move up at startup.

Take a slow startdown and at your release point, straighten your right arm as hard as you want. Use your stationary right shoulder as a backstop when you start pushing. The primary focus for pushing is your #1 pressure point. Use the palm of your right hand to drive the base of your left thumb through impact.

This is the easy stuff, the hard part is keeping your right wrist bent through impact. Don't allow the right wrist to flatten until you are into your follow-through.

There is a lot more in hitting to learn about. The advise on this site in the Hitting section is the best anywhere because Ted and others know how to execute a Hit stroke. I only used it for a year, but got a big whiff of it.

Best wishes on your Hitting journey and enjoy the laser guided rockets you'll be launching.

__________________

Thanks Bagger!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=52329&highlight=taking+up+the+sla ck#post52329

ICT

Etzwane

05-03-2012 04:04 PM

Sounds like Angle of Approach procedure ?

innercityteacher

05-04-2012 11:56 AM

Will do the research!

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Originally Posted by Etzwane (Post 91250)

Sounds like Angle of Approach procedure ?

Etzwane, the whole Hitting thing is such a revelation! This week I am using the Titlelist ZB's reg/stiff as opposed to my clone Callaway's. I give up some distance but the accuracy of the club is breath-taking!

Thanks to Kev Carter for turning me onto these sticks. Wherever I aim the blade is where the ball goes! Put my 10 year old senior shafted Adams Red-Line Back in my bag and it seems to love Hitting too as do my hybrids and old Adams 2 wood w/senior shaft.

240-Driver
210-220- 2 wood
200-2 hybrid
185-3 hybrid
180-4 iron
175-5 iron
165-6 iron
150-7 iron
145-8 iron
130-9 iron
110-PW
90-SW

I wonder if I put a senior shaft in the ZB?s

ICT

innercityteacher

05-06-2012 09:01 PM

ZB's in the bag = online shots -10 yards and an 86

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Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 91257)

The ZB's are accurate and feel like buttah! I guess when I play I slow down my speed. One or 2 clubs short all day and dead online!

New Hitting insight!

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Though I'm not a hitter this is a really good point. I finally figured out that often my left wrist is not level at address or impact. Getting it level (at least I think it is) has helped a lot, I can get my right forearm on plane now I'm hitting the ball almost as long as before my tinkering while I feel I'm really only using about 50% effort (compared to always trying to knock the snot out of the ball.......helps get to uncocked and max. lever extension).

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread8050-2.html

innercityteacher

05-08-2012 02:55 PM

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The Snuffbox
Originally Posted by rwh
http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/surface.../snuffbox.html
Great link, Bob. Thanks!

With all the Latin terms available, it's hard to believe that the 'docs' still call it the 'snuffbox'. I first heard the term in 1969 when taking lessons from Melvin Hemphill at Forest Oaks CC in Columbia, South Carolina. Melvin was a 'wee left-hander' who had been at the club forever and was known as one of the best teachers in the state.

One of his early pupils was Gardner Dickinson, who was stationed at nearby Ft. Jackson during his Army days. Gardner had already started his pro tour career and study under Ben Hogan but had been drafted.

One of the things Gardner told Melvin that Ben told him -- -- was to keep that 'snuffbox' on the right side of the shaft. No great player, said he, ever had it positioned on top or to the left.

Good advice then.

Good advice now.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3140&page=3&highlight=Level+left+ wrist

Wish I understood this will work on it!

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The Translator
Originally Posted by Daryl

It seems that I've found my Pot-of-Gold. 10-6-B, 10-13-A, and 10-18-F. Simple, repeatable, good Loading, and it contributes to an excellent Longitudinal Pull feel. Better than Standard Wrist Action.
What Daryl is saying is...

Use the Turned (Right) Shoulder Plane and eliminate any Start Up Swivel in the Backstroke.

From there, delay the Release by keeping the Left Hand Palm Down (to the Plane) -- and the Right Hand Palm up -- through the Release Point and then Swivel into Impact.

Am I right, Daryl?
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Yoda

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innercityteacher

05-08-2012 03:33 PM

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The Right Wrist Alignment
Originally Posted by Millrat

Question: the subjects address position in the picture 10-6-B#1 shows the right wrist really uncocked. Is this required by the plane?
Regardless of Plane Angle, the Right Wrist is ideally held Level throughout the Stroke. The fact that the Wrist may appear Uncocked in 10-6-B #1 does not alter this Basic. It merely points to the fact that any photo in the book should be used as a check ONLY for the point under discussion and not those appearing incidentally (2-R).

And 10-6-B #1 refers only to the Turned Shoulder Plane Angle, not the Perpendicular alignment of the Right Wrist.

Study the Perpendicular Wrist Positions in 4-B-0/1/2/3. Especially study Photo 4-B-1. Level may be more "Uncocked" than you think!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...vel+left+wrist

Thanks Yoda!

innercityteacher

05-09-2012 11:14 AM

So this is why they Swing!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread8669-2.html

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Originally Posted by O.B.Left
Nice post Bernt.

Re the above : Would I be correct in thinking that to sustain the amount of lag pressure , inertia as sensed in the hands one must sustain the hands rate of acceleration? Or is there more to the story. Mass of club for instance? Anything else?

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You don't need to increase hands speed. I don't think you can either, unless you've gone very easy before the release. The release interval is the overdrive gear in the golf swing. Almost an eccentric quality to the muscle work in the upper body if the swing is still powered from ground up. Also, you've got some inertia that works with your hands - club shaft, hands, arms, pivot - all of these are up to speed already and suddenly the lag pressure increases dramatically.

I bet one of the reasons that heavier shafts gives lower ball flight is that it adds inertia to the grip end of the club...

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Can you sustain the amount of lag pressure at the #3 pp after lever extension? All the way to impact? Past impact? Past low point?
I bet the lag pressure (and therefore also, the golfers linear force) maxes when the overtaking rate is at the highest during the release interval.

I don't think you can sustain max lag pressure at impact, but that you can sustain some lag pressure. How much depends on machine alignment. More #3 accumulator means less release before impact and more impact lag pressure. More #2 release before impact means more swing speed, perhaps, but less lag pressure at impact.

It's a bit like hitting the ball in the middle of the release as opposed to hitting it at the end of the release.

Past impact: I bet you can increase swing speed again. Past low point: Dunno. The only accumulator that can still do something positive is #4 and pulling with left shoulder.

Pivot driven rope handling towards impact will generate a lot of force. Max force when hands are in front of left shoulder. The left shoulder is always pulling from a point that is ahead of the swing center. Linear force as long as the left shoulder is moving. Doesn't even matter where it is moving as long as it doesn't stall or doesn't go in reverse.

#4 is a power house if you are in balance to swing from the feet through impact and if turn hands and shoulders together through the ball. It's like a one-armed dead lift, only a lot stronger since you don't need to pick it up from the ground, but can pull from your strongest position. If you set yourself up for utilizing it to its max it will dwarf any pressure you can produce with your right side. Left leg versus right arm, basically.

I cannot wait until I can 4 Barrel on purpose!

innercityteacher

05-09-2012 03:47 PM

FLASH INSIGHT courtesy of WHIP!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...+hip#post56204

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Good question, Armourall. And a complete answer provides the opportunity toclear Major League Fog.

You have correctly and perceptively observed that the Square Plane Line (10-5-A)is listed as the Plane Line Component (#5) for the Drive Loading Basic Patternof 12-1-0. In contrast, my post recommended the Closed Plane Line (10-5-E). Themissing link is Homer's dual purpose in creating the Basic StrokePatterns of Chapter 12.

His first objective was to present the Basic Uncompensated Stroke forboth Hitting (12-1-0) and Swinging (12-2-0). The second was to permit theplayer to interchange those patterns -- both when learning them andin using them in actual play -- with a minimum of disruption totheir original Basic Pattern. To accomplish this second objective, he variedthe respective Components only as absolutely necessary to accomodate thenature of each, i.e., the Push (Drive Loading) or the Pull (DragLoading).

The Straight Plane Line of 10-5-A is the true Geometric Plane Line andas such, it is the Basic Delivery Line for both Hitting andSwinging(2-J-3). Swingers actively Trace -- point at -- this Straight Line asthe simplified alternative to Monitoring the Curved Arc of the ClubheadBlur through the Impact Point and Low Point. In Tracing the Straight Plane Lineof 10-5-A -- the On Line Procedure -- the Swinger automatically producesthe correct Visual Arc of Approach (2-J-3-A)-- the curved Path of theClubhead Blur -- through Impact.

As stated above, Hitters may use this same Basic Delivery Line. In sodoing, they likewise will produce the On Line Arc of ApproachProcedure. However, unlike Swingers, they have an additional option, and thatis the Cross Line Angle of Approach procedure. The Angle ofApproach is that Straight Line drawn between the Impact Point and Low Point(2-J-3-B and Sketch 2-C-1-#3). As long as the Clubhead passes through those twopoints, the Angle of Approach and the Arc of Approach are Geometric Equivalents.

The Closed Plane Line of 10-5-E can be erected on the Angle of Approach, and itsBaseline (by definition) will cross the Straight Plane Line of 10-5-A and pointto "Right Field." It is not practical for the Swinger to use thisalternative Plane Line to Deliver the Clubhead into Impact. This is because hesenses a Circular "Wheel Rim" Whirling Motion of his Orbiting Handsthrough the Three Stations, i.e., from the Address to the Top andthrough Impact to the Finish. This Swinging Motion is much bettersuited to the On Line (Arc of Approach) Procedure and is best produced byTracing the Straight Plane Line of 10-5-A.

The Hitter, however, does not experience the Wheel Rim sensation of theOrbiting Hands. Instead of a 'Swinging' Motion of the Hands in theBackstroke, he senses a 'Carrying' Motion. And instead of a CircularWhirling Motion through the Ball, he senses a decided Straight LineThrust (of the Driving Right Arm). And this Thrust lends itself ideallyto the Cross Line Angle of Approach Procedure.

For the Hitter, then, the two Procedures -- On Line (Arc of Approach) andCross Line (Angle of Approach) -- are interchangeable. And to satisfyHomer's second Stroke Pattern objective -- as much consistency aspossible between the two Basic Patterns (Drive and Drag) -- he listed theSquare Plane Line of 10-5-A as Component #5 for both. He also advised that theplayer should avoid customizing either until the "expert" stage wasreached. If you have not yet reached that stage, then stay with 10-5-A forHitting.

However, if you have, then per 2-J-3, the Cross Line 'Hit' ispreferred to the On Line 'Hit' and the customization of the Basic12-1-0 Pattern is warranted. The On Line 'Swing' remains the preferredProcedure for 12-2-0, whether the player has reached the expert stage or not.

And this brings us back to Square One -- the need for the Pre-Turned Right Hip.Interestingly, both Stroke Patterns list the Delayed Hip Action (10-15-B) asthe Basic Hip Action Component (#15). Its Pre-Turned Right Hip is helpfulto players using the On Line Swing because it assures that the Hipwill be properly Cleared in the Backstroke, thus permitting the Hands toexecute the mandatory Three Dimensional Backstroke (2-F). It also offers more 'RightForearm Fanning' room in Start Up than the Standard Action of 10-15-A.

However, while the Pre-Turned Right Hip is helpful to the On LineSwinger it is essential to the Cross Line Hitter. His Closed Plane Lineproduces a Cross Line Clubhead Path and with it, a Right Hip—Right Elbowconflict. This Path (and its problematic Hip—Elbow conflict) may be preciselyidentified by observing the On Plane Right Forearm Angle of Approach inImpact Fix and the parallel Clubhead Angle of Approach through Impact.And the curious fact is that your Hands simply will not take the Club backon that Line if your Right Hip is in the way. And it is! You can tell them-- out loud if you wish -- that you will move the Hip immediately in Start Up,but they will not believe you. As Homer used to say, "The Hands just won'tbuy it." And so they just 'go around' the Hip and take the Club Off Planein the process.

So, if you're going to Cross Line Hit, you must Pre-Turn theRight Hip. And since the Pre-Turned Hip is perfectly acceptable (and even advisable)for On Line Swingers as well, Homer made it the Basic Hip Action Component for bothBasic Stroke Patterns. Why should you have to spend years learning andusing Standard Hip Action -- with On Line Swinging or On Line Hitting orboth -- only to find out that the Pre-Turned Hip of Delayed Hip Action ismandated by the more sophisticated Cross Line Hit? And then be forced to startall over again learning a new Hip Action Component and then integrating itinto your Basic Pattern? Or else forego The Joy of Cross Line Hitting.

You see, Homer knew long before you did that you would be following him downthis road, and he wanted to make your transition as easy as possible.

Pretty neat, don't you think?

__________________
Yoda

Just grabbed a metal broomstick while waiting for the Computer Club to show up and the "pre-turned right hip" does feel very smooth for Hitting and Swinging! So Cool!!!!

Thanks Whip and LBG!

innercityteacher

05-09-2012 09:47 PM

At the range w/pre-turned hip

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Originally Posted by innercityteacher (Post 91379)

FLASH INSIGHT courtesy of WHIP!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...+hip#post56204

Just grabbed a metal broomstick while waiting for the Computer Club to show up and the "pre-turned right hip" does feel very smooth for Hitting and Swinging! So Cool!!!!

Thanks Whip and LBG!

Cross-line and pre-turned hips adds stability and speed to Hitting and Swinging. Very easy to use Extensor Action for both and then with a stationary head both Hits and Swings jump! :)

Trajectory is a little flatter and distances are a bit better but I realized my ZB's are an inch shorter than my clones and stiffer. Target line is dead on in both! Left wrist is Level!

ICT

innercityteacher

05-12-2012 07:39 PM

Today's scores:

ZB-s = 48 (1 club short everywhere)
Clones w/senior shafts =42 (made no putts)

Love my Taylor Made hybrids and traded in my ZB's and abandoned my Ben Hogan "Sure Out," for dual purpose Mizuno 60 and 52 degree wedges.

Went to Golf Smith and tried every club imaginable except forged blades and could not hit any regular or senior shafts further than my AcER Callaway Hawkeye clones. Also, I could not hit any 3 wood further than my old Adams 2 wood, senior shaft, which I regularly shape any way I want and hit 220 or less.

My "Hit" speed on the monitor was between 60 and 65 mph. My "Swing speed was between 70 and 73.

My Hit was with a pre-turned hip, EA covering the swing plane, and a shoulder drop followed by RT triceps firing the Angle Hinge.

innercityteacher

05-14-2012 02:13 PM

A really nice group of people and TGM fans that compliment our site quite well it seems to me!

http://www.iseekgolf.com/golfinstruc...een-good-lucky

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Impact Fix: Difference Between Good & Lucky
BY PAUL SMITH

Fig 1
Impact Fix - Alignments

Fig 2
Fig 3
Fig 4
The Impact Fix is a feel for impact alignments, fixed in the mind and body before the swing starts. The rest of the swing feels are then fitted around it to make it easier and safer. We also have feels for the grip, stance, waggle, forward press and start up to finish, the total motion feel. If that seems complicated, that’s because it is. However, it becomes easy with time and practice as the mystery is taken out of it.

From the Face-On view (Fig 1) the left arm and the club are in line. From the Down the Line view (Fig 2), the right forearm and the shaft are in line.

Extensor action, a gentle pressure down, not towards the ball, is applied to the left arm to make the swing stable and heavy. Then stand away as far as you can with the balance point a little towards the heels.

Important details like clubface alignment and position can be included. The clubface should be slightly open for Swingers to allow for their faster slightly hook-producing clubface closing motion and square to slightly closed for Hitters to allow for their slower-rolling small slice-producing motion. If the clubhead is aligned with the sweet spot on the ball then lowered to the ground, you will notice it falls a little toward you and the ball now rests more towards the toe with the club soled.

Once the Impact Address is part of the total motion it is “fixed” in your mind, you are welcome to return to your normal hands at mid-body address position (Standard Address Fig 3 and 4) or a hybrid of the two address’s (Adjusted Address). Or you may stay in the Impact Fix Address and start your motion from there.

WHY GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE?
Because impact is all that matters. The difference between good players and bad is the location of the hands at impact. Since this is the only location that determines success in the swing, it is worth making a study of the characteristics.

Done well, Impact Fix gives you a 90% chance of success. Your handicap, within five shots is predictable by your hands’ position at impact. The forward clubshaft lean is mandatory.

If the Number One alignment – the left arm and shaft – is bent power is lost because the club cannot be supported by pressure from the hands and arms and is now both slowing down and rising, meaning you will hit the ground or the top of the ball.

If the Number Two alignment, the right forearm and shaft is bent, once again power and precision are lost. The best engineering is available with the right forearm being in line with the shaft (Down the Line View).

How do we go about achieving this wonderful piece of golfing magic?

Naturally if you try to implement this tomorrow on the golf course, you may hurt yourself. Make it a project over six months or six years without neglecting your normal programme for R&D. This will have major implications for your golfing and family life, so make sure the business is in your name.

START SMALL
Start in front of a mirror noticing the change necessary to get from Impact Fix back somewhere to through the ball. Start at 30 cms. And work out from there. Yes, it is the first we have felt that and there is no way we can use that in a golf swing, for now.

So we start with small shots in the yard at home. Look at pictures of good players to notice things not seen before.

Like anything new it feels different because it is different and NOT because it is wrong. Notice how quickly solid shots come when starting from impact fix. Later, start with any address position. Note however, that when moving back and forth between impact fix and standard address the hands are still mid-body.

Notice how close the ball seems. That is how close it has to be to be hit. Any farther away means throwing the power away behind the ball, not through it.

Notice the angle of approach of the shaft from half-way down. That will be a new one for 90% of us, a much flatter approach, usually two to eight inches flatter. But now everything can turn through together.

Notice there is a different Impact Fix for different shots. Notice that starting from impact fix how hard it is to turn the usual amount on the backswing. Some raise their heads to get around this but that leaves an opening for total failure on the project. It is better to stay down with a shorter swing. Why go back to an inferior routine? It will not be strange for long and all that your friends see is the ball flight.

Slowly introduce the Impact Fix into the pre-shot routine in practice, then on the course perhaps after giving up on scoring efforts. Halt the project at any time but get back onto it as soon as possible.

Impact Fix will make the difference. Starting the downswing to achieve correct impact is the most difficult move in sports without Impact Fix. It shows us the station that we must pass through. With Impact Fix in mind, anyone can learn do it.

About the Author: Paul Smith
Paul Smith holds a Master Craftsman's rank certified by the Golf Clubmakers Association in the USA and is one of only 220 Authorised Instructors of The Golfing Machine (Bachelors in Golf Stroke Engineering). Clients get a first class education session whether it be fixing a swing fault or building clubs from scratch to suit a player's ability.

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innercityteacher

05-14-2012 02:17 PM

The value of a Baseball grip in Hitting!

http://www.iseekgolf.com/golfinstruc...-baseball-grip

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The Baseball Grip
BY PAUL SMITH

Fig 1
Left Hand Finger Grip
(Photo: iseekgolf.com)

Fig 2
Fig 3
Fig 4
Fig 5
Fig 6
Fig 7
Fig 8
Fig 9
Baseball and golf seem a world apart yet the baseball grip is a means to clamp the club in a basic manner, which can work just fine for some and better for others. In this brief look at what the grip does I would suggest grabbing a club away from furniture and finding some room to swing around without a ball.

There are some basics to the baseball grip that are paramount to remember. You must use a left hand finger grip with the shaft running from near the index finger top joint down into the base of the little finger so that when the hand is closed over the grip, that the shaft is held securely in the fingers at one end and the butt end is firmly squeezed under the heel pad of the left hand as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The right hand wraps around the shaft below the left hand in more of a palm grip. This palm grip allows the right forearm to line up with the shaft. Here we now have in place some basic structural engineering properties. Now all the effort, or force, that is thrust by the right arm will be most efficiently pushs against the back of the shaft on plane with the right forearm, as per Figure 3, rather than having a finger grip angle which causes power leakage as per Figure 4.

So put the two hands together with those ideas in mind. In effect by using a baseball grip a player is spreading the hands over a wider part of the grip itself, that is with no interlocking or overlaying parts of the hands. By taking this type of grip the right hand increases its support of the clubhead loading through the impact zone, yet it dampens the clubheads acceleration.

With a club gripped as a baseball bat, take a few swings with your eyes closed. They can gentle small swings and then build up into longer swings. Feel the feedback from the club in your hands, particularly how strong the bottom hand feels swinging as per Fig 5, 6 and 7.

What you should notice is that with the exaggerated motion that the left wrist cock really does not happen much at all and how powerful relative to the left side the right arm has to be to propel the club around. In essence you have now felt the mechanics of a relatively low speed but high thrust motion. The trust is all right armed. You are Drive Loading the shaft. Another visual example I often give is of an ice hockey player making a slap shot. It is a short sharp slap at the ball, all bottom hand power.

With a normal baseball grip, the same mechanics can be employed though now you can see how a bit of wrist cock comes back into the motion. So overall a baseball grip can be a good starting point for those who wish to Hit the ball rather than swing at it, just to gain the sensations of how the right arm can power a golf hit. It is particularly useful for beginners, juniors and ladies the baseball grip is more natural than having to remember uncomfortable or weird looking overlaps or interlocks.

To finish off this little visit to baseball, I have also dropped into the mix here an over swing with the exaggerated baseball grip in Fig 8 and 9. The over swing shows how, with split hands, the left hand grip fails and makes you feel a major bob motion (head rising an lowering) if you go too far. It is a good thing to know what a bob feels like at a basic point of learning.

About the Author: Paul Smith
Paul Smith holds a Master Craftsman's rank certified by the Golf Clubmakers Association in the USA and is one of only 220 Authorised Instructors of The Golfing Machine (Bachelors in Golf Stroke Engineering). Clients get a first class education session whether it be fixing a swing fault or building clubs from scratch to suit a player's ability.

innercityteacher

05-14-2012 02:46 PM

Beautiful shots hit in a really poor round !

The idea of dragging or thrusting PP # 3 to the inside aft quadrant of the ball is really starting to take hold despite a bad front nine last week with clubs I could not control. With a pre-turned right hip and right -forearm takeaway, I feel like I have all day to either Swing or Hit the ball as I wish.

On Saturday, I was on our third hole of our "Red" front nine, a downhil, uphill 420 yard par 4. I had slowly pulled PP # 3 to the ball with my driver and played a high draw to the middle of the fairway below, and had about a 175 yard uphill shot to a back right flag with a sand bunker fronting 2/3 of the left side of the green.

I was feeling froggy so I took dead aim at the pin with the ball on a hanging hook lie. I knew the angled Hinge would help fight the hook so I kept my head down and lashed that ball with my 19 degree hybrid, down and through!

The ball split the pin and was 10 feet short under the hole. My birdie putt split the hole but was 2" short! UGHHH! Still, a slow pull of PP # 3 to impact with a bent right wrist is a lovely thing!

ICT

innercityteacher

05-14-2012 11:48 PM

So Important!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56235&highlight=right+shoulder#po st56235

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I was afraid when I wrote that "the Hitter starts out pulling, too"that the action would be misinterpeted and, like Job of the Old Testament,"my fears have come to pass."

The Golf Stroke is always a Left Arm Stroke as long as the Left Shoulderserves as the Center of the Clubhead Arc. In that sense, both Hitters andSwingers must 'Pull' from the Top (8-6) of the Stroke. However, the Swinger'slong Backstroke typically goes to the End (10-21-C), and then he Pullsthe Club down like it was a piece of string trailing behind him. Then,having cranked up the Gyroscope of the orbiting Clubhead, he 'hangs on' asCentrifugal Force Powers the Club through Impact. The Hitter'sBackstroke, on the other hand, typically ends at the Top (10-21-A) whenhis Right Elbow has become completely Bent. Then, after the initial Downstroke ShoulderAcceleration (8-7), he accelerates the Club by Pushing against theClubshaft as if it was an Axe Handle.

At the Top then, the Hitter resists the Inertia of the moving Club (whichwants to continue On Plane Up, Back and In). This resistance to the ClubheadInertia causes the Lag Pressure to Load against the No. 3 Pressure Point and iscalled Drive Loading (10-19-A). Once the Right Shoulder has provided theinitial Downstroke Acceleration (2-M-4), the Hitter begins his Right Arm Pushing,Driving Motion through Impact. The Swinger, on the other hand, with hislonger End Backstroke, allows the Club to come to rest against the firstknuckle of the Right Hand. He then Loads the Lag Pressure against thatPoint by Pulling the Club down lengthwise -- Drag Loading (10-19-C).

At the Top then, the Hitter has not changed in the slightest his ImpactFix alignments, i.e., Left Wrist Flat and Right Wrist Bent. Therefore, theClubshaft has maintained its position against the No. 3 Pressure Point, and theShaft is still pointing skyward. The Swinger, on the other hand, Turns(4-C-2) his Left Hand against the Plane in the Backstroke (Standard Left WristAction of 10-18-A). He typically goes to parallel (and perhaps beyond),and this has caused the Clubshaft to Load down against the first knuckle of theRight Hand. This Action gives the Swinger the Feel of having Rotated the LeftWrist and Lag Pressure Point one-quarter Turn in the Backstroke.

The Hitter, on the other hand, feels no such Rotation. Instead, he sensesHomer's "Hitter's Guiding Principle:"

"At the Top, you should feel that absolutely nothing has changed inyour Impact Fix Wrist alignments and that you are in perfect postion to Slapthe Ball with the palm of your Right Hand."

The Swinger, having Rotated his Left Wrist in the Backstroke, then maintainsthat position through the Start Down, Downstroke and Release. This is the Swinger's'Left Hand Karate Chop' to the Ball. The Action of this Left Hand 'PalmDown' to the Plane' surface actually overrides the 'natural action' ofthe Hitter's constant On Plane Rolling from the Top (caused by theTurning of the Body and the Swinging of the Arms and Hands). The Swinger'sRotation must ultimately be reversed -- this is the function of the Swivel-- in order to restore the Impact Fix alignments.

The Hitter needs no such Swivel because his Left Hand has been Closing from thetime it left the Top in Start Down. From Release, he simply Drives his RightArm through Impact in a Straight Line Motion.

If you are thinking that there is a lot more going on with Swinging thanwith Hitting, you are right. If you are thinking that Hitting, oncemastered, can be the superior alternative, you may be right there, too.It's all about personal preference. I, for one, feel more far more incontrol and am decidedly more accurate Hitting. The reason is that youare never out of your Impact Fix Alignments. And as for Homer:

"You'll all become Hitting Nuts."

Regarding Ernie Els, I have personally never seen him Hit. He Loads to Swing,and then he does.

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