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I have decided to choose my components a bit and rely this week on my RFT or left knee to the ball, slowly, and then a slow right knee at the ball as my only swing thoughts, that and the "Impact Waggle" so I can KNOW my ball flight. :read: I am feeling tremendous balance with RFT and right knee trigger! This week, I will manipulate the club face open to avoid any draw whatsoever. :thumleft: Thanks to BerntR's wet sand TQ "I will not fear the valley of wet sand for my pitching wedge or 52 degree wedge or are with me and my Higher Power loves me and has a sense of humor!" :laughing1 Plus I have been to Cuscowilla and the Waffle House as well as had good fellowship with KevCarter, JerryG, and RodgerDodger. 03-02-2005, 02:11 PM EdZ Lynn Blake Certified Instructor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Qingdao, China Posts: 1,639 As with Hogan's right knee move - when you take the 'slack' out, you have in a very real way "lengthened" the lever - in fact at both arms straight I can often literally feel the 'full line' of the train - from my right foot, all the way through my body, to impact. Supporting impact along the 'entire' train. A good drill is to move from impact fix to the finish with 'high hands' - trying to get your hands as far away from your right ankle as you can, such that you have a bit of 'Saturday Night Fever' - a diagonal line from your hands to your right ankle. Choo, chooo...... all aboard! Drive that train - from the ground up, just like a pitcher does. __________________ "Support the On Plane Swinging Force in Balance" "we have no friends, we have no enemies, we have only teachers" Simplicity buffs, see 5-0, 1-L, 2-0 A and B 10-2-B, 4-D, 6B-1D, 6-B-3-0-1, 6-C-1, 6-E-2 03-02-2005, 02:11 PM EdZ Lynn Blake Certified Instructor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Qingdao, China Posts: 1,639 As with Hogan's right knee move - when you take the 'slack' out, you have in a very real way "lengthened" the lever - in fact at both arms straight I can often literally feel the 'full line' of the train - from my right foot, all the way through my body, to impact. Supporting impact along the 'entire' train. A good drill is to move from impact fix to the finish with 'high hands' - trying to get your hands as far away from your right ankle as you can, such that you have a bit of 'Saturday Night Fever' - a diagonal line from your hands to your right ankle. Choo, chooo...... all aboard! Drive that train - from the ground up, just like a pitcher does. __________________ "Support the On Plane Swinging Force in Balance" "we have no friends, we have no enemies, we have only teachers" Simplicity buffs, see 5-0, 1-L, 2-0 A and B 10-2-B, 4-D, 6B-1D, 6-B-3-0-1, 6-C-1, 6-E-2 |
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Integration of TGM Insights
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http://youtu.be/3Fma1bBv_aI http://youtu.be/Ku-Rz-GAP5c Add to this OB Left's fine explanation of the importance of "Alignments in Motion." http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread7767-364.html Add to that Lynn's lifelong teaching of the importance of training all three zones, Pivot, Arms and Hands. Every item Lynn teaches is a distillation of years of thoughtful insight into G.O.L.F. I can't tell those reading this how hard Lynn works to communicate with his students. First day, grip adjustment (strong single action) and MacDonald Marching and every day Lynn just blows you away with insights you might never figure out in any other way! :read: Further study and practice however, as any teacher knows, is essential for mastery. In the last several weeks I have hit some good scores but in doing so I became aware of the limits of my technique. "Effortless Power" demands solid technique. Pros and talented amateurs work hard for years mastering efficient techniques to get that "effortless power." I might shoot par someday on a hard, dry golf tract with every good bounce possible, but I simply could not hope to deliberately and realistically shoot par on a bad day and several under on a good day. My technique was limited. :eusa pray: In order to shoot my lowest scores, level left wrists in putting and chipping, as Lynn taught me, pretending my chips were putts, were essential. Sure enough, as OB described and Lynn teaches, the road to consistently great golf starts with MacDonald marching for either Swinging or Hitting. The right grip allows the correct "intentionality" to take effect. "Wheel Rim" = Swinging or "Paddle Wheel" =Hitting, which is easier or most effective? Lynn says both and the trick is to do them. Left knee to the ball, right knee to the ball gives all the power and wrist cocking a person could use and so much potential power is available! :exclaim: Intending to drive the "Paddle Wheel" from true Impact Fix with a strong single action grip means the right wrist has to to be bent and frozen and the left wrist flat. Covering is almost automatic. Adding left knee and right knee allows me to feel a deeply powerful delivery DOWN, Out and Forward of the Power Package. Left wrist is vertical and Bent right wrist is frozen bent stiffening the right forearm. The right knee moving to the ball leads the Power Package DOWN and that Angle Hinge demands a manipulated closed club face but all the power needed is available TIME AFTER TIME! :dance: Instead of being fatigued after 30 balls, I felt refreshed AS LONG AS MY SET-UP WAS CORRECT. Intending to spin the "Wheel Rim," from Mid-Body hands. Tracing is almost automatic. Left knee right knee and throwing the left wrist through the Forward Swivel feels like cracking the whip and the Horizontal Hinge really closes and really powers the ball strongly. On Sunday, I hit some of the longest drives of my life exactly where I wanted to and was 50 yards ahead of some of drives hit by my playing companions. It almost felt today like I could open my face of my driver almost 45 degrees and then a little less and really let fly at the ball and still hit a straight shot or slight fade or draw. Again, no fatigue due to the MacDonald Marching. The club felt like it was coming from well behind me with lots of extension and power. It seems like even the slightest left knee bend toward the ball fully cocks the left wrist and gives me lots of time to bend the right knee toward the ball and slower seems very balanced. Thanks guys. The TGM system is comprehensive and is built from the ground up! ICT |
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I believe my artificial hip and front leg shortness demands a full drive of my right knee that actually seems to balance me out. Was it Homer who said that "Power golf is precision golf?" It is so good to feel relaxed, head down and moving freely beneath myself to paraphrase Mr. Jones. :golf: One of the things I did well last Sunday was get every hip and pitch into the air albeit too short most times. This week, I will really try to get each chip and pitch into a three foot circle. I have to remember what Lynn showed me about using the club that will get me to the edge of the green than run all the way to preview the putt and get it close. :idea1: Level Left wrist adds simplicity and dependability to the plane on ever shot especially the chips and putts! Necessary for a straight chip or putt! ICT |
Hmmm...Will have to investigate!
http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=15740&highlight=hip+bump#post1574 0 ]Yoda Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 10,076 Hitting Down (And Other Matters) Originally Posted by mabramb As much as I've tried I can't seem to get the hang of hitting down on the ball during the full swing (have pretty good success in chipping and punch shots). My question is this... would aiming my hands to a location and not aiming the clubhead "at the ball" assist me in striking down on the ball during a full swing. The aiming point concept is something I find vague but I believe has (or could have) tremendous value. I'm very frustrated in the quality of contact with my full swing and lose a lot of distance and have a higher than "should be" ball flight because (I believe) of my inability to consistently hit down on the ball. Quote:
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Yoda Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 10,090 The Hitter's Derived Inclined Plane Originally Posted by EC Yoda, 1-L, #6. The Clubshaft always points at the Plane Line except when they are parallel to each other. Ted's impact alignments are MARVELOUS, and even though his procedure does not follow the above dictum to the full extent ...aren't predictable impact alignments the end that we all should be seeking? Eddie, For the Hitter using the Angle of Approach procedure, the 'old' Plane Angle with its Straight Line Baseline is gone. It served its purpose by locating the Stroke's Impact Point and Low Point. Through these two points passes its derivative -- the Straight Line Angle of Approach Delivery Line. This Visual Equivalent thus determined, the original Plane ceases to exist (2-J-3). The Hitter with his Clubhead now Covers -- not Traces or 'points at' -- this new Delivery Line. And whatever Inclined Plane the Sweetspot must utilize to make this journey is now the Inclined Plane of the Stroke. |
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Started this morning at 6:45am on a beautiful day deciding on a pattern of straightening my right leg on the backswing and pushing off the inside of the back foot. Produced a consistent fade except when i was coming over the top! :sad2: Also had no chipping or putting rhythm and slopped it around badly. :confused: &D: 2nd "18" used a knee/knee Swing (forgot about the Angle Hinge and hit some frozen ropes for the first time ever!!! :read: one-two, 1/2, knee/knee and the club whipped up and down! :laughing1 Suddenly I was shorter than the club pro by only 10 yards and ahead of the other part of our foursome. Stationary head produced a very satisfying controlled baby draw unless I opened the face. Went away from forcing the putting of my chips from all around the green in exchange for "dragging the mop" with a slight knee -knee pop. Also made level wrists on the putter my goal and got my putts much closer burning lots of edges. Much better1:whistle: No birds but lots of pars! I even splashed out nicely from three bunkers! Follow through is important in a bunker! :thumright Does a Hitter do a knee-knee Pivot also just using a Paddle Wheel to come down and Angle of Approach? ICT |
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Level left wrists, knee leads lagging backstroke and I pull the handle directly away from the target parallel to the target line producing a lively draw. :) As I pull like crazy, my left heel plants, my left hip opens and the ball goes bang off the driver, and zzzzzz off the irons and hybrids and it goes far! What's really odd is doing it from Impact Fix and producing towering five yard fades! The ground was so hard that I had to abandoned my 52 degree wedge and chipped exclusively with my 60 degree wedge. :salut: ICT |
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http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...uiver#post4912 #54 03-27-2005, 12:18 PM mpw Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Tomasello in Golf Digest I met Tommy in the early 80's. When Davis Love lll was in college there was an article in Golf Digest about how he hit it so far. Davis Love Jr. and Tommy discussed his "Magic Move". I remember Tommy saying it was a tricky move, like drawing an arrow out of a quiver. Does anyone remember that article? Any comments about the "Magic Move"? I thought it was interesting that Tommy influenced Davis Love Jr.'s teaching. #55 03-27-2005, 09:30 PM JohnThomas1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 238 Tommy does actually go into the "drawing an arrow out of a quiver" in one of these clips. Dave would be able to tell you where it was exactly for sure. It's just as you said it was in the book. #56 03-28-2005, 01:20 AM lagster LBG Pro Contributor Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 848 Re: Tomasello in Golf Digest Originally Posted by mpw I met Tommy in the early 80's. When Davis Love lll was in college there was an article in Golf Digest about how he hit it so far. Davis Love Jr. and Tommy discussed his "Magic Move". I remember Tommy saying it was a tricky move, like drawing an arrow out of a quiver. Does anyone remember that article? Any comments about the "Magic Move"? I thought it was interesting that Tommy influenced Davis Love Jr.'s teaching. .................................................. .................................................. ....... Tom lived in Atlanta for some time. He probably met Davis then. I think Tom got the "drawing an arrow out of a quiver" right from 10-19-C-- Drag Loading. #57 03-28-2005, 10:40 AM drewitgolf Lynn Blake Certified Senior Instructor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,320 If my memory is correct, that sub-section of the Golf Digest article was a debate (panel discussion) by a few golf professional (mostly those on the Golf Digest Advisory Staff) on what they thought allow Davis Love III to hit the ball so far. Lagster is correct on the 10-19-C. __________________ Drew Let Your Motion Make the Shot. #58 03-31-2005, 01:41 PM mpw Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Thanks for the replies, and thanks for this forum. It's really helping me understand the TGM. #59 05-12-2007, 08:52 PM Delaware Golf Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 752 Originally Posted by mpw I met Tommy in the early 80's. When Davis Love lll was in college there was an article in Golf Digest about how he hit it so far. Davis Love Jr. and Tommy discussed his "Magic Move". I remember Tommy saying it was a tricky move, like drawing an arrow out of a quiver. Does anyone remember that article? Any comments about the "Magic Move"? I thought it was interesting that Tommy influenced Davis Love Jr.'s teaching. After listening to my Tomasello 3 day school audio tapes....the Magic Move mentioned above....it's the "Magic of the Right Forearm". Tommy had a very specific why of teaching it. It's indirectly mentioned in Davis Love Jr's book "How to Feel a Real Golf Swing" in the discussion about how Davis Love III learned to drive a ball 350 yards. I highly recommend the book... Another point about the "Magic Move" being tricky....it takes some getting use to the right forearm starting the downswing. It's interesting that the "Magic of the Right Forearm" didn't appear in the book until the 6th edition. I know Tomasello was working with Homer at the time the 5th edition came out. Just don't know the exact date that Tommy made his first phone call to Homer. Books to checkout with the right arm involved with swinging: Mark Evershed's "The Golf Solution" Davis Love Jr's/Bob Toski "How to Feel a Real Golf Swing" John Jacob's "Practical Golf" Ernie Els "How to Build a Classic Golf Swing" All of the texts mention above are in line the Magic of the Right Forearm approach that Tommy taught...active arms and quite body (responding pivot). |
Bobby Jones at 4:14 of this video shows definite longitudinal acceleration to start the downstroke watch the dotted line.
http://youtu.be/Fm8x0105cEY My left side instinctively planted and braced as I told my hands to "pull the arrow from the quiver." It was much like throwing a football in the planting and pulling the hand or a very large "wheel rim" procedure right from the top. As long as my head was steady and watching the ball, the shot stayed on line. Again, what was strange was getting my normal distances with an Angle Hinge, carry back and longitudinal acceleration = very high fades with 8 iron plus needing to adjust the face closed to some degree. I have to experiment with my right leg straightening ala Jones and Mike Austin to see if more power and accuracy are available to this duffer! ICT |
Longitudinal Acceleration
Mike Austin = "Pause N Throw" =Longitudinal Acceleration sort of.... :)
I am a natural scientist. Could you tell? I want the "why and how?" I have the "Pause N Throw" which works pretty well and now I know that Mike Austin and his guys do a good job accelerating away from the target line. http://youtu.be/4yDwImZnpIU http://youtu.be/UibG8qcMDqM http://youtu.be/QjfnHQbw-tU http://youtu.be/962X9A1oQsI Of course, TGM and Lynn Blake explained this very well! :laughing1 Longitudinal Acceleration helps small people drive the ball as far as tall people! It is the technique that multiplies Pivot Power, imho, controlled by the hands. One last thing for now, Lynn teaches that the club has to be traveling "Down, Out and Forward." In the following video, one of my favorites, the Longitudinal Acceleration from a "down the line" point of view appears to be moving down as it comes toward the viewer! To quibble, one might say that the club head moves "away from the target, down, out and forward" but it looks down from down the line. http://youtu.be/vVws0CQqTDc "Most people are not getting near enough distance," and the "hips respond to the right arm." http://youtu.be/J0_sBjPRrY4 ICT |
Full power and accuracy on the range just showing off!
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Step and straighten the right arm or knee to inner quadrant or bump and straighten the right arm and obliterate the inner quadrant...swinging the ball does frozen rope stuff, hitting the ball takes forever to come down with a fade and "acts a whole lot differently!" Thanks Lynn! :whistle: ICT |
Learning from trials and errors!
&B Mixing components is bad for me :doh: at this point. Had a terrible round on Saturday morning at my home course though it didn't start that way. Playing with a relative of one of our foursome who could not get out of the way, driving in front of shots, causing double clutches, playing out of turn, and even questioning the lines of our putts but the challenge helped me concentrate on the front 9 out of sheer anger :mad: and I shot a 43 with 2 "7's" back to back and two birdies on a par 35.
What I did well- Steady head, balance, short thumb grip and LEVEL LEFT WRIST and full longitudinal straightening of the right arm. Got my knee through every chip and putted very well. :king: What I did poorly- Blew up on the back side and with the front 7's just lost my concentration. I forgot to keep my left wrist straight :eyes: and lost my orientation to the plane! Also I stopped getting chips and putts to a 3-foot circle leaving everything way short. Stupid I also tried to switch between Hitting and Swinging as I lost concentration. I forgot to keep my Hitting club face square to the plane throughout and let my left wrist swivel spraying the ball. &B: Shot a 49 and was upset. This morning, decided on Swinging first on a course with lots of elevation changes. Shot over all trouble with one extra club. Chipped well, one birdy, had a 41 on the front nine on a par 36. Very happy :) Level left wrist provided the outside limit of the plane tracing, steady head, left knee lagging up, swivel face to parallel or open to plane, full right arm extension through or right knee slowly through the ball, swivel down squaring to plane. Second nine was all Hitting. I quickly realized how essential the level left wrist was from Impact Fix and how essential it was to keep the club face square to the plane while using the RFT. I also realized that instead of dipping down in some exaggerated motion, all I need to do is shift the belly button forward, or plant the left heel or raise the right shoulder slightly or..., and straighten the right arm fully. I can start from IMpact Fix, fully straighten the right leg and shift my belly button for another form of swinging, too, ala Mike Austin. \\:D/ So Hitting from Impact Fix, club face square or slightly closed to the plane, RFT produced almost the same distance and very straight lines feeling like I could aim at any pin. 2 birdies on a par 35, shot a 39 for a total of 80 or 9 over. Trick is to maintain level shoulders firing the right arm or as Lynn says "quiet hands, quiet knees, quiet feet..." Watch the videos and see how TALL Lynn remains while Hitting or Swinging! :toothy1: The level left wrist supports a stationary head with no need to dip down. The legs and fully extended (level left wrist) club form the tripod the head is braced upon. :golf: http://youtu.be/1y2fH0ooCoQ http://youtu.be/HYfOw_7jCTA ICT |
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Conditions-ground very hard despite big storms last night, ball bounced high and ran forever! :eyes: I was closer to the greens than ever with lots of unfamiliar shots. Lost $6 in team match. Tied for 3 skins but did not win any! :( What I did well- Four over on my first three holes Hitting and so I went to Swinging. Level left wrist, Stationary head in balance. Left knee/right knee to finish with 6 straight pars. Several one putt greens, hit a few pins with a knee/knee chip, lob wedge half way to the stick. "40" What I did poorly- Thought I could re-establish the Hitting stroke on the back nine and was spraying the ball due to forgetting about the square club-face to plane in a Hit. Ten over on six holes. Hit into lots of traps not respecting the dangers and left lots of sand shots on the green but well short. I need to get a consistent sand routine with a shot that runs at the pin! :mad: Parred last three holes going back to swinging. "45" Sticking with Swinging motion. ICT |
Figuring out similarities with TGM, Bertholy, Moe Norman and Kiran Kanwar
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My interest is in building a sub-par shooting golf technique that I know well enough to use as I wish and can teach others with clarity and integrity. My lowest score has been a 77 using Flying Wedges, Impact Fix, Covering the club-head path inside, RFT and a "vertical elbow drop" ala Moe Norman. I have been hanging around the low "80's" with my scores unable to reproduce the same 77 or lower BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE WHY OF WHAT LYNN /TGM TEACHES SO CLEARLY! :rolleyes: Using other TGM instructors and other time-tested golfing insights helps me sometimes, understand, unpack, and appropriate Lynn's observations. :idea1: Let's take a talented contributor to Lynn Blake Golf and his observation of the merit of Ernest Jones. http://youtu.be/ZZOUhpZFgSY Clearly practical. Now, let's observe Kiran Kanwar's observations about a pre-turned right shoulder and a synchronized lower right shoulder and lower body lead. http://youtu.be/-d6hlJSDj3o Notice any similarities with Paul Bertholy's drills for greater lag? http://youtu.be/L5btGr3Iwqk How about Moe Norman's 2001 techniques? http://youtu.be/UEV-SR8Q_nI I am just starting to understand these things personally. By that I mean I can go to the range, pre-turn and lower my right shoulder, set my club head back along the and covering the Angle of Approach ala Moe Norman and consistently pound the ball down range with added distance using an Angle Hinge and Belly Button shift of the hips. It seems to me as if I get to "Both Arms Straight " much more effectively more often! In TGM, impact is incidental on our way to full extension and full follow through! :clap: Lynn Blake has shown me that TGM is an accurate and effective description of the mechanical elements of the golf swing. He has also shown me a variety of ways to visualize those components with the help of Hogan, Runion, Norman, Bertholy and others. Maybe even Ms. Kiran Kanwar has some golfing insights that reinforce TGM? :dontknow: :read: Watch this! http://youtu.be/AXKpPNMtUCo http://youtu.be/IwQzlyGlGKQ Let's experiment and report back! :laughing1 ICT |
I'm intrigued by the biomecanical aspects of the golf swing, but alas not competent enough to form an opinion. Joe Norwood's golf o'metrics was an interesting read, some of it similar to Angle of Approach procedure for Hitting with specific "alignments" of body parts. Recently I've seen there's a specific approach for putting.
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It doesn't get easier than that kids! Sadly I shot a 44 on the front 9, though I tried to avoid the two 7's on the front by playing every safe shot I could think of, I mean really. The ground was so 'friggin hard that two chips to the middle ran beneath trees on the other side! :crybaby: My Nike OZ putter with enough marking lines to warm the heart of an air traffic controller, revealed how straight a straight putt can be (sorry Gerry, the Bullseye must rest when fast greens appear in Philadelphia). 6 one putt greens, 2 birdies out of four chances of less than 20 feet, had me thanking Lynn's lessons on the Runyon putting techniques. I did shank 3 chips on the front 9 with my favorite wedge and just stopped chipping :( and used my putter from everywhere on the last 10 holes! :laughing1 Of course, hitting driver- wedge, or driver 9 iron, or driver -hybrid to the middle of every green makes it easy to use the putter from everywhere! :golfcart: The Minimalist golf swing from Ms. Kiran Kanwar is really a "clap your hands" move emphasizing keeping the right shoulder on plane and back while the right elbow and right forearm return to the plane lower than the left arm at impact. The Bertholy/Moe Norman drills reinforce that position and those insights helped me understand what Lynn meant by Hula Hula!!! What I did well- Formed my flying wedges and really concentrated on shifting my belly button slowly back and through waiting for the lag! My foursome kept asking how I hit my driver so far and so straight with such a small effort! :) I also recognized that a putter is highly functional! What I did poorly- Shanked my chips!!!! UGH! Did I mention I putted out of two bunkers? I need a Yoda of Arabia session or three! I didn't keep my head stationary that well on the first nine holes. I need to TRUST THE ROCKING HORSE !!! HCp. index at 12.3 ICT |
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1 under in 10 holes!!! http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...+hula#post6004 Yoda Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 10,282 Hawaiian Punch Originally Posted by LSH Back to the keeping the head still question. 1) Do you find it easier to keep a steady head with a narrower stance? 2) In order to keep the head centered between the feet on the backswing do you find that your right hip turns behind you a little and your left knee bends a little towards the ball? Then on the forward swing the opposite happens and the left hip turns behind you and the right knee bends toward the ball a bit? Is this the Hula Hula action needed or do I have it wrong? Steve, I personally use a wider, not narrower, Stance. But there are no absolutes here: Just not so wide as to unduly restrict the Hip and Shoulder Turns or so narrow as to promote instability. The Hula Hula Action refers to the ability to shift your Weight (Hip Slide from left to right and back again) while keeping your Head Stationary. This Motion -- followed by a Turn -- causes the Spine to Tilt in the opposite direction of the Slide (in both directions). Don't confuse proper Extensor Action at the Top (stretching out the Left Arm and the Left Shoulder Wobble) for a Spine tilting away from the target. Check out Jones and Hogan for the correct configuration and gain relief from this major misconception. __________________ |
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DRAG PP # 3 as the club goes back it will return. LOOK LOOK LOOK! Impact Fix Angle Hinge works very reliably if you drag PP # 3!!! Mid -Body hands produces a Horizontal Hinge (remember the club face at set-up! The shoulder is the center!) when pulling/dragging PP# 3 with the belly button!
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Hogan Stance Mid-Body hands or Impact Fix, RFT, Belly Drag PP # 3 or Front Heal Drag PP # 3 (Belly =Angle Hinge and Front Heal Drag PP # 3 = Horizontal Hinge) Aiming Point for Sand Shots prior to ball Helped a young lady with her flying wedges and PP # 3 and told her about LBG. ICT Dropping elbow to side is very effect but I can't drag the lag and drop the elbow at same time. Vertically un-cocking the left wrist, firing it, is produced with dropping the right elbow or tracing the plane line quickly. |
Started with a 7 and a 5 on a par 4 and par three..
Got in the weeds quickly but.....
got out just as quickly! :rolleyes: But, Adjusted Address and the # 3 "pinch" and Angle Hinge via the Hula/Hula (Rocking Horse) got me a birdie, par, par, par, birdie, par boogie to shoot a 41. Then I was feeling froggy and started unleashing the Horizontal Hinge! :golf: I never hit drives so pure in my life! :happy3: Down the middle with a draw "on purpose!" I went into shock- boogie, par par, boogie, par, double, boogie, par, par for another 41! My sand shots were solid and on target and I figured out my chips in the end. Got greedy and three putted some fast greens! :( Anyway, I won a few bucks and one of the owners said I was pretty lucky as of late. I told him that it was not luck as I had not turned in anything above an 85 in the last 6 rounds and I was just getting started. :read: What I did well- Played with myself and controlled the Angle and Horizontal Hinges for irons and drivers. Good sand shots aiming handle 2 inches in front of ball, and kept my chips in front of me. What I did poorly- Punch out shots need to be safe shots to avoid high numbers and I need to shoot to the middle of greens for the ball to not bound away into trouble. Also, I need to get the longer putts within a few feet and not try to make everything. :read: ICT |
TGM advances lead to an "11" hcp index
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What I am doing well- I have started to "hit" chips and pitches with my RFT and then right forearm thrust and the results have been several sand saves ( pays 1$ on the Monday game :) ) and excellent 60 degree pitches and chips within 3-4 feet of the pin. This has really helped my score. I also discovered old Moe Norman "Natural Golf" instructions where MOe's action looks very much like Paul Bertholy's "Magic Move, Lynn and Ben Doyle's "dragging the wet mop" move! I RFT then "keep my mind in my hands as I cover my front foot with both arms straight HOWEVER I LET THE PIVOT CARRY THE BACK ELBOW PAST THE BALL UNTIL THE PIVOT SNAPS THE CLUB DOWN! :read: I realize Moe says different things but his RFT and power package with right elbow low are my moves after Impact Fix! THE PIVOT PROPELS BOTH ARMS TO A STRAIGHT POSITION AT THE FRONT INSTEP (INNER CIRCLE TURNS OUTER CIRCLE)!! http://youtu.be/iCWUyW0cN-w I really concentrate in firing my bent right wrist to my front instep in a "downhill" short punch! I do it for all shots hitting the inner quadrant and my friends have noticed how much more solidly I am striking the ball! :exclaim: It almost feels like it is all right arm thrust except the left foot "plants" and then I fire the power package down at an angle ! This Martin Chuck video of "Tour Striker " fame (thanks Gerry and Kevin) really helps me. http://youtu.be/KgZJNHBRB2c What I am doing poorly- I need to shoot over trouble on a green or away from it. I have not improved to the point yet where I can pick a target out on a green and should just shoot to the middle! I NEED TO ALWAYS HIT THE INNER QUADRANT OF THE BALL! I also need either extensor action or pushing the left arm into RFT. ICT |
First real Eagle chance ever!
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What I did well-I don't know about you but having my hands and arms completely still with my right elbow coiled against my side (no rft today just a belly button shift right), allowed me to feel all sorts of ball crushing power being released as my Pivot carried my back elbow as far forward and as fast as possible. On a 530 yard par 5, my second shot was 210 yards away which I put on the green with my 2 hybrid about 30 yards away from the front pin. I made the par. I was sort of in shock. What I did poorly- I necked 3 chips and left a lot of putts short. I'm not sure why I hosed the chips! :sad2: ICT |
MacDonald Drill # 8!
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Holding the right bicep tight makes the hands go "WEEE!" like the Geico Piggy
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When I did this yesterday, I gained the ability to let centrifugal force, generated by my Pivot, shoot or piston my right elbow and power package, fully assembled, past the plane of the ball so the divot happened in front of the ball BECAUSE I WAS NOT THROWING AWAY THE POWER PACKAGE! You can also just extend your right elbow fully keeping your right wrist bent aiming the # 3 PP which is what I do on all my sand shots and pitches and what I will remember to do on my chips. :read: THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH POWER IN THE "BOTH ARMS STRAIGHT POSITION" TO HIT THE BALL AS FAR AS YOU NEED TO! How else could Gary player or smaller golfers hit the ball as far as Ernie Els? Both arms straight compresses the ball and sustains the lag throughout the entire strike whether a hit or a swing! http://youtu.be/6yXDNHmYbig http://youtu.be/8yTKajwHVkc Throwaway starts the second you straighten your back bicep! Look at Lynn's back elbow, it is responding to his Pivot aimed by his hands! http://youtu.be/2fxYwo9-0GY Whenever I needed full power yesterday, and often when I didn't, I kept the tension in the back bicep and carried the elbow as far as I could completely trusting the centrifugal force to release the club where my hand aimed it! It feels as if I am, uhmm, DRAGGING A WET MOP!!!!! :laughing1 THE BACK ELBOW ZIPS DOWN WHAT FEELS LIKE A GREASED RAIL AND THEN THE BALL GOES FURTHER THAN YOU WOULD EVER EXPECT! I hit a 140 yard 9 iron yesterday up a hill to the backside of a green that stayed in the air forever and cratered an inch deep. If it hadn't hit the green, it would've run out beyond 150 yards. I hit a 52 degree wedge 120 yards over a pin. So, the Pivot has to be gauged to shoot the elbow or bicep or #3 PP at the right speed! I didn't score well yesterday because I was always well past the pin in weird places or really far off the tee where I was not use to hitting anything! :exclaim: I don't know why tour players say they "loosen up" when they want to hit the ball far, maybe they flip the club faster? Anyway, thanks Lynn and fellas! ICT |
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The only reason is hitting the ball 260 yards in the winter is because those are range ball in the winter! I have seen Lynn HIT a ball in April in Georgia and that ball carries close to 300 yards ! Watch how his elbow or bicep is tight until thrown by the Pivot. ICT |
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