Looked at lots of videos!
 

We are supposed to have 65 degrees on the weekend here, Daryl, so we have a tee time on Saturday.

I have looked at 30 videos at least, and have purchased the "key", bent right wrist device. The 90 degree angle of the wedges, sustained through impact, make the combination Horizontal Hinge with lay-back work like a charm! :read:

ICT

MSP/Turtle Creek/Chicago? Wow!
 

President Obama better take the regulations off the Keystone Pipeline, the Coal industry, the Natural Gas industry, and offshore drilling so we can have an economy to get tax revenues from. :( we heard today that my school district is closing 40 schools at the end of this year, and even with 10 years in the system and two permanent state certifications in Computer Technology and Business, I will feel the need to either re-certify or re-locate to keep my job.

ICT

90 Degrees like Jack Nicklaus!
 

Here is another something wonderful from our Forum:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...ght=90+degrees

More Fun at 90 degrees!
 

Without this, there is no G.O.L.F.!

A NEXT LEVEL event
 

This is so important! If I were teaching a person, and I did the other day on the range, I would make him reproduce the 90 degree wedges with Chips, Pitches, Punches, and full shots over an alignment stick. (I carry 4 theses days!)

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56256&highlight=90+degrees#post56 256




We do Lynn, and thanks to Daryl, Kev Carter, Jerry, OB and all the fine people at LBG!

Hmm? Although you will get Lay-Back if you trace the Angle of Approach, you would normally generate a substantial Finish Swivel by Tracing the Plane Line.

Do you agree?

I'm afraid that it's going to be more of the same with a few added crowd pleasing reforms. Save the planet, etc.

We need to find a new use for "coal". We'll have plenty of it to go around.

Nice Economics lesson Daryl!
 

Umm, I have been tracing the Plane Line and not the Angle of Approach to guarantee the new width I am enjoying in the swing. I also do this thing where I simply trace the Plane Line and feel perfectly horizontal leaving my right foream facing the sky behind me with my left arm straight back and stand very tall before I simply do a parallel hip bump. I think I may be producing an Angle Hinge since the ball seems to jump higher and either stay straight or fade depending on the ball placement and stance. I'm not sure of the TGM category for this but I imagine it very effective shooting to the green or on a narrow fairway.

ICT

Well. An effort to Move the #3 PP toward the Ball or Aiming Point, assuming an On-Plane Club, the Club will consequently Trace the Plane Line.

If you do not encounter a substantial Finish Swivel, then you are Tracing the Angle of Approach. This adds Lay-Back to the Horizontal Hinge and is essentially, an Angled Hinge.

Although this procedure is easy to perform, it can be done so inadvertently and caused directly from a faulty Pivot.

What say you? Are you experiencing a substantial Finish Swivel or Not?

I thought it was an Angled Hinge!
 

When I Swing by setting my Bent Right Wrist at my shoulder and Pivot covering the ball with my shoulder (Tracing the Angle), I feel as if I am doing one long Finish Swivel but when I set my hands back and level and parallel bump (Tracing the Plane), it feels like a very dramatic quick Finish Swivel. I think this makes sense!

And here is a video of 90 degree fever from the Masters with lots of different players!

http://youtu.be/__0ju0Z_EYE

Daryl, I thought a dramatic Finish Swivel indicated always a Horizontal Hinge and the Angle Hinge was more subtle but I see how I could be totally wrong about that. More research needed!

ICT

When I Swing by setting my Bent Right Wrist at my shoulder and Pivot covering the ball with my shoulder (Tracing the Angle), I feel as if I am doing one long Finish Swivel but when I set my hands back and level and parallel bump (Tracing the Plane), it feels like a very dramatic quick Finish Swivel. I think this makes sense!

Yes. very dramatic quick Finish Swivel = Horizontal Hinge

And here is a video of 90 degree fever from the Masters with lots of different players!

http://youtu.be/__0ju0Z_EYE


These Videos are excellent examples. They show each Player with some sort of Shoulder Take-away, and yet they ALL acquire the 90 degree Wedge Alignment at the end of their Backstrokes. Each of them sustains that Alignment through Impact. All of them are Horizontal Hinging. Not a single one of them uses a coordinated Downstroke Acceleration Sequence. All of them are using every muscle fiber to accelerate the clubhead. That flipping at Impact is their way of reducing the "Approach/Separation" speed of the Clubhead because they don't sustain the Lag. It just goes to show how Awesome these players have developed their skills.

As a side note: only a few of them are using an "Automatic Release". Most are using "Non-Automatic". Look at Sergio, Automatic. So,,,I guess that Release Type is simply Optional.

Daryl, I thought a dramatic Finish Swivel indicated always a Horizontal Hinge YES and the Angle Hinge was more subtleYES but I see how I could be totally wrong about that. More research needed!


Maybe I was confused about what you were saying. I though you were adding "Layback" and that you thought that was HH.

I am adding layback to both.
 

Yes sir I am! I am always adding "lay-back" to the shoulder covering and dramatic Finish Swivel.

ICT

Simple, smooth 85 after not playing in 3 weeks!
 

It took me 9 holes to get comfortable tracing the Plane line keeping my right wrist up and the takeaway felt so horizontal! 50 degrees outside and I was as far off the tee as I am each Spring and dead in the middle of the fairway.

Ball position for irons was off or my Pivot was so smooth for my driver the ball was always on line but short. Shot a 44 but it was very easy, meaning I missed 6 putts from 15 in feet for par since my chips weren't sharp. Also, I didn't keep a stable head through impact as the ball was not in the right position.

Slid my ball position back on the next 9, covered with my shoulder trusting the Horizontal Hinge and stayed down and through and gained distance and accuracy on drives and irons for a 41. ( I actually imagined my shoulder carrying my Bent Right Wrist down and through the shot.) 4 long birdie attempts > than 25 feet but no joy and 3 birdie attempts within 10 feet but uhmm, :( I gave up hitting a fade and either hit a straight shot or a baby draw.

I did hit two 3 woods fades from an open stance that worked very well cutting across the back of the ball inside the front shoulder.

Still, it was the easiest 85 I can remember. As I started to trust my Horizontal Hinge, I started to trust my Pivot and really hit through the ball. I wanted to play another 18 but a storm front was coming through. Very exciting! :golfcart:

And my 8 degree driver flew as high as I needed it to!

ICT

Very good view of a prolonged start-up swivel held into impact!

http://youtu.be/Xh2JO2hiuNk

We have a pond 200 yards down the left on mirror holes on 8 and 9 with narrow openings and large trees on the right. Today for the first time ever I played a draw or Horizontal Hinge on both, parred both and had birdie putts on both. Ball must be or feel very back in my stance.

ICT

Found it!
 

We have a winner!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56276&highlight=ball+position#pos t56276




And hybrids too, imho!

ICT

Another relevant goodie I forgot!


http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2456&highlight=ball+position#post 2456

Great views of Luke Donald face on!

Sand, Driver, Irons with his narrative!

http://youtu.be/bQaLIyvxZ64

Why?? You should be good from the start. Something is wrong.

Well there ya go. That's a problem. Hands can't reach Impact Location so ya play the Ball Back. It's not Old man syndrome at your age. It must be Lazy Pivot Syndrome. Or. Your Elbow is getting stuck at your right side, you're losing hand acceleration (which also by the way, allows your hands to get to the ball).

Geez...

OMG. Playing the Ball in the Middle of your stance is so wrong in so many ways.

DRILL to correct this problem:

The Right Shoulder is part of the Pivot and is also part of the Power Package. It's the Slowest Moving Part of the Power Package. Hand Acceleration (delivery path) allows the Hands to move a little farther away from the Right Shoulder and Clubhead Acceleration (pulley) allows the hands to Move all of the way in-line with the Left Shoulder (very far from the right shoulder).

1. Tee a Ball 6 inches forward of your Left Foot.
2. Put your feet together (moves low-point forward)
3. Swing
4. Hit the Ball
5. Learn to move that right elbow, then hands to move the Clubhead.
6. Your Hands at Impact, should also be 6 inches forward of the Left Foot.

If your body is in the way.........if you eat too much........put your feet together, then place your right foot 6 inches back of your left foot. This is called (new terminology) "Clearing the Waist". :)


At First,Practice this with the "Bucket".

Your Goal is to hit that Ball Straight-Straight.

Great view of Luke getting his Right Elbow stuck as always.

Ya know, he doesn't change his stance width for any club in this VID. Makes me cringe. So, the shorter the club, the more he plays the ball back in his stance (Right Forearm Angle of Approach). That's an Amateur compensation.

Very observant and logical!
 

About a week ago Daryl, I narrowed my stance and was blasting the ball high and with a very high baby draw. I have been changing so many thing though I didn't really understand why and wanted to practice the correct stance as we discussed.

Thanks for the heads and hands up and accelerating buddy!

Can I ask a non-Bears related question? When you say: "Clubhead Acceleration (pulley) allows the hands to Move all of the way in-line with the Left Shoulder (very far from the right shoulder)." does that mean that with my hands at full Extensor Action and left arm level to the ground, that that parallel bump gets my hands moving at maximum speed?

Whoaaa! I just tried it with the impact bag and that is a very dramatic forward swivel!

ICT

Ok, some G.O.L.F. reasoning to understand golf
 

(Amen)

Wow, that sense of a whip is incredible!

Thanks Daryl!

ICT

What about this drill? Right elbow seems to lead down plane.

http://youtu.be/WIn1ymOA3CM

Obvious here, right elbow has to lead for basic motion chip and every shot!

http://youtu.be/Qanj07ptUcw

ICT

Elbow Both videos, slow mo, identify Shoulder Acceleration. I couldn't find but a scant amount of Hand Acceleration, but I did witness a Large Pulley (Clubhead Acceleration) supported by the Pivot Rotation TO INCREASE (or at least maintain) HAND SPEED.

These are not good examples of the Downstroke Acceleration Sequence. Without a generous amount of "Hand Speed" (Straight Line Delivery Path) Lag will be lost and cannot be recovered.

Pete Cowen: I don't know of him. He seems to have some TGM knowledge, maybe a coincidence. He obviously cannot define or quantify the Right Forearm Angle of Approach which is what this entire video is about. But HE BELIEVES IN IT. He's RIGHT. But, he sticks his Elbow to his side, not because of choice (because he states that he wants to keep it moving forward), but lack of knowledge. Most Pro's play this way. Just goes to show that talent, hard work, and effort, one can overpower Alignments to some degree.

If you look at how many players make it to the PGA Tour that last only a few Tournaments or 1,2 or 3 years. It's sad. I've read that the average is 3 years.

Watch toward the end of the video, he cannot, does not understand, refuses, to get his Elbow Unstuck and he'll bend his left wrist when the bucket gets pushed to low-point. It's partly because He COCKS his RIGHT WRIST....SO...he leaves his Elbow at His Side to compensate for Uncocking the right wrist. If you MAINTAIN A LEVEL RIGHT WRIST - You will allow/manage your Elbow to move FORWARD. Put on a "CAST" and FREEZE the Right Wrist and you will OWN your Golf Swing.

That he mentions "Right Shoulder Support" without explaining that it's both Alignment and Force that supports the Alignment of the Pulley..... The need for continuing education.........

I'm no longer surprised that a Teacher who lacks basic Alignment Knowledge can survive in competitive teaching. I'm sure he helps a lot of players but I bet there's a lot of needless suffering. He does a poor job of explaining the underhand pitch.

GM: It's a shame. He's been teaching that poor guy for almost two years and he still can't play.

Caution!
 

Watch for the Bear Teach!!
Even in an avitar!!

LOL

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The Hungry Bear

44/41 but lots of good problems
 

I actually hit the ball through several fairways! Great drill Daryl I hit a lot of balls dead online. I kept looking for a fade or a draw but the ball just stayed straight.

Windy day and I left a few irons short, usually an iron or so. I need to experiment more with ball position. The easier I swung the driver and the higher I teed it, the further it seemed to go-straight. I experimented looking for a draw and just hit it straight. The wind would knock the ball down but the ball stayed on line.

I converted 1/3 birdie chances and really squandered a bunch of chips on the front turning 2 shots into 3. :( Had a realistic chance at 40 on the front but kicked it away in close. Amazing scores for me being off season!

ICT

You've got to get that chipping down. It will improve every part of your game.

Very funny Bear!
 

In this case, the bear was waiting for me on the fringe with my chipping! :crybaby:

ICT

The meaning of moving the elbow ?
 

Daryl, when you say "move the elbow forward" am I to move it around my waist on a circle or sort of on an angle "through" my waist (sort of). I assumed the latter and want to be sure! Unless, there is another possibility?

Thanks!

ICT

I agree!
 

I believe that and will do so! :salut:

ICT

Left palm on plane!
 

Bread crumbs on the trail! Daryl, this is like the drill you explained in some ways.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=13777&highlight=elbow+movement#po st13777

More clarity

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5670&page=3&highlight=elbow+movem ent

And further...

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5670&page=3&highlight=elbow+movem ent




my video recommendation:

http://youtu.be/c3kaU1QxHW8

Wow. Well.

With a Bent and Level Right Wrist, Impact Fix will visually identify, that unless your right forearm is 3 feet long, it couldn't possibly remain at the Right Side during the Impact Interval unless you:

1. "Uncock" the Right Wrist
2. locate the Ball substantially aft of Low-Point
3. Narrow your Stance
4. have your Hips aligned Square to the Target at Impact
5. Any combination of the above

With each the first 4 examples, the distance between the Right Shoulder and Low-Point is being affected. Compensations do work, but, compensations are trade-offs.

File this under "Pivot Controlled Hands".

Pete Cowen has a good stable of European Tour players but his swing model always felt strange to me. Now that I've read TGM, I can put a name on it: breaking the flying wedges in the impact zone.

OK Daryl, Lynn, I get the right elbow "pitch" and "punch" locations and the why and how of getting stuck!!!

http://youtu.be/ADypdhFcbSs

http://youtu.be/lbc1bBjza9A

This explains why if I keep my right forearm angle of approach level and extended parallel to the Plane line, I can just let the left wrist vertically uncock with no getting stuck and many other things including RFT magic. Durr, if I can shoot a 76 without knowing this, I can shoot 66 with knowing this! Thanks guys and LBG!

Pushing the Baton
 

Note to self-Pretend to hold a heavy baton in the bent right wrist so as not to straighten the right wrist and so then to bend only the right elbow so the BRW faces me as long as possible-move the elbow-keep the ball 6 inches in front of the left foot, PIVOT/STEP LEFT AND LOAD PP # 3 THEN PUSH IT/ELBOW/FOREARM STRAIGHT AWAY FROM THE BODY TO THE INNER QUADRANT-PUSH THE LAG DOWN PLANE TO MAINTAIN THE LINE OF COMPRESSION THROUGH THE BALL TO COMPRESS THE BALL AND NULLIFY CLUB DEFLECTION PUSH IT ONCE IT IS LOADED BY THE PIVOT-THE LEFT HAND IS ON TOP OF THE PLANE FLAT TO IT TO THE PALM AND THE RIGHT HAND IS HOLDING THE WHEEL RIM, THE LINE OF COMPRESSION DRAGGING ITS WEIGHT TO PULVERIZE THE BALL WITH THE FINISH SWIVEL.

KEEP THE RIGHT ELBOW IN FRONt OF THE RIGHT HIP THROUGH RFT OR A FULLY STRAIGHTENED RIGHT LEG , PIVOT LOADS PP # 3 AND THE FOREARM SHOOTS IT TO ITS FULL EXTENSION AND POWER TO BOTH ARMS STRAIGHT SNAPPING THE FINISH SWIVEL to power the line of compression!!!

ICT

If that works, then, ok.:salut:

I need 26 posts to catch OB Left. Is he on Vacation?