Impact
 

See any similarities? Great Teachers and Great Players have a lot in common when they start with Homer Kelley's Foundation. :salut:

Helpful
 

Hi Kevin. Could you discuss what alignments need to be adjusted or created and sustained if I started my Hit from the above positions?

I have noticed a more "Down" sensation, as I maintain the Hula. I also feel more of a "spring-loaded" effect as I try to get to my shoulder level with my takeaway. Where should my hands be? Should all my PP's be aft of the shaft? The power of that Hit is amazing to me. Not pro-level but much stronger than my usual glancing blow. I push everything but it is a straight line push and very accurate and playable.


ICT

It's all back to basic imperatives Patrick:

1) A Flat Left Wrist
2) Lag Pressure
3) On Plane through IMPACT

Add to that starting down with a little Hula-Hula using MacDonald drill #2 as your foundation. Weight must be left at impact with a centered head.

Homer and Yoda have laid it all out for us, and we don't have to go real deep into he book to find it. There is no better lesson than this for our foundation...

http://www.youtube.com/user/KevinPGA.../2/JcprJbJx8JQ

IMO, you straight push may just be a result of doing a great job swinging down and out. Nothing wrong with experimenting with aligning your machine a little left!

Kevin

Your #3 pressure point must be aft of the shaft. With the Strong Single Action Grip, your left thumb should be aft of the shaft as well. That alignment was THE secret for Jerry!

Kevin

Working for Impact from Impact Fix
 

Thanks, Kevin.

It's ok then, to feel a real limitation in getting to my shoulders with the backswing?

I know I could keep the alignments of Impact Fix (Stationary head and weight shift left) and slide the hands to mid-body for Standard or Adjusted Address. it's very comforting to lay the track, so to speak, and then simply push the Pinewood Derby car down the hill, so to speak. But, is there a problem or necessary adjustment to be made from a pure Impact Fix start-up? Angle Hinge is essential with a more open club-face I'm guessing?


It's wonderful that your elbow is recovering.

Pat

My opinion, and many won't agree, angled hinge or horizontal hinge is OK. With either one you need a finish swivel as taught by Yoda.

Impact Fix or Adjusted address, however you are comfortable. Experimentation to find what works for PATRICK's swing is KEY.

Don't complicate it so much. When you get to Cuscowilla you are going to see how pure basic fundamentals and imperatives will change your motion forever. No fancy stuff needed. So hard to do with type, especially from another bonehead like me who just knows enough to be dangerous. :)

Kevin

Or, make sure the clubface at impact is aligned between your target line and your in to out and down path for a nice little push-draw!!!

Kevin

JerryG and the the "Flat Left Wrists"
 

Not complicate it? LOL! You know I have a Master's of Divinity! I use Chaos theory as engineers used slide-rules and pocket-protectors! :) To me, a straight line has 8 dimensions.!

Using my curtain rods/dowels though has been quite a breakthrough in the order of magnitude of the "fried chicken basket" and pitcher of Pink-Lemonade at Green Haven, where we saw the secret basement training room!

With the light curtain rods, I realized I was doing 1/2 Startup-Swivel ( a Swingers move sort of) and as soon as I put my left wrist flat and simply bent my right elbow up and down, the DOWN acted like a sledge hammer and I gained power and a full blown hook. So the Angle Hinge and open club face was needed to gain power and precision.

Kevin, as a good teacher knows, and as you conduct yourself in teaching, friendliness and a small insight or two is all a student can handle in a short period of time. I wished I lived closer so I could benefit from your fine approach as has Mr. JerryG and his FLW!

Pat

... and this June, Jerry and I will benefit from your experience at Cuscowilla!

Kevin

Less is so much more effective
 

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...hlight=Hitting # 4

My emphasis shown above, is to remind me that simple is powerful and DOWN is enough if it is done well and in -balance with the LAG securely resting on PP # 3! :golfcart:


ICT

Some say "Wallop it with your pivot." Yoda has taught us from day one that the pivot is Zone One, it supports the Power Package, and leads, but is instructed by educated hands. Just as we need to sequence properly, we need to have our priorities straight.

Homer Kelley prioritized the release 4-1-2-3. If we release 1&4 after 2&3 our arms get stuck behind us and can't contribute to the proper plane of the shaft or addition of speed...

I think... :) :salut:

Kevin

A little dab and hip-flip will do ya
 

Yoda could charge for this search engine!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...hlight=Hitting #8


http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...hlight=Hitting # 10

So simple and so elegant! I am shooting sub-par this year WGH (with God's help).

ICT
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Highly impactful strokes of genius
 

The uniformity of TGM is captured in the accurate, insightful observations here at LBG.

One of the indirect proofs of the existence of a 9 dimensional Deity, at least, (reality, past, present, and future) is collaboration of Truth. (if the universe was a product of happenstance, nothing would be verifiable, ever.)

So, when Ed-Z, Yoda, Peggy Kirk Bell, and Tommy Armour all come up with the same drill to help Impact happen, we should be encouraged to uhmm, TRY IT!



http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread2729.html # 1



The why of it is profoundly instructive.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread2729.html # 4



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A few moments of TRUTH, indeed, leading to POWER AND PRECISION!


ICT

As precise as we need to be
 

Details and clarity are needed for national and state budget reforms and IMPACT!


http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread4559.html # 1

Easy enough for this caveman! :hello:


ICT

This is a great point. I prefer this to rotating the plane to the left personally. More power and compression. Ict do you Rotate your Grip for balls played back in the stance per 7-2? Or perhaps you're getting the face open dynamically during the swing?

Agreed 110% :salut:

Rotation?
 

I must've missed that one, OB. Are you saying we rotate or open the face for balls played back in the stance? :scratch:

Imagine, me missing something out of the yellow book! :golfer:

Thanks!

ICT

Congrats on 1,000 posts................:occasion:

Rotate the Grip by squaring the FAce to the desired initial direction of the ball. See 7-2. As the ball moves back in the stance Hitters and Manipulated Hands Swingers (as opposed to True Swingers) Rotate the Grip (keeping the hands where they would be normally rotate the handle inside the loosened grip to square the face). Given a geometrically correct swing where you swing all the way Down and Out to Low Point you will have thereby created some Divergence in Path and Face Angle which will tend towards a Draw shot (to varying degrees depending upon Plane Angle, Loft , Angle of Attack , degree of Divergence etc.)

We need diagrams again.

So I was wondering if you did this or alternatively let the face open as you moved the ball back in the stance? The latter, in the absence of Plane Line Rotation would tend towards a straight push shot assuming the path and face angle were inline at separation.

There are other reasons for a straight push of course , like sliding in front of the ball say....but geometrically the straight push given a centered hit always comes back to the face angle and path pointing right.

Manipulating the Clubface by Rotating the Grip changes the Clubheads Hookface amount. The Length of the Club determines the Plane Angle and therefore the Angle of Approach. Hookface is designed to match the Angle of Approach for each Club Length. So, a Wedge has more Hookface than a Driver because the Angle of Approach is reached much sooner as the Plane Angle progressively Steepens. If you move the Ball Aft, then it should also be moved inward.

I don't agree that a Draw Shot is a correction for a Push Shot and moving the Ball Aft may only compound the problem. The problem may be geometry. With your feet too close together, your clubface will be far too Open because Impact will occur before the Right Forearm and Left Arm Wedge can close the Clubface. The solution would be to move the Right Foot Aft so as to allow more time for the Clubface to close the appropriate amount before Impact.

Stance width should be adjusted for each club so that the Angle of Approach, Low-Point and Hookface are all aligned opposite the Hinge Pin at Impact. This requires that the Stance Width be increased for longer Clubs and for Shorter Clubs, as the Stance Narrows, you'll gain a progressively greater amount of Shaft Lean. The greater the Hookface, the greater the Shaft Lean: by definition.

Millennium Man!
 

That goes for me, too, ICT. Keep'em comin'!

:3gears:

with a lot of help from my friends
 

I had been so intent on my FLW that I forgot about adjusting my stance other than the Hula left weight left.

I did not think about 7-2 and rotating the handle which I'm sure will produce a draw.

I like the push because it is earlier in the arc and sometimes I hit a push-draw according to the simulator. In any case,the ball never thinks about crossing my target line. All of this will bend in April, of course, but the FLW and RFT with EA are always in season and will always help my game!

If I can keep my FLW and RFT/EA and Hula-Hula, I can be more consistent and more powerful than ever. Short of meeting with Lynn, it will be a good start to a golf season. Kevin, Daryl and OB, I will think about ball positions and feet placement. Actually, I had one bad hole last week where I hooked 3 -8 irons into the simulated Pacific Ocean. I couldn't correct it until I really opened my stance and slid the ball forward for a little slice. I'll experiment.

Thanks.

ICT