[innercityteacher]

OB and Daryl and Lynn, Kevin and Jerry, I'm sorry I have been such an idiot for so long!

Guess who finally figured out that the FLW should be a FLW at TOP DURRRRRRR!!!!! Reading the Forums tipped me off!


When my FLW is FLW everywhere, and my head is still, my FLW UNCOCKS WITH A TIP OF THE LEFT SHOULDER AND THE CLUB GOES ZOOM AND THE BALL GOESPRETTY FAR IN THE AIR!!!!

I started reading about Mike Austin in the Forums here, and I ordered the "Pause -N-Go" orange thingy (PNGOT) from NZ and it made my BRW BEND AND NOT COCK! DURRRRRRRR!!

And the PNGOT showed me the perfect (for me) TGM grip pressure which was a lot stronger in my FLW and more loose in my BRW. And I saw the Baseline of the Plane and my club handle at top pointing at the BLP!!! And I bumped my hip and my hands fell DOWN and the ball went on a "climbing the hill " trajectory and landed softly with I think an Automatic Snap Release!

Though It was 40 degrees, and our club champ shot an 85, I held him off for most of the round with a 92 and my 10.9 strokes. More later.

Now sports fans in the free world, unlike those sports fans in non-democratic areas, you might wonder how ICT managed to get a 10.9 GHIN rating not knowing these things.

Good question. Extensor Action was sometimes perfect for me and though I didn't understand why, there have been days when I hit my two hybrids (thanks JerryG and KevCarter) from 200-169 yards on the green or very close to the green. LET ME STRESS THAT MANY OF THE THINGS I DID NOT UNDERSTAND DID NOT CANCEL THE LITTLE FACTS I DID UNDERSTAND. MY STIFF EA OVERRODE MY IGNORANCE AND ALLOWED ME A CORRECT IMPACT, THAT IS A MORE CORRECT IMPACT. And some days my putts went in and my chips were very good, again, heavy EA gave me great confidence to know my club face would impact the ball at just the right place. I can't tell you how often I could bump and run a ball within a few feet of a pin by using a stiff EA with a 9 iron or PW from 110 yards and in.

This year, my heavy bulls eye putter covers lots of my errors by simply getting the ball to the whole powering through breaks.

The PNGOT did not explain any of this to me, let me stress. The Mike Austin descendants may not even know about TGM (though I would bet they did). But their little device from NZ kept my BRW and FLW intact in the back swing. Lynn Blake Golf explained those terms to me and what to do with the FLW and BRW.

Something else. When I see Lynn pretty soon, I'm sure he will have genuine insight as to my compensations and power leaks.

With my new insights, I have gone to the range and did the right-left-right MacDonald drills and hit shots that shot low and crested high before softly landing. That was Swinging. I hit my Titleist Z-Backs further than my cavity backs by a club. (But man do they hurt when I miss!).

My Z-Back 4 iron was 170 yards perfect trajectory into a 3 club wind with dead range balls. I think Lynn might possibly have 40 tips or so on how to get a little closer to the 260 yard range that a pro has for a 4-iron!

So I'm just beginning to find the opening notes of the TGM song.

One other thing. Now that I could see the Baseline of the Plane and knew I was on it at Top, I thought that I should try RFT and that magic bag.

I RFT'd with light EA to shoulder level on plane. Guess what? If you fire your right hand at the ball, the club hits it and the ball goes where you aimed! I did it repeatedly. My distance was shorter than Swinging, but I need Lynn's help on that, too.

I have questions of course.

1) Is it necessary or good to lag the club back looking at the ball for both Swinging and Hitting?

2) When Swinging, it seems like RFT works great. But if I keep my weight on my left foot and do a Ben Hogan move as described by VJ, that seems to work pretty well, too. How do I really, really, really, throw the club head down hard!?

I plant my left foot, turn my belly button, pop my elbow and bump my hip and they all work but my power is limited. I'm psyched about the ball flight and the dependability of the trajectory, but if there are too many compensations, there is no power.

The driver is better too. Proper pressure on the wedges which are on plane mean I can snap that driver and there is a real acceleration and a snap coming off the club face.

Anyway, I feel like I'm where I need to be to get real profit from spending time with Lynn. At least I'll have an idea of what FLW/BRW really means.

ICT