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innercityteacher · #3 03-22-2010, 05:37 PM

Hi Jerry and thanks!

Do you have a hip replacement? Does it cause you much pain? I hope not. My plastic hip is stiff but mercifully pain free and I am grateful!

I have been using my limited understanding of a hitting motion. My right tricep is sore after 18 then 27 holes but your note has me thinking so I went back to the book, 6th edition.

I was afraid of my shorter front leg throwing my plane off balance. So, I put more weight on the front leg, use the bicep to curl the arm up, bent the right wrist way back and froze it. The motion I made was like waving a big circular hello from the belt to the top. My shoulders seemed to glide along with this motion. I was able to extend my right arm down to the ball and knock the stuffing out of it and it was very playable.

My sore right tricep and shoulder might mean that I am not doing the hitting correctly. Yesterday, toward the end, I simply rotated my shoulders up plane as I visualized the plane for each club, and then locked my back elbow to the side as I slid the shoulders down, out and forward! It was very straight and way cool!

But today, after your note, I read about the underhand toss. At first I thought "Big deal, I understand the plane and I'll never be hungry (GWTW) again!" But I know that TGM is serious stuff. So I tried it with a broom, a yardstick and now at home, my clubs. I ripped a hole in the impact bag with a five iron and knocked it up in the air. The pivot led to the underhanded toss which first went down then followed the pivot as I extended my back elbow.

So is that what Jim Furyk uses so effectively? Is that a hit or, because of the pivot, a less than manly girly swing (which I'm not too proud to employ.) "Bueller? Bueller?"

Dragging the mop will help my chips alot!

Thanks Jerry!

Patrick

Originally Posted by JerryG

That is a great start, Patrick. You are on the way. Congratulations.
As for the chipping, may I suggest my favorite drill as a starter. Drag the Mop! Basic motion. I have a bad hip, but can do basic motion for hours and seem to learn something on every swing. It reinforces the 3 imperatives and gets you very well acquainted with your wedge. The two of you will become the best of friends.

I have your regular e-mail address and will send you the video clip of Drag the Mop.
Way to go Patrick!