[innercityteacher]

Dumbazz - He is a bear! Based on your definition above - Are you are Bear? You fit the criteria!

Normally, as most of you know, I'm comfortable with that sensation (Daryl, will still take a shot, but I expect that.)

I'm hoping this is not thread-jacking since I'm referring to # 3 PP exclusively.


Hello men. I thought I'd share this event with really experienced folks to see if I have finally gone off the edge trying to catch the "white whale."

I was playing a second 18 a couple of Saturdays ago and my # 3 PP started to tingle and it was all I could feel. Edz's "support the swing in balance" came to my mind so I did it.

I stopped thinking of mechanics and concentrated on putting my mind in my hands or # 3 PP.

This caused some very strange dominos to fall. My left wrist at shoulder level was almost flat enough to hold a glass. My right palm was up all the way through impact. I felt like I was holding water in my palm and moving to support it all the way through. I could fire my arm or swing and feel the # 3 and the ball really felt to compress, making a nice zzzzzzz sound with irons or soft "ch" sound at impact with hybrids and woods.

I really had to change my downswing so much that I felt I was crazy. Sometimes I couldn't trust it since it was so strange and I would ignore it and clack a ball.

After realizing that I could shoot a low 80 something with it, I decided to trust it. After the round, I felt my triceps and outer leg muscles so stressed that I thought I had worked out for an hour; my muscles were sore.

Now, I feel that # 3 PP all the time, swinging or hitting.

Have you guys ever ever experienced this? Is it good or stupid? When I was straightening my right arm last week to shoot a 39 on 9 holes, I tilted my hand so I could thrust that # 3 PP into the ball.

I don't want to trust a feeling made of bad mechanics. I think maybe the right palm up and flat left wrist at shoulder level is supporting the # 3 PP and compensating for my leg imbalance?

I'm confused.


YBGF