Yoda Explains The Secret of Golf

[whip]

I thought I was whip, I had a long post about my progress with a morad teacher, probably don't remember

[KevCarter]

I thought I was whip, I had a long post about my progress with a morad teacher, probably don't remember

Sorry Whip. My memory is worse than I thought.

[Yoda]

As time, circumstance, and the 500-characters-limit permit, I am answering all comers in the video's Comments thread.

Click the lower right YouTube link here:

And . . .

Bring it!



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[KevCarter]

Fun to see a couple of posts by our old friend @GolfLagTips. Really good man whose website was instrumental in getting me involved with TGM and LBG. I will never forget how much fun I had at his site, it made me so excited to learn! Thanks @GolfLagTips, hope you are doing great!

Kevin

[KevCarter]

Those who think they are teaching YODA something about how the shaft really works need to read this post. One of the originals from years ago:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ght=shaft+flex

YODA has understood this phenomena for years. The secret is not the direction the shaft bends, but the relationship of the pivot leading the hands, and the hands leading the club head and the pressure applied through impact. That's right, I said it, Sustain The Line of Compression!

Kevin

[HungryBear]

Two simple test for thought on this thread:

1. Core Muscles. Stand on a turntable and swing a club. Can't move the arms/hands without a counter torque. Wonder why?

2. Swing a "rope shaft". Did U get forward bend of the rope at impact? NO, Would it be throwaway if the rope is thrown ahead of the hands? Why would a "stiffer" shaft be different? Should a "stiffer" shaft have OTHER swing physics? maybe not?


Thoughts of the bear

[Yoda]

Two simple test for thought on this thread:

1. Core Muscles. Stand on a turntable and swing a club. Can't move the arms/hands without a counter torque. Wonder why?

2. Swing a "rope shaft". Did U get forward bend of the rope at impact?

Thoughts of the bear

Thanks, Bear.

Re #1: Agreed . . . in both directions. Forward Shaft Lean in the Downstroke. Backward Shaft Lean in the Upstroke. (Incoming! )

Re #2: As the Clubhead orbits, the "rope shaft" (and its Centrifugal Pull) are always in a straight line (from Left Shoulder to Sweetspot). When the Ball is located opposite the Low Point of the Stroke (the Left Shoulder), this straight line is vertical.

When the Ball is located aft of the shoulder (Up-Plane), the straight line pull -- relative to the ball -- is inclined. In other words . . .

It "leans left". But . . .

It does not bend.

[kafka01]

Those who think they are teaching YODA something about how the shaft really works need to read this post. One of the originals from years ago:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ght=shaft+flex

YODA has understood this phenomena for years. The secret is not the direction the shaft bends, but the relationship of the pivot leading the hands, and the hands leading the club head and the pressure applied through impact. That's right, I said it, Sustain The Line of Compression!

Kevin

Thanks for the link. I´ve played stiff (to xstiff) & heavy for quite some time and never had much of an issue with an hook. Changed to Regular this season (to try something out) and i literally hooked every shot from a PW to a 3w (driver is a different story) off the planet. I havent hit anything that resembled a fade in ages . But the above link explains a lot - and i have to get rid of these shafts - QUICK...

[KevCarter]

Thanks for the link. I´ve played stiff (to xstiff) & heavy for quite some time and never had much of an issue with an hook. Changed to Regular this season (to try something out) and i literally hooked every shot from a PW to a 3w (driver is a different story) off the planet. I havent hit anything that resembled a fade in ages . But the above link explains a lot - and i have to get rid of these shafts - QUICK...

I hear ya brother. Getting older, bad back, bad shoulders, arthritic knees, fat, everything working against me. I've been trying lighter,softer shafts trying to find something to give me a little more zip.

On a whim, took a 6iron with X-100, just like I used to play when I was competative, striped it, and 10 yards longer than I could hit anything else. I'll bet my Titleist Rep laughs at me when I place my order for next years irons!



Kevin

[ndwolfe81]

Ok so to create an maintain shaft stress the body pulls the arms which pulls the hands. At any point does the body stop pulling the arms before impact?

Should a player ever think about pulling with the hands or should they just focus on the body making everything move?

Is the idea to use your body and let the arms follow for the whole swing?