We are all very lucky to have partners who support us.
Originally Posted by Daryl
OMG, she really said that?
It's nice that we don't have to sneak around on golfing websites feeding our habit, uhmmm hobby, yeah, "that's the ticket!"
Moi
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
D,
She did. It appears you are as bad as City and I. Instead of Friends of Bill, we could be considered Friends of City's.
Ok, back to really important stuff! I ordered and watched Lynn's tape of he and Mr. Gay, today!
And, I shot an 84 last week swinging.
But, Yoda gives a very clear explanation of hitting on the tape.
So, why does Yoda and others hit when even a novice like me can shoot close to par swinging?
Doesn't the simplicity of the swing argue for its ability to stand up to pressure?
When I try to hit, if I brace or plant on my front leg, that motion alone rips me through the impact and up. I am tempted to try coming back with my RFT and simply drive my right elbow down and through to try to hit because it calls for only one trigger.
I am happy about the 84, the 17.1 new HCP index, and wondering how good I could be and how to do it!
Pat
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Ok, back to really important stuff! I ordered and watched Lynn's tape of he and Mr. Gay, today!
And, I shot an 84 last week swinging.
But, Yoda gives a very clear explanation of hitting on the tape.
So, why does Yoda and others hit when even a novice like me can shoot close to par swinging?
Doesn't the simplicity of the swing argue for its ability to stand up to pressure?
When I try to hit, if I brace or plant on my front leg, that motion alone rips me through the impact and up. I am tempted to try coming back with my RFT and simply drive my right elbow down and through to try to hit because it calls for only one trigger.
I am happy about the 84, the 17.1 new HCP index, and wondering how good I could be and how to do it!
Pat
Hi Patrick,
The more I hang out here, the more I realize the lines between hitting and swinging are blurry. Heck, in that great video of YODA teaching Brian Gay, he speaks of Brian being a swinger, and not caring much for hitting. Fast forward a couple of years and Brian is a HITTER, and our model. Many others speak of hitting sometimes, and swinging others. The brilliance of TGM and how it is interpreted at LBG, OPTIONS!
Keep working those Imperatives and Essentials while keeping those beautiful Flying Wedges in alignment and the rest is just for fun.
Just my opinion my friend.
Kevin
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I could be wrong. I have been before, and will be again.
City,
If you can score 84 with a manufactured hip and PTSD from teaching in urban schools (it isn't the kids, it's the admin.), you'll be breaking 80 regularly soon.
As Kev states, imperatives, essentlials and flying wedges.
It is raining cats and dogs here. I should soon be hailing taxi cabs. I'm on my way to the course.
Watch the Right Arm and Elbow from 3:19 to 3:60 (pay special attention to 3:50). This is a 3 dimensional Impact. This is the "Hit Down" and through on a Straight Line Hands Path to Both Arms Straight (Fanning automatically Included). Using this Action and Driving the Primary Lever causes Angle Hinging. This same Action with a Loaded Secondary Lever causes Horizontal Hinging.
If there was a single motion that causes compression, this is it (With a Bent Right Wrist). It's completely dependent on Right Elbow Location and can be trained without a Club. Adding Extensor Action after the Straight Line Motion is learned will give Total Control.
D, what Basic Stroke would you call that? At first look I thought it was Push Basic but maybe its is just a plane old Bat? You mention fanning .......so it isnt a pure inline Push ...... Is he maybe going back and forth between Push and Punch Elbow positions?
V.J. can sure compress those little chips..........
D, what Basic Stroke would you call that? At first look I thought it was Push Basic but maybe its is just a plane old Bat? You mention fanning .......so it isnt a pure inline Push ...... Is he maybe going back and forth between Push and Punch Elbow positions?
V.J. can sure compress those little chips..........
I think that VJ has the same Right Forearm motion whether he hits or swings. Punch or Pitch. It's just a change in Elbow Location, Release Point.
City,
If you can score 84 with a manufactured hip and PTSD from teaching in urban schools (it isn't the kids, it's the admin.), you'll be breaking 80 regularly soon.
As Kev states, imperatives, essentlials and flying wedges.
It is raining cats and dogs here. I should soon be hailing taxi cabs. I'm on my way to the course.
46/44 from the champions tees (hands of stone) , the next 9 went by in 45 and then I turned in a 39 on the last 9!
How did everybody else do?
Pat
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
I used option # 3 from my list to shoot my 45/39 yesterday.
Originally Posted by O.B.Left
Yah, thanks, man.
I personally, can get into a lot of yippy stabbing stuff with that Push Elbow Chip Basic............maybe its just me. I dont know.
I have discovered, thanks to John Savage (GSEB), that my swing is ENTIRELY in my control.
I can rotate my hips back, slowly, feeling the weight/lag (as confirmed by Yoda's Brian Gay tape)going back.
I can then concentrate on driving my primary lever with a frozen bent right wrist using pp#1, or elbow thrust, or pp # 3 (within 125 yards). That combination of moves keeps my body very quiet and seems to minimize the left leg imbalance I feel. As I get used to driving the lever down, all sorts of interesting concepts come to mind.
Indeed, the more I drive the primary lever, the clearer balance positions become and accuracy improves. (I had my short irons behind my belt buckle and either hooked them or pushed them off the green). Our rough is brutal and even though the sand is uneven at our public course, we welcome bunker shots.
The simplicity of driving the lever with my right arm (hitting) brings to mind the idea of a machine (fairways and greens).
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DRIVING QUESTIONS: I see pros vary the height of their tee balls. (Daryl, we are not speaking about the height of the little umbrellas in your "boat drinks." You know the frothy, fruity, rather feminine drinks that people from Illinois consume to celebrate their adopted Hawaiian POTUS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_drinks )(If I were him, I read this forum. I'd also ask the readers here, for a clue about many other subjects. Jerry and I would be happy to help him in educational issues. For every 1 percentage point we increase the performance of a schools population, we could get a 1% tax reduction. For every graduating hs person above the previous five year average of the school, we could get a $1000 grant for a needy person to a college of their choice, or a $1000 deduction on their home mortgage. Anyway.....)
1) When teeing the ball higher, as I have read about on our forum, I found the ball to travel further and higher. Is it simply the vertical bounce that increases distance? Yesterday, I tried my first high tee in competition and placed the ball inside and forward. Happily, it was a dogleg left and the high hook looked cool and was helpful (like moi ). I then varied the tee ball position to more out rather than in to get a straight ball that I hardly had to touch to get better distance and a straight flight. Do all the rules of hinges apply to that sort of set-up?
Patrick
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Thanks City. I appreciate the offer to include me as an adivsor to things pertaining to the institution of education, but space is limited as are my thought processes.
Yesterday's round was good except for getting caught in the "Brillo" rough way too often. It cost me 2!! strokes on the first hole and another three other places throughout the round. A smooth 80 showed a small profit from the fellows which I donated to our burgers and draught root beer following the round.
I am paying more attention to Aiming Point, Hands to Pivot and Bent Right Wrist. Pure gold.
). I then varied the tee ball position to more out rather than in to get a straight ball that I hardly had to touch to get better distance and a straight flight. Do all the rules of hinges apply to that sort of set-up?
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