I hate to say it Air, but I am very jealous of you and Patrick right now...
I was working on my own on the range today for the first time in a very long time. Concentrated on Mr. Yoda's teaching as I remember it. Right - Left - Right - Left -- no more pressure on the left foot at the top with driver, lift that left heel and turn the right hip pocket back and into that braced right leg and fall towards the target. Finally felt some "pop" again after a few years of not playing. I'm excited again. Right back to watching YODA's most basic videos and going to let it sink in for good. I finally get how you can shift your weight properly and stay centered in the tripod. Huge breakthrough for me, and it just felt like it did when I used to be able to play...
Kevin
Thanks everyone! Thanks Lynn! As you can see, I am carrying extra weight and still, Lynn's simple Alignment-centered approach really worked well.
The fabulous golfer Lynn worked with on the range, not me, was tall and slender. I am not. Nevertheless, Lynn's expert eye and encyclopedic knowledge of G.O.L.F. allowed me to experience two hours of very powerful drills that each built on the other and covered all three zones!
Lynn is humble, funny and interesting as he moves a person along the Machine. The rest of today was spent simply practicing the MacDonald drills and programming the Computer to value Standard Address and Balance above all G.O.L.F. virtues. It is still startling to me how a little marching move with heels up in Balance, can Lag the club up on Plane and Down, Out, and Forward again at great speed.
Thanks Lynn, again.
ICT
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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 everyone! Thanks Lynn! As you can see, I am carrying extra weight and still, Lynn's simple Alignment-centered approach really worked well.
The fabulous golfer Lynn worked with on the range, not me, was tall and slender. I am not. Nevertheless, Lynn's expert eye and encyclopedic knowledge of G.O.L.F. allowed me to experience two hours of very powerful drills that each built on the other and covered all three zones!
Lynn is humble, funny and interesting as he moves a person along the Machine. The rest of today was spent simply practicing the MacDonald drills and programming the Computer to value Standard Address and Balance above all G.O.L.F. virtues. It is still startling to me how a little marching move with heels up in Balance, can Lag the club up on Plane and Down, Out, and Forward again at great speed.
Thanks Lynn, again.
ICT
As Lynn reported, I was fortunate enough to watch two fine pros on the putting green hard at work. Lynn had laid out his dowels to form a guideline and right angle for a 6' and 12' putt. At one point, one of the pros had slammed in 4/5 putts from both ranges.
Easy? How would you do with an uphill left to right breaker?
As the putting lesson went on, the concepts of "Defining the Space," Speed, Rhythm, and the Computer were revealed. Imagine a practice putting green with only holes and no markers and you are there. Maybe your at St. Andrew's or Augusta. Maybe you are a golf coach or instructor or at a inter-club match and visiting this strange course.
("Maybe it's the First World. Maybe it's the Third World. Maybe it's your first time around." Paul Simon)
Anyway, Define the Space and your Computer, if you trust it, will program a certain Rhythm and if you trust it, a proper putting distance will flow out of you as if by magic. Imagine you are having a catch with your kids or anyone. You have never thrown a ball that exact distance and yet, you casually flip the ball in a relaxed fashion to that person! The Space was defined and your Computer produced a backward and forward pendulum.
On this imaginary green, define the distance by imagining an image at your target hole. Use anything, like the proverbial green "Aim Point" line. Define the space further. Maybe imagine a red brick wall dividing that line in two (high side from low side).
Use it on the whole course! Thanks guys!
ICT
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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!
Great ICT, happy to see you're enjoying every moment of G.O.L.F. there !
Building a sound putt, in Lynn's world of TGM, means building a solid chip since the putting stroke is used for both.
Lynn patiently laid out his neon green and orange dowels on a straight putt today, and set up a track slightly wider than my putter blade.
Then he showed me where the sweet spot on my putter really was. It was nowhere near where I suspected on my Titleist Bullseye.
And then we got to church. You know that finger game for kids? "Here is the church. Here is the steeple and out come the people!" By placing my hands on the putter with flat wrists, I could zero out all power accumulators except my right shoulder! I locked my arms at a 45 degree angle and bent way over. I needed to sole the blade too, by standing closer to the ball. Of course, this placed my eyes over the line of the putt! Then I proceeded to rock my shoulders and bring the blade up and down the Base Line of the Plane.
Once I stopped my arms from running on and once my clamps were locked onto the grip, I hit putts that truly went straight!
That same foundation was then used for "putting my chips" using various clubs. Same setup which putt the 9 iron more up on it's toe. This technique gave me excellent distance control and easily allowed me to putt those chips out of tight lies and divots while keeping the same putting rhythm and stroke!
I figured that this lesson by itself would bring me much closer to par than ever before since 50% of all strokes are made within 100 yards of the green.
Lynn is an excellent teacher and a first class human being. The 2 hour lesson flew by and was very profitable.
ICT
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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!
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