The Dowel Story
 

I got the idea of using dowels from Homer Kelley. In his work, he used dowels as a proxy for the Golf Club until very late in the training. I use them for this purpose as well, but I also use them in my own way to demonstrate the various Principles, Procedures and Alignments of The Golfing Machine®.

Homer provided Authorized Instructors with two Curriculums of study. The first was a six-session Short Course Curriculum for use with students. The second was a twelve session Normal Course to be used in the training of Authorized Instructors. Actually, the Normal Course involved 24 sessions: the 12 sessions were done first using the Hitting Basic Stroke Pattern (12-1-0) as Section A and then repeated using the Swinging Basic Stroke Pattern (12-2-0) as Section B.

The Short Course Curriculum featured the use of a Clubshaft only for demonstration purposes for the first four sessions. Session Five introduced the Putter and Ball and finally short Strokes with a Club. Only in the final Session Six was the student required to demonstrate accuracy, consistency and alignment execution with the longer Strokes.

The Normal Course featured both short and long doweling. Short dowels were used for the first six sessions and then long dowels through Session Nine. An actual Club was introduced in Session Ten and a Ball in Session Eleven. The final Session Twelve involved demonstrating long shots on the range.

Beyond these two Curriculums provided separately, Homer also offered two Curriculums in the book itself. First, the original Stroke Pattern concept of Chapter 12, including an abbreviated version using Components 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 18 and 19 from either the Hitting or Swinging Basic Patterns (12-0). Second, he introduced the Three-Stage Basic Motion Curriculum that could be used as a stand alone course but that was mandated for use in all other G.O.L.F. Curriculums. As with the Stroke Patterns, he asterisked items for use in a short course (12-5-1/2/3). No doubt Homer would have endorsed the idea of Clubshafts and Dowels in this training as well. The reason is quite simple...

Without a Clubhead to flip past the Hands or a Ball to hit 'at,' alignments and motions can be quickly learned and integrated into the student's Basic Pattern.

Yes, I'm a newbie also and having trouble understanding the plane lines and how to get on plane at impact. I too would be interested in learning some dowel drills and how to use them.

First the Elk post and now this . . . you are on FIRE my litte green friend!!! Cool stuff! You must have a resolution for '06 huh? Was Mr. K a pioneer in learning alignments without a clubhead to focus on or lose focus?

Yoda,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question with such detail....looking forward to coming down to the swamp and getting first hand dowel instruction from the little green man. Maybe late this summer....

DG

Short Dowels
 

Hey Collards,

How short were the "short dowels" that Mr. K used in the courses?

Were the exercises with the short dowels any different than the long ones?

Thanks!

B

snowed in
 

where can I get info on the dowel drills--??

vital-
 

Archive thru search should have plenty. And they is ay least one video that shows the drill in action. The drill is simply- too simply from some to take seriously- but it is vital. Your right wrist and forearm will never know what hit them. :p

dowel video
 

Where is video on dowel drills,and how do I access it.Can I buy a VIDEO that has all the d/drills.It is in Galleries ,BUT IMA NO FINDA,IMA NEEDA HELPA .I got onto flying wedges ,Took 2hrs to load,when it completed ,it disappeared,is there a tool on pc that I need to veiw vids..TERRY

Hi Terry,

Click on this LINK
and at the bottom right hand side there is a video for Dowel and Wedges. Just click on the word video and it should ask you if you want to save the file or view the file. Choose Save the file and then save it onto your computer. You would need to use Windows Media player to view it.
Alex

re dowil drills
 

Thank you very much alex,more than helpful. TERRY