Or do what I do and watch it fully every night :D
I have done a once over with the DVDs twice now but will be focussing on the Drills disc a bit more now to get some ideas on a Winter/Indoors drills plan. Everytime I watch it I pick up something which is always good :thumleft:
Alex

Going Postal
 

You will likely receive yours before I do mine.

Nearest neighbour or not, we are talking about Canada Post here ! :rolleyes:

Hey BJ; I trained in Cuscowilla and the correct plural expressional alignment is "All y'all"! :naughty:

Burner, a bonafide Southerner just says "y'all". Beware of imitations ;)Whether it's 1 or 50, y'all covers the numbers. We would only use all y'all when referencing people from foreign lands, like New York. :laughing1

My copy arrived in Pittsburgh today---just in time for a cloudy rainy on-call weekend. Just finished disc 1---wow! A tremendous amount of information. Plan to view 2 and 3 tomorrow. Then intense review of each of the sections. Good $ spent. One of several Dr. Daves

Actually, All y'all is a common phrase amongst our neighbors in the Great State of Texas. Many do consider them as having a foriegn language. I think that secretly they consider themselves to be a soveriegn nation.

Wonderful folks with a great zest for everyday life.

BJ, whether it is "y'all" or "all y'all" you were all (thats "All Y'all) a fine bunch of blokes to hang out with - squirrel abusers notwithstanding!:laughing1

Watch it Barnsley! !!!!-I didn't abuse any squirrels ,I just built a lake for them to drown in:(

Same to you Sir Burner. I love that English-British-Scotish-Irish-Welsh sense of humor.

Those are very odd squirrels, never seen one with a toupée before until that week.

Thats malice afore thought and just as reprehensible as the abuse you are denying. :naughty: :laughing1

I understand that they now do a nice line in Squirrel Pies at Eastlands. Wonder who their supplier might be:question: :think:

Only the English have a sense of humour. The others just supply the subject matter. :eyes: :laughing9

Now, where did I put my Tin Hat and Flack Jacket:question:

Lets see em!
 

Ok buddy. You have had plenty of time to document your performance since Cuscowilla. Post you Performance Analysis Sheets(Mental Management) for all of us to see. We'uns would love to help you. Now that will be funny. - forgive me God and bless all of those little pygmies in Africa!

Git R Done !

pops???? you mean that thang is a toupée?
after all this time.:naughty: :liar: :headbang:

Son, some things are best left to the imagination.:naughty: :laughing1

Hate to be a killjoy and yes its primarily down to the fact that I missed the homecoming at Cuscawilla but could we perhaps begin to confine the cusca posts to that thread?

This thread should be kept for discussing the alignment golf DVD (IMO)

Once we all have our copies this thread will be useful for discussing various segments.

Sorry but YODA started it in post#2:salut:

BamBam, Something is wrong- it appears that Neil and Bucket have overrided the forum ban- they've cracked the system - please fix this break ASAP!:eyes: Before Chaos takes over- if it's not already too late.

Mike . .. just got the call about you runnin' nekked through some Walmart in West Virginia . . . they said you were hollerin' something about . . . Karma and lizards? Did you drink a soy latte or something?

You're just jealous that you don't have the nerve to enjoy life like I do!

Wow boys, we've been cold busted by the forum fuzz for posting off topic. How dare you evil doers! Since I started this thread I retain the right to go off the reservation at any moment; however, I suppose we better stay at least "near" the topic.

That being said, what is your favorite part of the DVD series?

Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves and when I return please have your answers ready.

Ok, I'm back.

Lots of good info in all 3 dvd's..... no specific favorites just yet.

One thing that struck me was seeing VJ employ a vertical hinge on what appeared to be a "full-blown 6-iron". Wondering if he's simply demonstrating all 3 hinge actions, or is it truly a viable hinge action to obtain an extra high "cutter" with ANY club? I've limited any vertical hinging to short shots.....seems like you could get hurt trying it on a full swing!

I think V.J. is probably just that good ;)

RainMaker
 

Thanks, Comet. Regarding the Vertical Hinge Action on a "full blown 6-iron", I hit exactly that shot for Alex and Burner in their private session the day before the LBG Homecoming Classic at Cuscowilla. I swung down and through, took turf, and the ball went dead straight; but . . .

Sky high!

:shock:

Tell'em about it, Alex and Burner!

:salut:

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Yoda also did some really cool stuff with a sand wedge on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately I cannot remember his technique :(

Cuscowilla After Hours: Lynn Meets Lyn
 

Augusta Golf -- B.J. Hathaway -- is being too modest. Our late Sunday afternoon time together was with his student Lyn Lott, Georgia Sports Hall of Famer http://www.gghf.org/MEMBER_level2lott.htm, state Open Champion and 11-year PGA TOUR player (Lifetime TOUR member / 150 Cuts; 3-time Masters; and 3-time U.S. Open / 7th, 9th and 12th).

I have read about Lyn Lott since the '70s and was delighted when AG offered to introduce me to him.

Check out Lyn's endorsement of our friend and LBG Contributor, Augusta Golf. Cutting to the chase:

"B.J. can help you, too - results guaranteed!"

http://www.augustagolfinstruction.com/

I showed them the same on the 11th hole with a 7i. BJ was with us and was having a chuckle that it was the only ball sitting on the green)

That's true Guru ;) I hit a medium spinner into the center of the green and spun it back off the fringe and Guru calmly put some Verticulor Dropicide on his ball and she just landed and sat down.:happy3:

Thank you kind sir! :salut: Lyn was a bit leary when I first came to see the little Yellow light at the end of the tunnel, but now he's on board, excited and interested in all things TGM. He has started to see that once one gets past the lingo and into the concepts that our guidebook is the basis for all good golf. Thanks to Yoda we have this DVD set that works hand-in-hand with the book. Suddenly it's "hey, you see that light down there in the distance? Man is that thing getting brighter?! Wait a minute....it's moving towards us!":sunny:

Oh yea!! I think both Burner and I were not sure if VH could be used in a full swing and Yoda says 'watch this' Moments later another frozen rope flies out into the horizon albiet with a bit of height on it.
Again it was the same with Guru's 7 iron on the 11th. Both BJ and I went for the all glory PW that went up in the air and then spun off the green but Guru's little 7 iron with VH stayed on the green (didn't we all get pars though in the end :D)
Alex

Mikey . .. . looks like it's time to pay this one a visit . . . . meet you at the first Waffle House on I-20 . . . . make sure you put your drawz on the inside of your pants this time . . . . and remember the toothpaste goes on the FUZZY end of the brush.

Do you reverse roll on the take away for that shot? Or do you use your normal swivel to the plane take away?

Bit of height on it?

That ball had flames around it as it re-entered the atmosphere.:liar:

Well, almost.:eyes:

He reverse rolled.

Fly Me To the Moon!
 

That's the way I remembered it, Burner. I hit that shot on your and Alex's request, and I was really proud of it . . . Dead straight and WAY up there!

In fact, I hereby submit that, to my knowledge, that was only the second* Total Motion Vertical Hinge shot I have ever hit. And it flew as expected!

Whoa!

I do love this TGM!

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* The first was a sand iron to a front pin at the rock-hard 8th at East Lake the week after this year's The TOUR Championship. Another very satisfying shot . . . I'm two for two!

This afternoon one of my students walks in and shakes my hand. "Man that DVD was great, I love it!"

I was a bit surprised only because for the last two months he's been getting pure TGM instruction but didn't understand the terminology. He agreed with the concepts but sometimes I would get those looks like "what are you talking about?"

He's only viewed the first disc and is ready to roll! We stood out there from 6-7 p.m. in the cold and wind and worked on hinge actions, accumulators and balance. Now we have a common language and he has visual reinforcement thanks to Alignment Golf. Before I was speaking some mystical language but now we are just two Machiner's building the components which will give him a solid golf swing.

When he hit those pure irons all we heard was "crack" and "hissssss"!

High 5, see you next week, and work on your flying wedges ;)

Scary...good!
 

Got 'em...watched 'em...love 'em!

I thought that the Drills DVD alone is worth the total of the series.

Great product...congratulations Yoda...and a heartfelt thanks

Tramapoline!
 

Guess what was on my floor when I got home?

You got it! Alignment Golf has arrived in the Styles house today!

Now, gotta do an appointment in twenty minutes. Its the North London derby tonight and the latest episode of Heroes will be on at 10pm.

Looks like I may be burning the midnight oil a bit later!

Think I'll watch one of the dvds tonight and the other two tomorrow!

ps inspired by the reverse roll 6 iron, I hit a reverse roll 2 iron at the range today!

From now on it will be called my 'superman' shot! - why you ask, that's easy, because it was UP, UP and AWAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!:hello2: :super:

Sounds like I'm not the only one who couldn't wait to use a vertical hinge with something other than a 30 yard cut lob shot. It's very interesting when you use it with other full shots and I'm sure at some point in a round I may need it.

One thing the dvd's are getting me back to is the use of the hinge to "create" shots. I'd gotten away from that and was relying on plane/target line orientation with a horizontal hinge for curving shots (on the few occasions I'd try to work the ball). If you have a solid understanding of each hinge motion and have control of your flat left wrist, then even if you're a swinger you CAN use an angled hinge to "hold" a shot into a R to L wind or to cut an approach into a right pin location. A hitter CAN use a horizontal hinge to "turn one over". And both can use a vertical hinge to hit a hybrid that may normally carry 215 and "moon-ball" it to 180 or 190.

So many options. Homer set out some preferred compatible components based on hitting or swinging, but boy oh boy can you get creative when you start to get this stuff down!

CG

Acorns To Oaks
 

Your welcome, Okie. Show'em to all those budding champions you coach, and tell'em Yoda said "hello!"

:salut:

His scent ain't so good either.