1. Stop at the end of a short Chip Shot – the Club at about 45 degrees.

a. With Horizontal Hinging, the toe of the Club will point along the Plane Line.

b. With Angled Hinging, about 45 degrees across the Plane Line.

c. With Vertical Hinging, about 90 degrees across the Plane Line with the Clubface looking Squarely at the sky.

With open hand hold your hand VERTICAL (at 90 degrees to) the Inclined Plane with your left arm at follow-thru position. It is still "cutting through the Plane right?

Now raise your open palm up infront of where it would be at follow-thru with the hand Vertical to the ground. Now drop it down to where your arm would be at follow-thru on the inclined plane. It is MORE ROLLED no?

Thanks Tongzilla. I think it was my interpretation of 1-L that has led me astray.

1-L THE MACHINE CONCEPT It is soon apparent that the body can duplicate a machine. Grasp the parallel and escape limiting old concepts.

The key difference, and the 'root' of the issue is her grip.

Note how well David has maintained his right wrist bend in the comparison above, vs. the flat right wrist position of Melanie.

Melanie's right hand grip is too much in her fingers, rather than being at the 'root', or base, of the fingers/palm. This forces her to take a stronger left hand grip in order to 'balance' the tendency of a right hand fingers grip to open the clubface, and doesn't allow her to keep her right hand wedge until follow through.

Both David's grip and Billy Herring's grip are far better, as you can clearly see in the impact and follow through positions in their sequences.

This is an area where TGM and 'traditional' teaching are rather different, and it is a VERY important difference.

Your pattern always comes back to your grip. I can certainly relate, as I had for many years used a right hand grip that was too far in the fingers - which just destroys the right forearm wedge.

Hitting chip shots right hand only can show you the proper location, at the 'root' of the fingers.

Heck of a motion from Billy Herring David! ;)

oh to be a young kid with a great coach. good luck to the young grasshopper, from just another coulda-been-champion :rolleyes:

Bucket the Bird Man
 

"Like you were trying to fly."

:D

How many times will I say those words over the next ten years?

Thanks, Colonel!

Rocky Balboa: I feel like a Kentucky Fried idiot.
 

You like? I prefer the yardbird image. Like Rocky chasin' that chicken around a vacant lot. People north of the Mason Dixon don't know nothin' 'bout no yardbird. Chickens are for chasin', fryin', bbq'n, and chok. . . (ah hewm!!!).

Thanks again 12Piece

Helluva post EdZ...thanks for the insight!!!

Down Target View Available?
 

David,
Is Bill's Down Target View available?
Would you have time to post it?
Thanks,
Mike O.

I'll try to capture some next lesson!!! Our building is so short that we have to film down the line fro outside the building to inside and this messes up the lighting during some portions of the day...