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[BerntR]

What is meant by a connected (compact?) swing? How is it done? How is the connection broken?

I guess this has something to do with rhythm, Air.

The connection is broken when the rhythm is broken. Hips leads shoulders. Shoulders leads hands. Hands leads clubhead. All lagging components searches their inline condition. The club is inline when it has caught up with the hands etc. This is however just a brief spot on an overtaking process when the lagging component takes the lead and the swing decelerates. And when that happens you are disconnected.

[Yoda]

What is meant by a connected (compact?) swing? How is it done? How is the connection broken?

Air,

See my post #8 here: http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...0333#post80333.

[airair]

Air,

See my post #8 here: http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...0333#post80333.

Thank you.

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BTW. I'm back at home. I have done about 2 hours training 12 of the 14 days we were there. A lot of wind - many got a cold and soar throats - me too. Could be swine flu. Not everything worked out satisfactory. I always fear that that I'm using time on making mistakes - just as much as doing it right. I don't I think I make use of the lower body in the downswing as I should - too much upper body. Now I have to continue another 5 weeks to be ready for more hard work in March.

[BerntR]

Chin up Air!

Increased awareness and increased knowledge about what you do and what you should do is a great asset that should take you in the right direction. And those are long lasting qualities.

[airair]

Chin up Air!

Increased awareness and increased knowledge about what you do and what you should do is a great asset that should take you in the right direction. And those are long lasting qualities.

Encouraging comment. Thanks.

[airair]

It almost sounds like the matematician speaks of dual horizontal hinge action. The vertical hinge pin. Add some debth and roll and you're on the inclined plane.

If you want to put back spin on the ball you have to contact the ball above it's equator. Usually that means serious topping. But it can happen with a driver from time to time. the ball will then carry some 30 yards before it dives into whatever is in the ground.

You can also put top spin on the ball with a putter - with moderate loft and hands ahead of the ball at impact. This also means hitting the ball down into the ground. The said advantage of doing this is that you get topspin right away. If you use the loft of the putter, it will have a small carry, a little back spin and then the ball will skid for short stretch before it gets its true roll (which is the same as top spin).

Top spin putting seems to be fashion these days. But there are many putting experts who advocates hitting up on the ball with a putter - and that is doing the opposite. I've tested this from the rough. And at least from outside the green you get much better distance control if you hit down on the ball and get the ball rolling right away.

Boomer has a whole chapter on a somewhat different lesson he gave to this mathematician. (P.187 - 195)

More on Boomer:
http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...565327,00.html

[airair]

has a strange swing. Any good alignments there?

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/golf-v...796/?ref=26000

He hits the ball pretty long and straight, so he must be doing something right!?

[airair]

Is it a good idea to increase the difference in degrees between the shoulders (90") and the hips (45") = 45" to even more in the downswing by beginning to unwind the hips before the shoulders do the same, so the difference increases to - say 50-60 " - to hit the driver etc farther?

[airair]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=uCEB9GgKoJ0

[airair]