Prio to the downstroke hip turn, the slide should be parallel to the selected delivery line.
I need a explaination for SELECTED DELIVERY LINE please?
Yoda wrote:
For the Golfer's purpose -- namely, aiming and controlling Thrust -- the #3 Pressure Point IS the Sweet Spot. It is this 'Clubhead Feel' that renders the Clubhead itself irrelevant. Learn to totally disregard the Clubhead and instead, hit the Ball with the Pressure Point(s). Until you can do this, you do not have Educated Hands (5-0).
From the Top, drive the #3 Pressure Point in a Straight Line Downplane Delivery Path (10-23-A) directly at and through the inside-aft quadrant of the Ball (or any alternative Aiming Point). Trust that the Sweet Spot will take precisely the same Path. It will not complain; it will only comply. Why?
Because it is Law abiding!
My bold and color.
Patrick
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Last edited by innercityteacher : 07-12-2010 at 11:29 AM.
This is along the same lines and more informative.
Originally Posted by jerry1967
Prio to the downstroke hip turn, the slide should be parallel to the selected delivery line.
I need a explaination for SELECTED DELIVERY LINE please?
Originally Posted by Yoda
Mathew is right on here. In my own case, unless I consciously monitor the situation -- which I rarely do -- I am totally unaware of the degree of Hip Slide. However, at one time I worked pretty hard on that Component and still do emphasize its 'parallel to the Plane Line' motion when I practice my Lag Loading via Downstroke Waggles. And here, there is enough lateral motion to transfer the Weight to the left side as the Body begins to Pull the Arms and Hands toward their Impact Locations.
What I am very aware of during the Stroke is being in position -- Centered and perfectly Balanced -- so that when I Drag my 'Wet Mop' down from the Top, the natural swinging DOWN of the Arms will (1) automatically put my Hands well in front of the Ball before Impact, and (2) automatically cause a definite Forward Lean of the Clubshaft all the way through Impact and well into the Follow-Through. I feel as though I am literally hammering the Ball into the ground. And I continue this Down Plane Thrust until both Arms are straight. Obviously, with the longer Clubs the Ball is located nearer Low Point, so the Down element is less dramatic, but it is still there.
All this includes the distinct sensation of my Lower Body and Left Shoulder returning to their Impact Fix alignments. During Start Down and into the Downstroke, I have a very strong awareness that I have moved into a rock-solid position from which I can "drive the Ball into the ground, not into the air" (6-E-2). Not just once in a while, but time after time. In fact, the feeling is that I really can't do anything else! From the Top, all I have to do is swing Down and through the Ball (and Plane Line!) until both Arms are straight, all the time dragging my Wet Mop -- the Clubhead Lag and its Pressure in my Hands -- along behind me.
I have worked diligently on this -- achieving automatically and without effort the Flat Left Wrist and 'Impact Hands' -- since my 'return' to golf two years ago and am happy to report that I am hitting the Ball better now -- by far -- than at any other time in my life.
And that's a good thing.
Patrick (My emphasis)
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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!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 07-12-2010 at 11:40 AM.
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