Keith was a wonderful student. He is also very modest. He did everything I asked him to do, in spite of the fact that 'instant results' did not make their appearance. We started our first half-day with his Feet and ended it with the Pressure Points in his Right Hand. And his reward was commensurate with his effort: Those end-of-the-session drives into the fading sunlight were something to behold. I mean it. I even told him, "This is the part where Harvey Penick would say, 'I hope that made you as happy as it did me!'"
Back to his modesty...
We were about 45 minutes into our Sand Play lesson, and he had learned the basics of the shot. We had practiced short shots and long shots; soft shots and running shots; over bunkers with low lips and medium lips. Now comes the true test: An extremely deep bunker with the Ball at the bottom and a craggy, six-foot lip only five or six feet away. The Flag was cut just 10-12 feet from the front edge of the green. Keith took the Stance as learned; set his Clubface; used his 'V'-shaped Stroke with an abrupt Right Forearm Pick-up; delivered the Bounce of the Clubhead authoritatively into the Sand behind the Ball....
And holed it!
It was the last shot of the day, and what a memorable one it was!
Keith was a wonderful student. He is also very modest. He did everything I asked him to do, in spite of the fact that 'instant results' did not make their appearance. We started our first half-day with his Feet and ended it with the Pressure Points in his Right Hand. And his reward was commensurate with his effort: Those end-of-the-session drives into the fading sunlight were something to behold. I mean it. I even told him, "This is the part where Harvey Penick would say, 'I hope that made you as happy as it did me!'"
Okay, guys, I asked Keith to send me his video of that 'End Game' session with Yoda. Move over 'Red Sails in the Sunset!' Here comes 'Ripped Drives in the Sunset!"
With all due respect to The Lone Ranger ....
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear..."
What's the purpose of setting the left foot at address first then the right foot?
Actually, I teach stepping in first with the Right Foot with the Club in the Right Hand (and aligned with the Right Forearm to set up the Plane). And we had worked on that earlier. But, as we used to say in the church downhome, Keith had 'back-slid.'
At the close of the lesson, I was satisfied that he had worked out his own way to set his Feet and align his Stance. Also, he was now using his Right Forearm beautifully to set up his Plane and Impact Hand Location.
Thanks for the clarity. I use the right foot first and club in my right hand in my address/setup as well. But like Keith i have tendency to aim right, so would that drill of stepping in with the left foot first correct the alignment problems.
No, rangerover: Stay with the Right Foot / Right Forearm formula. There was no 'Left Foot first' drill. There was only Keith executing an old habit but nevertheless achieving a new dead-on alignment! This happy circumstance was due largely to his growing sense of his Right Forearm Flying Wedge and its alignment with the Plane Angle and its Line. Also, we made liberal use of the dowel as an alignment aid in the earlier hours of the lesson.
Getting back to your problem: The long-term cure is to realize whyyou aim to the right and then to correct that root cause. And the reason is that your Computer has figured out that you (a) Bend your Left Wrist through Impact; or (b) Bend your Plane Line (usually at the Start Down); or (c) fail to grip the Club (at Impact Fix) with a slightly open Clubface when using Horizontal Hinging; or (d) do all three.
Any one of this incomplete list of malfunctions will cause the Ball to go left. And not just some of the time...but every time. Hence your Computer 'helps you out' by aiming right. And now the always Pulled Shot appears to go 'straight.'
But it isn't going straight: It's going left.
And that is what you need to fix in order to effect a permanent change in your Address alignments.
....
Hybrid Mode
