Looking through the book, it seems that there are only 5 drills that Mr. Kelley speaks of. These drills are the foundation of what I use to teach.
I have taken the liberty of assigning names where none existed. Please correct or add to this list if there are in errors and/or ommissions of such drills described by Mr. Kelley.
1) Hinge Action Education
Per 2-G: "For a Practice drill, Educate the Left Hand (5-0) to reproduce - with Zero Pivot - the three Hinge Actions, distinct and separate, while swinging continuously back and forth. First without a Club, then with a short Club, then with both Hands. Then with increasing Pivot motion using the Right Forearm per 7-19. Learning only one Action isn't so helpful because you won't know their differences.
2) Cut Shot Therapy
Per 3-F-7-A: "A very successful anti-steering therapy is an exaggerated "inside-out" Cut Shot per 10-5-E...You always Swing along the Plane Line but not always along the Flight Line. So learn dismiss the Flight Line. Depend on Clubface alignment for direction control (2-J). In fact, learn to execute all Plane Line Variations (10-5) to remove all uncertainty from your Computer (14-0)."
This coincides with 3-F-6: "MASTER'S level of execution. That is - with and without Wristcock, with and without #3 Accumulator, with any Hinging, with any Plane Line Combination (10-5) from any Ball Location, Hitting or Swinging, with Right Forearm Takeaway (7-3) and with a motionless Right Wrist."
Ben Doyle told me in Carmel last summer that when I master this, I will be "very difficult to beat".
3) The Release Motions Drill
Per 4-D-0: "Construct an Inclined Plane such as shown in 10-5, or find a low bench, fence rail or anything providing the Clubshaft with a straight edge or flat surface - and swing the Clubshaft back and forth along that edge or surface while executing the above Wrist and Hand Motions until you thoroughly understand their relation to 10-5."
I use this drill to teach the Release Motions as well as teach a proper Follow Through (8-11 and 6-H-C) and a Straight Plane Line per the 3rd Essential (2-0-B-3).
4) The Flat Left Wrist Drill
Per 4-D-1: "Take a very "short" Grip and practice swinging back and forth with the top of the Clubshaft against the inside of the Left Forearm until you can hold the Wrist steady with a normal Grip. So - there must be the Flat Left Wrist. Or its equivalent (10-2-G). Or a compensation (6-D, 7-19, 6-C-2-E).
5) The Rhythm Drill
Rhythm is holding both Lever Assemblies to the same basic RPM throughout the Stroke while overtaking all other Components at a steady, even rate. (because of the Flat Left Wrist) (Glossary)
Per 7-10: "For a very basic drill, practice all Hinge Motions - by moving the Left Arm (only)0 back and forth - on their normal Plane AND on the Inclined Plane, without a Club and with the Wrist Flat and Vertical to learn the Feel of the Rhythmic motion required through Impact per 2-G."
I'd like to hear more about cut shot therapy. I understand the plane line is closed in relation to the target line and that cut shot implies we'll be using vertical hinging. Are we essentially just setting up with a clubface that is facing the line-of-flight at impact fix and then executing a vertical hinge while swinging on the plane line?
How do you use it with your students? Is it simply to get the student to trust their alignments and keep a straight plane line?
Use a square square stance. Cut shot therapy teaches one to use the right forearm angle of approach. The hands go down and out dismissing the flight/target line. The clubhead goes in to out. The cut comes from using an angled hinge.
Use your dowels to practice pitching. One dowel each for toe line, target line and angle of approach.
Use a square square stance. Cut shot therapy teaches one to use the right forearm angle of approach. The hands go down and out dismissing the flight/target line. The clubhead goes in to out. The cut comes from using an angled hinge.
Use your dowels to practice pitching. One dowel each for toe line, target line and angle of approach.
MB,
10-5-E is a "closed-closed" guide line. So the target line would be facing left of the plane/stance line. And wouldn't a cut shot procedure require a vertical hinge? That's why cut shot therapy has always confused me.
I'd like to hear more about cut shot therapy. I understand the plane line is closed in relation to the target line and that cut shot implies we'll be using vertical hinging. Are we essentially just setting up with a clubface that is facing the line-of-flight at impact fix and then executing a vertical hinge while swinging on the plane line?
How do you use it with your students? Is it simply to get the student to trust their alignments and keep a straight plane line?
That's right, Comet. The Plane Line is Closed and the Clubface is aligned Square to the Target. You then ignore the Target Line and swing along the Plane Line while utilizing Vertical Hinging through Impact. The student learns in the most dramatic way that the Ball goes on the Line of the Clubface, not on the Line of the Clubhead travel.
This training is especially effective with Putts and short Chips. Here, there is insufficient 'air time' for the Venturi Effect to produce a curve in the Ball's Flight Path. For example, demonstrate a radically In-to-Out Putting Stroke with the Clubface aligned to the Hole. The Ball goes toward the Hole, not well out to the Right as did the Clubhead. The same holds true for a radically Out-to-In Stroke. We've all known guys who could Putt the lights out Cutting every putt into the Hole.
Personally, I'll never forget my boyhood friend, Bobby Teague. He cut everything... from Drive to Putt. He was short off the Tee, but boy, could he Putt!
That's right, Comet. The Plane Line is Closed and the Clubface is aligned Square to the Target. You then ignore the Target Line and swing along the Plane Line while utilizing Vertical Hinging through Impact. The student learns in the most dramatic way that the Ball goes on the Line of the Clubface, not on the Line of the Clubhead travel.
This training is especially effective with Putts and short Chips. Here, there is insufficient 'air time' for the Venturi Effect to produce a curve in the Ball's Flight Path. For example, demonstrate a radically In-to-Out Putting Stroke with the Clubface aligned to the Hole. The Ball goes toward the Hole, not well out to the Right as did the Clubhead. The same holds true for a radically Out-to-In Stroke. We've all known guys who could Putt the lights out Cutting every putt into the Hole.
Personally, I'll never forget my boyhood friend, Bobby Teague. He cut everything... from Drive to Putt. He was short off the Tee, but boy, could he Putt!
Yoda,
Thanks for the clarification. I can see how it would clearly show the student the clubface/clubhead travel relationship and the benefit that would have for someone who "steers".
There are actually two ways that I teach the Cut Shot.
The first is with the Cut Shot Therapy per 3-F-7-A using a 10-5-E plane line. This is usually taught to students with a Bent Left Wrist and Clubhead Throwaway.
The Student will be made to trace the plane line first with a shaft, then a regular club and finally with the club and ball.
The focus as always is to monitor the Hands and identify a feel that the mechanical exercise gives to the Hands. All the student needs to do to replicate the mechanics is to reproduce the feel that the Hands went through.
The other cut shot that I teach is per 2-C-2..."a cut shot is any Stroke using Vertical Hinging (10-10) through Impact regardless of Plane Line (10-5) or the preceding Wrist Action (10-18 )."
Please note that this shot has the same underlying principle as that of the Cut Shot Therapy.
I teach this exclusively as a special application of the Acquired Motion (12-5-2) although it can also be applied to the Basic Motion (12-5-1) and Total Motion (12-5-3)
Procedure:
1. Aim the clubface at intended target and then grip the club.
2. Without taking the hands off the grip, rotate the grip clockwise so that the grip becomes a 10-2-D grip, "which is very compatible with Cut Shot procedures."
3. Now the target line is way right while the plane line and stance line is still square to the original target line.
4. Rotate the target, stance and plane lines to the left until the target line is pointing back at the intended target. You now have a 10-5-D Open Open Plane Line.
5. Simply trace the new plane line with a vertical hinge - while swinging or hitting.
Use this shot around the greens in place of the more risky Lob Shot per 2-C-3 and see if you don't save strokes around the green.
Some students of mine love the results and the simplicity so much that they use this as their main short game stroke.
Hybrid Mode
