Nice. Is there a slightly slower speed that would have a bigger file size and be less grainy? Those Casio's are amazing.
The first video is actually Acquired Motion. See 12-5-0 for a detailed list of components for Basic , Acquired, Total. Together they comprise the Basic Motion Curriculum, a great way to learn the proper motion and geometry. And a great way to warm up , practice.
The left arm swing: That is hard to do! Getting to Top with just the left arm reveals one main reason for Homer's strong preference for a Right Forearm Takeaway. The right arm gets it done so much easier, with far less effort. Try it right armed only and see what you get.
I am guessing that you are a swinger and averse to that somewhat but at the very least try it to see how much easier it is to take the club to top with just the right arm. When Im working on my left arm flail, left wrist throw, with just my left arm, I take it back with two hands on the grip, RFT, then drop the right arm off the club at Top. Then swing down with the left side. Its a little weird but I dont want to ingrain any aspect of a left sided takeaway procedure. None, zero. Left arm only Startup tends towards an Angled Hinge takeaway and needs the support of a shoulder turn takeaway I find. A geometrically challenged procedure as the shoulder turn will tend to take the hands under plane going back as well.
The other advantage of the RFT is that the #3 pressure point is now directing, pointing, tracing the Plane Line. Something you cant do when the Right Hand is off the club.
I like your lag and flail from what I can see. Is that a Left Wrist Throw? I love em. You have a touch of left wrist bending, Steering post low point. Try a little bit more left hand Rolling to flatten it out. Horizontal Hinging, with the Left Hand staying perpendicular to the Horizontal basic plane (the ground). Look, look, look at the left hand to see if it does so. Momentum will ensure the clubhead overtakes the hands, but if the left wrist stops Rolling this overtaking will happen with a bending left wrist and clubface layback. Vertical Hinging. With a resulting loss of compression. In other words the bending is a result of Steering/holding the clubface at the target. Horizontal Hinging on the other hand will see the contact point between the ball and face stay together as if welded together. The clubface will close with little or no layback......resulting in maximum compression and a straight shot. The Left Arm Flail should seem like a pretty violent throw with the left hand laying flat to the inclined plane and then a roll. Far from a simple pulling of the left arm through the shot like you would do for a short shot. Its Accumulators #2 and then #3 doing there thing.
Regards
PS In the photo below see how the left wrist is bending. You cant see the clubface but the left wrist tells the story. It is not perpendicular to the Horizontal Basic Plane, the ground but to Vertical Basic Plane-----the fence behind you! Vertical Hinging. With the clubface no doubt staying square to the target and the laying back.
thanks for your reply.i noticed that myself beyond impact that the LW is not vertical and laid back!!!! that is 1 of the things i'm working on but not during that clip.the first clip-acquired- has come on greatly but i'm still learning this whole process as i started practicing TGM last november so at this moment i'm taking all in
The Clubface is square to the target for but a brief fraction of a second. Trying to prolong that alignment, Steering though it seems logical at first, actually produces a floaty cut shot. The physics of impact can not be over ruled, despite the comments of yesteryears experts to the contrary. They didnt actually keep the face square as long as they thought or advised. God bless the memory of Byron Nelson, but as an announcer he was subject to this false logic, this illusion. There is no way on earth that he did actually "hold the clubface square longer than anyone else" while hitting those iron shots of his. The footage of his swing doesnt support it either. The secret to his amazing long iron play lay elsewhere. The same thing was said about Moe and later said by Moe even. Its as if the analysts of the day convinced these golfing greats that their secret was due to something that they didnt really do. These analysts didnt know of Horizontal Hinging. Golf theory at the time defined what we'd term Vertical or Angled, at best. I say at the time, but its still prevalent today. In print even. I digress. No offense intended to Moe or Byron. I admire them both greatly. I saw Moe many times.
X, there is nothing wrong with Vertical Hinging and a bending left wrist.........if you're trying to maximize compression loss. Throw in a clubhead path that goes straight line towards the target and you can approach total compression loss. Which can be very useful at times. Something done by the absolute best and the absolute worst golfers. Although the best are doing it intentionally when the situation at hand demands it. Geoff Ogilvy comes to mind as a master at this shot.
Keep an eye on your left hand's alignment to the selected Basic Plane during a practice stroke or training and memorize the feel of the Roll associated with all of the Hinge Actions. When actually hitting a shot you wont be able to watch the left hand but you will be able to reproduce the Hinge Action desired by repeating the feel of the Roll in the left hand. Learn mechanically, play by feel. One advantage of training in Acquired is that at the End of an actual shot you can look down at Both Arms Straight, Follow Through and check both the Left Hand's and Clubface's Alignment. For Horizontal Hinging the (geometrically) flat left wrist is Vertical or Perpendicular to the the Horizontal Basic Plane, the ground and the toe points down the line. But remember, its a left hand manipulation first and foremost although the ball knows only the clubface. Thinking of clubface rolling as opposed to left wrist rolling is less accurate in terms of basic plane compliance as the clubhead is moving so much faster than the hands. Monitor the Hands! Swing the Hands. Swinging the clubhead, from the hands is another form of throwaway....... and also employed by Geoff Ogilvy and the pro's intentionally. Its a great way to Release early and float one way up in the air. You sort of toss the clubhead under the ball, with the hands as the center of the radius instead of the left shoulder. But I digress again.
You know what? A penny just dropped for me. Now I know why Yoda gets me to hit those intentional throwaway shots. To master throwaway with maximum compression loss is to master total compression as well. Well I'll be danged.
OB thanks again for your great reply.my GM coach here has me checking aligments after every chip and pitch and its only during the last week that i realised exactly what i must check for.this way of teaching the golf game is fantastic and i just love TGM and its very very addictive.
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