Breaking 75!!!

I have a few questions. I have gone from being a fan of Hitting to a "manipulated hands " Swinger. I have also lost over 10 pounds on an Atkins/Paleo type diet. As a result, my sense of balance is almost non-existant.

Nevertheless, I shot a 79 the other day. I simply swung my clubs all the way to the top until I felt my left wrist fully vertically cock and then I aimed the club head at the inner quadrant or center back of the ball and pulled down to the aim point.

So here's the question. I am 5-11" and still 223 (from 233) pounds and can get the ball out on average about 260. The aiming point technique yields excellent driver and iron accuracy. So is the difference between a pro's distance and mine simply a function of athletics mostly or mostly fitted equipment and swing-weights?

I know from Lynn's teaching that I do not think of the steps my body needs to do to reach for a cool glass of water. Likewise, I am getting to that point in Swinging at the ball just by aiming at it with a a very simple checklist like: "target line, ball position, hinge, trace and aim." Am I missing a big piece somewhere?

ICT

260 is a respectable distance even those who do not look athletic are at the highest level they're technique is correct and creates speed there are different ways to attain powr r for a given player for example snap release does nothing for me power wise instead random sweep with high hand speeds and high turning speed yields my best results for me the key to power is the left hip turning to the left after the axis tilt pulling through the ball also I like a simple thought of turning my snack to the target this gives you a nice powerful feeling of leverage I am built like Hogan skinny and small and routinely drive 320 plus I attribute it completely to my left hip speed in fact the muscle above my hip bone that is responsible for pulling bulges out much more than the right side to the poin t that I thought I had a hernia or something but it is just the muscle from years of pulling to the left clearing the left hip that is where power comes from for me anyway hope this helps

Originally Posted by whip

260 is a respectable distance even those who do not look athletic are at the highest level they're technique is correct and creates speed there are different ways to attain powr r for a given player for example snap release does nothing for me power wise instead random sweep with high hand speeds and high turning speed yields my best results for me the key to power is the left hip turning to the left after the axis tilt pulling through the ball also I like a simple thought of turning my snack to the target this gives you a nice powerful feeling of leverage I am built like Hogan skinny and small and routinely drive 320 plus I attribute it completely to my left hip speed in fact the muscle above my hip bone that is responsible for pulling bulges out much more than the right side to the poin t that I thought I had a hernia or something but it is just the muscle from years of pulling to the left clearing the left hip that is where power comes from for me anyway hope this helps

So then, Whip, to get the right mental framework, I set up as I do (like Hogan and a flared open left foot) and while maintaining a stationary head throw my front hip left or come down on my left heel strongly or? Do I ignore the club handle and simply aim the face at the desired part of the ball?

Thanks for your time on this. Shooting 76-79 is like going to the prom with a cousin!

ICT

But she's a good lookin' cousin.
I thought we had vaccinations against Paleo.
Nice going, ICT. Looks like it is all coming together. I am experiencing similar, but I sometimes get my machine a little off kilter and miss my target a bit.

By the way Jerry, I do not think of you as a liberal but as a common sense Mid-Westerner with great compassion, bud, so your machine is a little off only with your golf game sometimes and less often than mine. ; >

ICT

I lost about 80 lbs in 9 months on a low carb-Atkins diet, three years ago and without any exercise, as my leg was in a cast for eight of those months. Going from 290 to 205. I've been on Paleo for two years, Robb Wolf style but with some diary and gained 20 lbs with strength training and still dropped another size in clothes, Im wearing clothes I wore as a freshman in college decades ago and never felt better or looked as good despite age. Atkins and Paleo saved my life, keep it up.

Turn your back to the taget and bump the hip then pull with your left hip back and behind you

Originally Posted by whip

Turn your back to the taget and bump the hip then pull with your left hip back and behind you

It is simply bumping to get the right hip out of the way and turning left! Very nice! This should help getting my front artificial hip to move!

As I turn left, my right forearm "paddle wheels" and feels like steel! Awesome!

My initial temptation is to designate a part of my upper body like my left hip as a "pivot point" since I really can't feel the artificial hip but as long as I bump, I think I will be fine "turning my chest left" or "turning my belly button left" or perhaps driving my left elbow on a diagonal. I need to try this at the range to get the variable causes and effects.

Thanks Whip/Doc/Jerry!

ICT

Thanks Bernt!


http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=78954&highlight=turning+left#post 78954

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Originally Posted by HungryBear I said; Pull stroke rules out the use of Radial Acceleratioon (10-19-A) How the rope handling powers the stroke is IMO one of the most misunderstood topics of TGM.

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The only way you can create clubhead speed is to pull from ahead or push from behind. The physics involved is very simple. If you want to create speed by pulling - on a linear path, you'd better run fast If you do it on a circular path, you need to pull from something that rotates and stays ahead on the curve. Like turning left shoulder. Or the turning hands, kept out in orbit and ahead of the clubhead by extencior action. Luckily, that's what happens when you do the rope handling thing. Anything you do to speed up the club can be decomposed as pulling and pushing (and torquing if you wish). Newton is very clear on this point: In order to do any work (and work here is create clubhead speed) you have to apply forces with the same direction as the motion. Pulling a rope from a swing center (centripetal acceleration) doesn't increase or reduce swing speed no matter how heavy it feels. It only conserves. Pulling from a point that is leading ahead on the curve and torqed around the swing center conservs and increases at the same time. As long as the left shoulder stays ahead of the hands, and the hands stays ahead of the clubhead in the turn, any pulling will add speed. If you try to push on a straight line you will run out of arms in no time. Hitting and swinging are both depending on a turning pivot that leads the hands through impact. __________________ Best regards, Bernt

ICT,

I think your doing great! As far as balance is concerned you now have less inertia, perhaps greater range of motion, sinus pressure or your blood sugar might be low. As for distance all you can do is maximize your technique for your strength and flexibility. Even the best players in the world lose power with their shoulder turn as they age. Thinking clubhead is a no-no for me, just feel it. I have greater sucess thinking delivery prep.

Einstein allowed his eggs to hatch, never hurried them but turned them regularly.

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Bumpy