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Originally Posted by rgkeller
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I don't get the idea of this drill.
The exaggerated bent/arched left wrist through impact, all the pressure points behind the shaft, and the right arm decidedly below the left arm all combine to promote an open clubface and a dead block.
What am I trying to learn with this drill?
[Bold by Yoda.]
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rg,
This drill teaches you to
keep your Left Wrist Flat and to deliver Clubhead Lag Pressure
through the Ball. These are the
two things you absolutely
must do to reach your potential as a player. And, make no mistake, each Stroke in the video did both.
Regarding the post-Impact alignments you have observed:
1. In the video, as Mgjordan correctly noted, I am Impacting a
heavy Bag with a
light stick. The Bag is non-resilient, and its mass is several hundred times greater than that of a Golf Ball. I am
Making a Motion, the bottom portion of which has been rudely interrupted by the Bag hitting the stick just as hard as the stick is hitting the Bag.
My Left Arm and Wrist have not suffered the same collision. Hence, the stick has been buried in the Bag; my Arms and Hands have continued forward; and the extreme alignments you have observed are simply God's Plan. In fact, for the alignments to be any less extreme, at Impact I would have had to
Quit. And that wasn't going to happen!
2. Further, I am
Training with the express purpose of eliminating the
Golfer's Public Enemy #1: The Bent Left Wrist through Impact. I am training to take
Lag Pressure to
Both Arms Straight and beyond. As stated in the video, Impact alignments at a normal Ball Location are irrelevant to my purpose. Also, the
Angled Hinge Action (and its
Rhythm) of this Hitting Stroke have been stifled by the Impact. For obvious reasons, the
Finish Swivel is non-existent.
3. Even so, the Motion is not as exaggerated as you think. While it is obviously a wrench of your concepts -- and those of tens of millions of other golfers as well -- what you
see in the video is what the great players
Feel through Impact. And the reason they get such different results than we do is because
they get there --
Through the Ball with a
Flat Left Wrist -- and
we don't. It's as simple as that! All this is
good news because you are now standing at The Gateway to your best golf.
Rarely do Players -- even the 'good' Players -- sustain the Clubhead Lag Pressure through Impact. In fact, Lag Pressure Point Pressure is in its greatest jeopardy 3-6 inches
before Impact: What should have been a sustained
drive to Both Arms Straight becomes a
Throw. To be sure, it can be an 'expertly' delivered Throw, but it is a Throw nonetheless. And
history's great strikers don't Throw...they Drive! Hitting or Swinging, they Drive. I'll put some photos up soon that will surprise you.
Homer Kelley told us:
"The Clubhead Lag 'lays' into the [Right Forefinger] #3 Pressure Point. The Club doesn't
want to go along, but it
has to. You don't
Throw the Club!
It's like dragging your baby brother."
Now, it's up to you. It's one thing to
read about a drill. It's another thing to
see it done and to ponder its usefulness. But to actually
do it and enjoy its benefits -- aah, there's the rub!
"Do or
do not. There is no
try." 
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