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Originally Posted by teach
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HF,
Was your lesson with Rick Nielsen? At the indoor facility?
teach
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Yep. Since my daughter was born 20 months ago, I really shelved the clubs and my game. Just getting back. About a month ago I started working on a chipping motion (living room carpet) really focusing on pp#3, flat left/bent right. I taped myself w/a mini vid camera and was pleased to see after awhile my L wrist was still flat and my R wrist still bent until my hands were well past my left knee.
At the lesson though, I looked terrible on tape. Clubhead throwaway, L wrist bent. And of course, after the last two weeks of nipping Titlests off my carpet and on to my couch 10 feet away, I got in front of Rick and shanked two chips. Rick asked "What were you thinking prior to impact?". I replied "Don't shank this in to Rick's eye and blind him".
He told me to get an impact bag and work on moving it away by using my pivot, not my hands. Also took me through the alignments on Ben's mat, which is always mind-blowing. My positions are so ingrained, making a move according to any alignments feels completely awkward and instantly forgettable.
Rick's a cool customer--very patient as you said. I'll try to get to him once a month, supplementing what he instructs with what I can learn here. If he's wearing an eye patch next time you see him...sorry.
HF