[Yoda]

I have seen his tapes and they ain't all bad. He draws the clubface on peoples left wrist . . . so he talks about the hands controlling everything . . .

I apologize in advance for this threadjack, but the mention of A.J. Bonar brought to mind our recent trip to the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California. The afternoon we arrived, Rob Noel, James Leitz, V.J. Trolio and myself hopped over to A.J.'s Carlsbad teaching facility. Here are a few photos from that fruitful excursion. Click on the photo, then View and Full Screen, and you'll see that we really got into it! [I'll move this post over to its rightful place, the TPI thread in The Lab, in a few days.]

1. Bucket...A.J. not only draws clubfaces on his students' Left Hands, he also puts one on his glove. Check it out in the first photo! Note, also, that the Left Wrist is vertical, i.r., perpendicular, to the ground. This is a very natural positon -- all set for the Swinger's Horizontal Hinging or the Hitter's Angled Hinging or the manipulated Vertical Hinging -- for those who would play their best golf (more or less!) all the time.

2. We all get a Putting Lesson from A.J. Left to right, that's Rob, James and V.J. Yoda, as usual, is behind the lens.

3. V.J. and I are hunkered down around A.J.'s computer as he talks about his preferred Left Wrist condition at the Top and uses top TOUR professionals as his models.

4. Rob, V.J. and James talk Swing Radius and Center with A.J.

5. Yoda drives A.J.'s 'Nail' training aid into the ground.

6. James and A.J. talk about the Flat Left Wrist and its Motions through Impact.

7. V.J. hammers one long and deep with A.J.'s now-famous training aid, 'Da Bat.' Check out that clubhead!