[EdZ]

I'm in the learning phase, so maybe I can be a sample of the student population.

A teacher who has all the information told me to "turn around my *spine*" and to "swing left." I literally attempted to swing by turning laterally around each section of my spine (instead of a swing center). Then I would try to swing left. The results: I lost 25 yards and gained 8 strokes. I made many visits back to better understand the information, but the information never got specific.

In fact, I had to go to the internet to figure out his advice. A google search got me to the yellow book.

I think some teachers fail to realize that vague information can be interpreted lots of ways, and the student leaves guessing which is correct and in search of the confidence he lost.

I don't know why some teachers behave thisway, whether it is out of apathy or out of a lack of respect for the student's intellect, but being vague is a real detriment to a student.

Fortunately for me, I have found one of the best out there to guide me along...

Any thought of 'swing left' tends to produce a right shoulder and/or right foream that is way too high through impact, a round house move. It may work as a band aid for some because they effectively use the right shoulder to compensate for uneducated hands and misaligned flying wedges, and try to square up with a right shoulder 'lunge'.

Far better to learn to get that right shoulder moving down plane, and to learn proper hinge action and Rhythm.

Chip, pitch, punch. The right arm straightens down and OUT, through impact, to both arms straight