Originally Posted by bts
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Can't think of any ultimate reason except "Steering" (3-F-7-A), the Number One malfunction as Mr. Kelley wrote. Therefore, the "Number One" enemy of golf.
Why do people "Steer", despite of knowing (or not) they are not supposed to?
Can't help!!! It's an instinct, a habit, a way of living, and why golf, as well as life, is so fascinating.
How do you help something "can't help"?
What the hell....? The sun rises tomorrow!!
Without "Steering", golf is boring.
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Most uneducated golfers, when on the course, try to make the shot rather than the motion. Let the motion make the shot.
Steering gets its job done with the aid of its partner in crime: Quitting. And the reason we quit is because it is instinctual. Trust you natural instincts and you will be wrong. Hogan said it and I will also. Now here is the important point: uneducated golfer return their hands to the mid-line of their brain, not to the center of the arm motion (for a golfer using the left shoulder as the center of the motion). Try this experiment, while in front of your computer, make your Right Forearm Flying Wedge with an imaginary club. Now look at it. Is your forearm pointing directly in front of you at twelve o'clock or is it pointing between ten and eleven o'clock. If it is pointing in front of you, you have just returned it to the mid-line of your brain. The RFFW should be orientated to the center of the motion (left shoulder), which is Left Side (center) Orientation. To get it there requires a shift in brain function. Until you get that in your coconut, quitting and steering are your daily companions. They are the silent killers of your game. Try typing on your computer with the screen off-center all day today. Pretty anoying after a while. We instinctively bring things back to our center.
Left Side (Center) Orientation may help many of you feel Hinge Action for the first time, Swivel for the first time and even a Flat Left Wrist for the first time as well as many other benefits. The Arm motion needs to know where its center is. It has made a difference in so many of my students. Ben Doyle teaches it and so does Lynn Blake. It can trasform your game to a new level, just by changing your concept and overcoming your natural instinct.