[6bmike]

I have to totally agree with Mike. I think hitting is something that I have only seen with TGM. Sure there are hitters that are touring pro's, but I think the hitting stroke in its pure form is something you rarely see displayed outside of TGM -- you can see this by going to any local range and you won't see anyone displaying an obvious hitting stroke.

What is interesting is that I think hitting is the natural tendency for most people, but almost all golf instruction is geared toward swinging to you get a lot of confused and frustrated "switters" -- like I was.

The amazing thing is how easy and repeatable the hitting stroke can be once you get rid of the "switter" stuff and making compensations.

Keith

PS - Mike, funny you mention about working with your son w/baseball. About a week ago I worked with my son with something that helped him hit the baseball much better. He was chopping down on the ball and getting a lot grounders and a friend of mine noticed that his right elbow was down when he was hitting...I worked with him before a game with getting that right elbow up and just like that he was hitting line drives to the outfield. At that point I was thinking that there was a lot of analogies between the baseball stroke and the TGM hitting stroke -- especially with loading the elbow.

Wish I had the same problem. My son is the fungo king- hahah. He tries to hit under the ball and lifts them high in the air. He is still very young and enjoys eating dirt behind the plate as the catcher.

We were working on his "backswing" at the plate. If anyone never thought a batter has a backswing check out Bernie Williams- maybe the best pivot in baseball. He really loads it up. Move it in slow motion. Amazing.


http://www.geocities.com/sixbeeonede...Williams2.mpeg