"Extensor Action" is simply the maintenance of the integrity of the Flying Wedges, as assembled at address. It is neither optional in its application or variable as to which arm you feel the need to extend.
The right arm has to have its tendency to straighten controlled by the "check reign" effect applied by the left arm.
"Extensor Action" is simply the maintenance of the integrity of the Flying Wedges, as assembled at address. It is neither optional in its application or variable as to which arm you feel the need to extend.
The right arm has to have its tendency to straighten controlled by the "check reign" effect applied by the left arm.
Aint' that the simple truth?
"... and then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anais Nin)
When the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of change...then change is possible. Hugh Nose (no really I don't know who to attribute this to! Adler maybe? )
Extensor action is CRUCIAL everywhere but especially when precision is a premium i.e. around the 41/2 inch center of gravity we are all drawn to (some sooner than others. Go Sooners!) I become more structured the closer I get to the hole! EA is the indespensible precision tension without rigor mortis force! It is easy to demonstrate but I find some people think it an optional extra. The day Yoda does an article in Golf Digest about the flying wedges is the day Mike O's space ship breaks the atmosphere of muddled golf instruction! If only the aticle had been written when Okie was a mere sprout. You still would not have heard of me...but I would have smiled more!
I recall from the video where Yoda is striping one frozen rope drive after the other (all layered up with clothing and liquored up with unbridled enthusiasm) the last thing he says before start up is "extensor action" then "kablamo" Pardon my Grade A sycophance (not to confused with what bucket has) but I have seen them all (best in the world since say Seve) and your swing/hit is a thang of beauty, Mr Yoda. When the crucial alignments are preset then set it just looks "right" I have watched that particular video...100 times...easy!
Mike O (The Big O) please count this as a double post. I got youngins crawling all over the place. Momma bear is under the weather! How to apply a normal force in child rearing!
The left tricep is flexed the same whether you extend the left arm as per Daryl's alternate procedure or you pull it to extension with the right arm. So, either way, the Left Arm is essentially inert.
When the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of change...then change is possible. Hugh Nose (no really I don't know who to attribute this to! Adler maybe? )
Extensor action is CRUCIAL everywhere but especially when precision is a premium i.e. around the 41/2 inch center of gravity we are all drawn to (some sooner than others. Go Sooners!) I become more structured the closer I get to the hole! EA is the indespensible precision tension without rigor mortis force! It is easy to demonstrate but I find some people think it an optional extra. The day Yoda does an article in Golf Digest about the flying wedges is the day Mike O's space ship breaks the atmosphere of muddled golf instruction! If only the aticle had been written when Okie was a mere sprout. You still would not have heard of me...but I would have smiled more!
I recall from the video where Yoda is striping one frozen rope drive after the other (all layered up with clothing and liquored up with unbridled enthusiasm) the last thing he says before start up is "extensor action" then "kablamo" Pardon my Grade A sycophance (not to confused with what bucket has) but I have seen them all (best in the world since say Seve) and your swing/hit is a thang of beauty, Mr Yoda. When the crucial alignments are preset then set it just looks "right" I have watched that particular video...100 times...easy!
Mike O (The Big O) please count this as a double post. I got youngins crawling all over the place. Momma bear is under the weather! How to apply a normal force in child rearing!
I beg your forgiveness. I did not mean to imply that Extensor Action is optional. I am merely asking, if perhaps, another way is feasible.
I beg your forgiveness. I did not mean to imply that Extensor Action is optional. I am merely asking, if perhaps, another way is feasible.
No forgiveness necessary for the Right Honorable Gentleman, Daryl! I get what you are saying. My "some think it optional" is merely an attempt to highlight the importance of a normal tension (artificially manufactured?) force in the swing. Few people (number growing, however) know that you gotta support what you load! Kinda like you gotta feed what you done brung into the world!
You got EA, I got EA...Bucket's got ADD! The Few...the Proud...The Machines!
Gotta go gamma ray some mac and cheese!
I agree with your description Daryl.
Some people have extensor action in tons(Ted Fort) -for others,particularly swingers like me ,it is not as severe.
I find it much easier to apply more EA on shorter shots-maybe I just feel it more.
The tough bit for me is "how much",because it can have an affect on wristcock.
The secret IMO is being able to bend the right elbow while trying to straighten that right arm-then not using right arm power on the way down-just keeping the pressure on.
Hybrid Mode
