The 160-yard chip...

[david sandridge]

Yoda taught me to twirl the baton with a larger dowel. It took awhile for me to do the backswing, downswing and finish swivel to his satisfaction. Do you have a video of that yoda?

[Yoda]

Yoda taught me to twirl the baton with a larger dowel. It took awhile for me to do the backswing, downswing and finish swivel to his satisfaction. Do you have a video of that yoda?

No, David. But I should.

My wife never played golf -- she sustained a neck injury many years ago that prevented it -- but she had a beautiful swing on the practice tee from the very beginning.

Yoda: What a wonderful Release though the Ball. How do you do it?

Mrs. Yoda: "Ball-Thumb", just like twirling a baton.

Yoda: Ball-Thumb? One of your 'majorette' things? Talk to me!

Mrs. Yoda: It's simple: Your Thumb goes where the 'ball' (of the baton) goes. [Demonstrating a left-handed baton twirl and the perfect Left Wrist Roll through Impact.]



And so it does.

[O.B.Left]

Take a look at this beauty I found while scrounging around, digging for the buried treasures.

Damn, that's a good post. I wonder why Homer didn't say the Right Forearm Wedge "Revolves" around the Hinge. I certainly understand his meaning of Roll, but it's confusing to a lot of people.

Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side
to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.

[Daryl]

Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side
to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.

I understand that. I think when people read the word Roll, they think Swivel.

[HungryBear]

I understand that. I think when people read the word Roll, they think Swivel.

To my thinking: The wedges can only roll and the roll is around the hands. Swivel can not be done to a rffw without cocking/uncocking the right wrist and can not be done to the lfw without bending or arching the left wrist. a "sound geometric" swivel can only take place upon disipation of the wedges- both arms straight. That being said- since we are all built a little different- there is likely "a little" cocking /uncocking of the right hand and a little arching of the left in most swings but it is compensated for well and goes almost un-noticed.

HB

[Daryl]

To my thinking: The wedges can only roll and the roll is around the hands. Swivel can not be done to a rffw without cocking/uncocking the right wrist and can not be done to the lfw without bending or arching the left wrist. a "sound geometric" swivel can only take place upon disipation of the wedges- both arms straight. That being said- since we are all built a little different- there is likely "a little" cocking /uncocking of the right hand and a little arching of the left in most swings but it is compensated for well and goes almost un-noticed.

HB

That's why I thought "Revolve" is a better choice of words.

[BerntR]

Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.

I think if you're stubborn enough you can to a large degree control the face with the right side. But I think you will have a hard time compressing the ball good at the same time. You may find yourself struggling with distance control instead of direction control. Which is OK as long as you're inside 10 feet I guess...

If you really want to have it both ways you can always take the left hand off the club entirely and do a one handed stroke. With some thrustin and some CF it has to be the arm that holds the CF that controls the club face afaics.

[Daryl]

I've heard or read in one of Yoda's earlier posts that one of Homers initial Concepts was that the Right Hand controlled both the Clubhead and Clubface.

Maybe Yoda will comment.

[HungryBear]

Re: The general L/R control/attachment discussion.
The/my first reaction is- Please define the new machine. What can be done and its practicality depends on the NEW machine. What is it's structure? Will it accomodate the imperatives? And Even if it has the capability will it be practical/functional for G.O.L.F.??
Got to get the "easy" questions out of the way first.??

HB

[Yoda]

I've heard or read in one of Yoda's earlier posts that one of Homers initial Concepts was that the Right Hand controlled both the Clubhead and Clubface.

Maybe Yoda will comment.

Actually, what he had hoped to discover was an efficient way to put control of both the Clubface and Clubhead into the same hand. He didn't care which hand -- left or right -- just the same hand.

Over time, he concluded that it could not be done, at least not as well as dividing the responsibilities between the two hands. Hence, his dictum:

"Left Hand Clubface. Right Hand Clubhead."