I'm also left hand dominant, since I started playing. And I also have trouble with the inert left arm. Right handed thoughts make me feel like I'm throwing it away.
I am in the same boat - I felt like I reached my power limit hitting lefthanded tennis backhands.
I learning to keep the right arm/hand shaft on the inclined plane board - keeping the left side dormant - (this is what I feel). Lots of right forearm With a big hinge/swivel feel into impact. Watching the Tomasello letter videos helped me. I have also tinkered with the driving right shoulder bent right arm - the move totally removes the fell of the left arm.
Ted makes a good point about customizing your approach for your student. I had a bad habit or letting my lower body fly out and it would be fore right.
The last two times I've seen Ted we've worked on the swing thought of driving my right arm past my left leg, and almost feeling no pivot at all.
I'm definitely pivoting, but it's a "feel vs real" approach.
I'm recommitting myself to hitting again as well, and hit balls for four hours the past two days, I'm mashing the irons very well, just got to keep slowing myself down some with the longer clubs, so I don't get sloppy.
Firstly I wish all here a Happy and Prosperous New Year
I have tried very hard in the last 8 mths to learn swingers teqnique,some results have been very pleasing,some not.
I have vowed and declared that I will be returning to and staying with H/pattern for '09 ,possibly beyond (god willing) . My aim for the '09 year is to get down to 4 hcp(presently 7).So Ted ,heaps of questions coming in the near future.....Cheers and Happy New year to all at LBG
Thanks guys for your input
First game in 09 after changing back to hitting,played at a resort course here in oz (called BARHAM) 4 over par and got R/up.
The most pleasing part is that on a lot of holes we had to avoid bunkers with drives,and my swing held firm under a lot of tests
Thanks TED for answer regarding shoulder to release,I will work on that more diligently.
Down with shoulder to release and then straighten R/arm through to straight
I too am activiely returning to smackville..last week i did 4 reps of 12 with 75 lbs on a pulldown machine so i could feel my triceps and what it feels like to activate and use them during a stroke... now i know what it feels like..Another key is a ssssssllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwww start down .. my previous attempts at hitting were convoluted by over accelleration
my question is with crossline delivery is a shut face essential( currently play blades no offset) or can you adjust low point for a square separation?
You want to Deliver the bent Right Arm into Release. Straightening later is better. I Drag the club in Start Down via the Pivot, then I Drive the Club through Impact with the late straightening of the Right Arm.
The immediate straightening of the Right Arm from the Top is weak. You want the Right Arm to be fully straight at Follow Through (2 feet past the ball). If you begin the straightening from the Top and (best case scenario) your Right Arm becomes straight at Follow Through, you have spread the straightening of the Right Arm throughout the entire Downstroke. It equates to a large Release Interval. More often than not, when the straightening starts at Top, the Right Arm becomes fully straight prior to Impact. If anyone tells you to straighten the Right Arm from the Top, hand them their sign .
On the other hand, if you straighten the Right Arm as late as possible, you've compressed the straightening of the Right Arm into a small amount of time. This equates to a small Release Interval. If you have the need for speed, this is the stroke you want.
Luke,I have no questions this time,as a result of your last question re-startdown I believe I have found something that is vital to my quest to become confident using Hitters pattern,and solid.
Imagine for a moment that you are standing beside a brick wall with your left side against the wall,widen your stance to driver width,Now ,imagine swinging a sledge hammer from just above shoulder height and hitting it at the bottom row of bricks,here,s the thing,in order to deliver that blow there is a natural weight transfer from R/foot to L/foot ,this in itself isnt what I found,I found a core or natural centering of my axis if you like,Im not sure how to explain it,but it has assisted me enormously in being able to deliver the hitting action as you have described ala shoulder then straightening of the R/forearm.
This is most likely a bizzare way to explain what my body is feeling ,but its the only way I can describe the FEELING. To day I practiced starting down with the R/shoulder and was more consistant than I have been for quite a while. (just 2 shanks out of 100 balls lol)
Watching the Tomasello letter videos helped me. I have also tinkered with the driving right shoulder bent right arm - the move totally removes the fell of the left arm.
Is Tommy driving the right arm in the Deitrick videos, or is he throwing the hands? Tommy makes it look like the simplest way to hit a golf ball nicely.
I wish he was still around to elaborate on the video letter.
whats the preffered elbow position in a hitting procedure? Pitch or punch?
Ive spoken to a real good TGM'er that hits, says punch is easier and dosent require the ultra quick hands that hitting from a pitch position requires. But he also says pitch is a beautiful thing if you can get it done.
whats the preffered elbow position in a hitting procedure? Pitch or punch?
Ive spoken to a real good TGM'er that hits, says punch is easier and dosent require the ultra quick hands that hitting from a pitch position requires. But he also says pitch is a beautiful thing if you can get it done.
thanks
Pitch is extreme, and Push is extreme. Punch is anything in-between. It's tough to move the Release Point as close to the ball as a someone using a Snap Release/Pitch Elbow. But, the Hitter can move it to an earlier or later point to manipulate speed and trajectory. If you wait as long as possible, you better have some fast twitch muscle fibers.
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