[dkerby]

Hogan's belt thing comes from the book, "I remember Ben Hogan"
Pages 151 & 152. Ben told Bob Waynne, at Shady Oaks, to take
his belt off, and tie it around just above the elbows and then
hit balls till your hands bleed. What Waynne said, "I went to
the range and then he (Mr. Hogan) explained the whold thing
to me like he was a physics teacher or something. My backswing
was too far, my elbows were flying, etc. He taught me from
that lesson that you have to keep your elbows close together.
It's hard to do, yeah, but once you realize you can do, it helps.
It cut down on my big looping backswing, so it made my clubhead
speed on the downswing faster and I kept my eye on the ball
better.

The above is for reference as to one of the places that the
belt idea came from.