Sorry Burley...I am bad...so many questions :salut:



Hogan said something about a belt looping around the elbows in an articule titled "Learning Good Golf by Sense"...and nowadays we have many arm connection type training aids.

I also want to have a device that can make the swing became so easy to learn and perform...I will try one as per your design this week and feel it.

Thanks for your insight. :salut:

I hope you can add some more insight to it. I bet Yoda either already had something like this, or is making one to see if it has any merit to use.

I was just trying to be creative, nothing is going to help my swing unless I get that left knee and pivot under control. I sure do hit the ball good with it on though, wish it was legal on the course..haha! Glad so many people liked it, the R.A.T. is cheap to make and the idea is free to all, enjoy!.

BurleyGolf-

Rubber Rats
 

Naah . . . I just use a band of tubing to demonstrate the Straight Line Delivery Path of Thrust (Aiming Point / 6-E-2). I wrap the tube around the right hand (and the #3 Pressure Point / Right Index Finger) and then either stand (with my left foot) on the other end (not exactly the Aiming Point but students get the idea!) or anchor it under (a) the assisting student's foot (at the precise Aiming Point / Ball Location) or (b) under some similarly located heavy piece of equipment.

In the end, it's all to make a very big point:

The Right Arm -- always with the Pivot doing its job -- takes the Club Up Plane with a 'wind up' motion identical with throwing a ball. If you are an athlete who has thrown a million balls, you have a leg up. If not . . .

There is more to learn.

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Here you go KOC, I shot a DTL for everyone. Hope this helps you get a better view.



BurleyGolf-

Hogan's Bound Arms . . . No Mas . . . For Once and For All . . . No Mas
 

Please, KOC, and with all due respect to the late Mr. Hogan . . . NO!

No constricting belts around the arms.

No constricting yarn entwining the arms.

No constricting towels under the arms.

All these inhibit the free Right Arm and Elbow Action on the Backstroke. We are, after all, 'winding up' to 'throw a ball'.

Instead, at Fix (and then at Address) align the Left Arm Flying Wedge and the Right Arm Flying Wedge at right angles to each other. [For newbies, please use the search function. There are countless posts on this subject. See the arm alignments in my avatar for the Accelerated Course. :smile:]

From Start Up, connect the 'wedges' with the 'glue' of Extensor Action. This is no big deal: simply let the free Right Arm tug the Left into the Backstoke.

Finally, understand Right Elbow action and its participation throughout the Stroke. It lifts and lowers the Left Arm as it Cocks and Uncocks the Left Wrist.

This is Zone 2:

Arms aligned to produce Clubhead Power and Force.

Thanks Yoda...I fully understood what you have been reminding us the elbow drawing in the 5 lessons book is not a real deal.



When the right elbow went too far apart from the left one or swung like the picture, the function of wrists would also be distorted...I think that's why Hogan addressed the issue.

Belt Idea
 

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.

I had to take the R.A.T. off, I applied for the patten and had my lawyer send in all the info and what ever money 2 days ago, and he told me to take it off. As soon as I get the patten back in a few weeks or longer I will put it back up.

Thanks,
BurleyGolf