Informal Hitters Poll
 

Just to satisfy my curiosity. Hitters only please...

Do you set up with:
1) Mid Body Hands
2) Impact Hands

Do you use lagging clubhead takeaway?
1) Yes
2) No

Please just quote and delete the wrong answer.

Thank you,
Kevin

I'll start.

Do you set up with:
2) Impact Hands

Do you use lagging clubhead takeaway?
2) No

Do you set up with:

2) Impact Hands

Do you use lagging clubhead takeaway?

2) No

Certainly Impact Hands, but I'm really not that sure of the lag part.

Nope, you don't lag. Yet... :laughing9 :laughing9 :laughing9

Mid body hands and RFT

Depends whether its an even or odd day in the Mayan calendar.

So, Id say Yes to all of em when Hitting.

One is not merely born insane, he has to earn it the hard way!

And you're leaving out my 1.5 between IMpact and mid body Hands.


OK here is my real answer........Three Barrel Hitting: 2 and 2. Four Barrel (which is Hitting by definition) : 1 to 1.5 and 1.

Why all the tuff questions all of sudden? Kev, if you add in Drive or Drag Loading and maybe whether you load the #3 pp at the knuckle or the first joint.............you'd be in the Lab and just as nuts as I am.

LOL, we all have our issues. :eyes:

I'm asking more out of curiosity than anything. Just fun to know what folks are working on...

I feel my foundation is more solid, and my strikes more consistent with impact hands, but I can get a little more lag with mid body and LCT.

Thanks for the answers gang!

Kevin

First of all a publig thank you to Kev for sending me his wonderful document on hitting (if you don't have it , ask him , it's a precious gem !!!) .

To satisfy your curiosity :

Set up: impact hands

Do you use lagging clubhead takeaway?
No


Thanks again Kev .

You are very welcome!

I just returned from hitting balls with my friends Jerry and Kevin Sweeney. Everybody nears us knows we're golf nuts because we try to talk about TGM as though we're YODA... It's such a kick and we are having a blast!

I was really stuck for awhile on the right forearm on plane at setup. I really feel great with it, but until a conversation with YODA it wasn't consistent day to day. My key now is a level left wrist at set up, getting me into the same position EVERY time. To find that position, I really need impact hands with a flat left wrist. It gives me a ton of confidence in my ball striking, but maybe not as powerful as I feel with LCT.

After hitting balls today, I'm just not going to mess with it. The foundation is sooooo good this way. I feel like Brian Gay, if only I had his putting stroke!

Thanks again for the responses.

Kevin

Me too Kev. I find that when Im struggling to get the Right Arm On Plane at Address its always the same problem........low hands instead of the Left Wrist being Level. This happens when I start thinking left side thoughts (wrist cock) instead of right side thoughts. Im very right sided normally but sometimes go searching for #2 Angle and start to build a little in at Address in my Left Hand. Its an old, old habit.

When I do get back to a Level Left Wrist things start working properly again ........its a lesson I learn over and over again. Come to think of it, maybe I was doing a bit of that today! Hmmm?

Advance Planning
 

It's not difficult if you burn it into your setup routine. Start with the the club in your right hand and walk up to the ball. Get the right forearm in line with the shaft and adjust your body to it while taking your stance. Either set your grip ahead of time or after you've taken your stance. Now use extensor action to stretch the left arm without changing the right elbow bend. Don't move your spine up or down once you've set the alignment except to adjust for low point and permit extensor action.

You'll probably note a couple of things. You will "feel" more bent over by a few inches and the right shoulder will "feel" more "down" at address causing what "feels" like some tilt to the spine/shoulder.
Using quotes here because you won't see much difference on video.

I really like Ben Doyles setup routine for all of this.

Do you set up with:
2) Impact Hands

Do you use lagging clubhead takeaway?
2) No

Bagger,

I missed this post earlier...

Is Mr. Doyles set up routine similar to Brian's in YODA's video? I really like his routine...

Kamandi,

thanks for the reply!

O.B.

Speaking of the level left wrist, now that the snow is gone I was able to work with YODA's lesson on the level left wrist in basic motion. Remember his post and pictures of Brian Gay and Steve Stricker? Amazing stuff. Unbelievable how consistent we can be really quick with this system!

Thanks my friends,
Kevin

2) impact hands
2) no

Your welcome, Kevin. :)

Thanks Man.

Impact hands at address are much more popular than I thought!

Kevin

Is that the point of the "Crapsmacker " video?
 

I set up exactly this way today. Sometimes, I just drove my low shoulder through the ball, and it was really fun!

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[quote=Bagger Lance;71378]It's not difficult if you burn it into your setup routine. Start with the the club in your right hand and walk up to the ball. Get the right forearm in line with the shaft and adjust your body to it while taking your stance. Either set your grip ahead of time or after you've taken your stance. Now use extensor action to stretch the left arm without changing the right elbow bend. Don't move your spine up or down once you've set the alignment except to adjust for low point and permit extensor action.

You'll probably note a couple of things. You will "feel" more bent over by a few inches and the right shoulder will "feel" more "down" at address causing what "feels" like some tilt to the spine/shoulder.