That is a good post....I have no problem with any of that Lynn.
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BTW I just realized y'all may (also?) have been talking about Hardy, etc.....with "swinging left." Maybe an oversight on my part.
Anyway when certain people ("spaghetti eatin"...lol- if you catch my drift) say "swing left" though....
....what they mean by that is exactly as you say it Lynn:
After moving down and out until reaching Low Point the clubhead begins to move IN.
In other words- Trace a straight Plane Line!!
I mean......we all know how this works.......so I dunno if there is some kind of confusion as to what people teach.....or maybe confusion on my part with regards to exactly WHO is teaching whatever y'all think they are teaching.
Anyway tho....
The other thing that remains in all this I guess is: What about "swinging RIGHT?"
Well that of course is fine too. (if not exaggerated) Cause if you go back up to your summarizing and informative post above- the clubhead does move "to the right" (i.e. towards the Plane Line) until Low Point is reached.
"Swing left"........"Swing right".....
Either one too exaggerated is not so good.....and certain players need more of either one depending on the player....and I'm sure certain players may even need to FEEL a LOT more of one or the other. (i.e. for a fix in the present moment- start at one end of the spectrum....aim to exaggerate towards the other end....and wind up right in the middle)
So ya.....you do both.....
Or in other words--once again--Trace a straight Plane Line.
Last edited by birdie_man : 04-19-2007 at 01:09 AM.
Anyway when certain people "swing left" though....what they mean by that is exactly as you say it Lynn:
After moving down and out until reaching Low Point the clubhead begins to move IN.
In other words- Trace a straight Plane Line!!
Or in other words--once again--Trace a straight Plane Line.
Paul,
Lynn is spot on and you as well! When I mentioned more "left", that's exactly it, continue to trace the plane line! denotation versus connotation thing and maybe I need to clean it up for more precision!
I saw an interesting thread on the GEA, yesterday. The name of the thread was "swing left to swing right". I copied the three attachments that started the thread. It was a copy of an article from a popular publication and from a top 100 instructor. It was written in 1989, but it's still popular advice.
Homer said that you can't swing faster than you turn.
What about someone like Kenny Perry who is a long hitter, yet his hips and shoulders are approximately square (parallel to the target-line) at impact? He has great compression, so is he a counterexample?
P.S. the photo I was looking at was from around 2000.
Matt
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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