...which is why Yoda and Luke prefer to teach it around a putting green.
It's true that it's almost impossible to get anyone to do Basic Motion on the range. You have to have a flag less than 10 yards away to get anyone to keep the stroke less than two feet back and two feet through.
P.S. I did get a laugh out of the "painfully small" part.
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It's true that it's almost impossible to get anyone to do Basic Motion on the range. You have to have a flag less than 10 yards away to get anyone to keep the stroke less than two feet back and two feet through.
P.S. I did get a laugh out of the "painfully small" part.
The pain was all mine as you and Yoda were watching me try to get the thing down to 2' x 2' as I recall. Basic Motion is not easy.
In my opinion you can go a little further back for acquired motion:
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12-5-2 ACQUIRED MOTION
Motion not to exceed the level-to-the-ground position of the Right Forearm. Zero Pivot except Shoulder Turn. Add Accumulator #3 and any needed Shoulder Turn.
But the definition isn't as important as the great work you have done. Simply beautiful. I would love to see your acquired motion 2 months ago, it wouldn't even resemble what you have now. FANTASTIC!
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I think the light bulb is going off a little. The key for me while working on this basic motion was gradual acceleration of the club head with deliberate motion of the hands. In the past I would "shove" my hands to the aiming point with horrendous results. If I work the hands to my aiming point as described I can feel a effortless "unwinding" of the club head into impact. It will be interesting now that I know the "feel" I want with my hands how this translates to longer clubs and swings.
I think the light bulb is going off a little. The key for me while working on this basic motion was gradual acceleration of the club head with deliberate motion of the hands. In the past I would "shove" my hands to the aiming point with horrendous results. If I work the hands to my aiming point as described I can feel a effortless "unwinding" of the club head into impact. It will be interesting now that I know the "feel" I want with my hands how this translates to longer clubs and swings.
Kev's right, great stuff there. Acquired motion not Basic but great. I like what you're saying about the feel in your hands too. When you do those little shots and concentrate on sustaining the lag pressure at the #3 pp you will eventually notice a definite correlation between Lag Pressure maintenance and good compression..........a "well I be go to heck" kind of realization that is the secret and the essence of G.O.L.F. Try it out for yourself. After you clank one change your mental focus to the #3 pp and see what happens. After you get the hang of that, try tracing the straight line Plane Line with the loaded #3pp. They work together like hand and glove and for me have become "concentration" in a golf sense.
Research the "Three Stations", Address, Top and Finish notice that it doesnt include Impact. "Let the Motion make the shot". "Steering". This is great stuff only owned by digging it out of the dirt in Basic and Acquired.
Lynn told us a while back that Homer thought The Basic Motion Curriculum of 12-5 would be his greatest contribution to golf. For those of you that dont own the book for fear its too confusing, buy it and skip to 12-5. It is a "non technical, simplified ", step by step approach to improvement that starts with simple little shots and then adds component variations bit by bit until you are in Total Motion.
Its a recipe for learning which references and catalogues the required components. Like an abridged digest, a "cheat sheet" or whatever. There are three lists: Basic Motion, Acquired Motion and Total Motion. They're too long to write out here but its all right there in the yellow book, for those who want to get better. Its also a great way to warm up, even for some guys who make millions of dollars a year playing the game.
You are correct per page 28 of the 7th edition when the #3 accumulator is zeroed out in basic motion the clubhead travel and rythym will be that of an angled hinge.
However the hinge action can still be
horizontal with the toe of the club pointing along the plane line, angled about 45 degrees across the plane line,
or vertical about 90 degrees across the plane line with the clubface looking at the sky
and alway with a flat left wrist vertical to it's associated plane
as stated in paragraph 2 on page 28.
Hinge action by definition is holding the flat left wrist vertical to one of the three basic planes and it can be varied in basic motion to achieve a desired result.
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However the hinge action can still be horizontal with the toe of the club pointing along the plane line, angled about 45 degrees across the plane line, or vertical about 90 degrees across the plane line with the clubface looking at the sky and alway with a flat left wrist vertical to it's associated plane as stated in paragraph 2 on page 28.
Hinge action by definition is holding the flat left wrist vertical to one of the three basic planes and it can be varied in basic motion to achieve a desired result.
a'hem. Hinge Action requires a #3 Accumulator Angle. If you Zero out the #3 Accumulator, then you're merely spinning the Clubface around the Longitudinal Center of Gravity of the Club. You can practice this, and learn something, but technically it's not "Hinge Action". Technically, it's not a Swivel either. It's like turning a key in a lock.
a'hem. Hinge Action requires a #3 Accumulator Angle. If you Zero out the #3 Accumulator, then you're merely spinning the Clubface around the Longitudinal Center of Gravity of the Club. You can practice this, and learn something, but technically it's not "Hinge Action". Technically, it's not a Swivel either. It's like turning a key in a lock.
Hinge action does not require #3.
If you zero #3, all hinge action effectively becomes angled hinge action in rhythm, but you can certainly do all three hinges with zero #3.
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