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Old 02-09-2006, 12:19 AM
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Should there be a feeling of pressure/contact at #4 during address and start up (through the backstroke)? I understand how the arm gets "welded" across the chest at start down, but I think I have a tendency to be "loose" in the upper left arm area prior to reaching the top of the backswing which might lead to some excess movement in transition.

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Old 02-09-2006, 10:10 AM
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I get your point
Pressure Point #4 is active only on the Downstroke.

Try applying Extensor Action to give the left arm full extension at all times (at least to Follow-Through).
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:38 AM
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I agree with Drew. There is no need to create artificial pressure on PP#4. To the best of my knowledge, only PP#3 can be artifically loaded to any advantage, and thats for short shots only.
Good advice on extensor action to get rid of the feel of being disconnected at transition. If properly executed, it will also help you keep the club on the right plane from startup, and through the backstroke swivel to the top. You may be taking the club back inside if there is artificial pressure now.

If you are conditioned to feeling pressure on #4 during your backstroke, it will take some time to learn the feel of not having any pressure until startdown. Extensor action will help you feel solid.

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Old 02-09-2006, 12:34 PM
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#3 and putting
Originally Posted by Bagger Lance
I agree with Drew. There is no need to create artificial pressure on PP#4. To the best of my knowledge, only PP#3 can be artifically loaded to any advantage, and thats for short shots only.
Good advice on extensor action to get rid of the feel of being disconnected at transition. If properly executed, it will also help you keep the club on the right plane from startup, and through the backstroke swivel to the top. You may be taking the club back inside if there is artificial pressure now.

If you are conditioned to feeling pressure on #4 during your backstroke, it will take some time to learn the feel of not having any pressure until startdown. Extensor action will help you feel solid.

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Very good advice and can be very useful in putting.
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Old 02-09-2006, 01:04 PM
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Artificial Lag Pressure
Originally Posted by Bagger Lance

To the best of my knowledge, only PP#3 can be artifically loaded to any advantage, and thats for short shots only.
What Bagger is talking about here is gripping the Club with a tight Right Forefinger (6-B-1-D). This 'artificial Lag Pressure' is very useful in Strokes where there is too little Acceleration Time (length of Stroke) or too gradual an Acceleration Rate (Lag Pressure) to develop an adequate 'Clubhead Feel.' The player then substitutes the tight Right Forefinger Pressure for the normal Clubhead Lag Pressure to direct the Sweetspot On Plane through Impact.

Interestingly, Byron Nelson, in his 1946 classic Winning Golf, recommended the tight Right Forefinger on all Shots. Whether he applied that Pressure deliberately (during the Address Routine) or merely sensed it being applied (during the Downstroke by the Clubhead Lag) is a question only he could answer.
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:40 PM
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Good inputs gentlemen. Sounds like extensor action may be the key (again).

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Old 02-10-2006, 09:11 AM
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Compda, could you comment this thread seeing ive seen your reds on tape, you sure seem like a left tit man yourself...
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:07 PM
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Compda, could you comment this thread seeing ive seen your reds on tape, you sure seem like a left tit man yourself...
Hi JJ,

On the downstroke, I feel like I am squeezing milk out of my left tit...LOL...HOWL...HAHA
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by comdpa
Hi JJ,

On the downstroke, I feel like I am squeezing milk out of my left tit...LOL...HOWL...HAHA

Is it gettin a "lil nipply" in here?
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