First TGM Lesson...
 

...in 20 months. Yikes, I'm a mess. Mired in fog. And positions. GSED put me on Ben's mat, had me work with moving club back w/pivot, instead of hands. Now very foggy about how to move club with right forearm w/out doing so at expense of pivot? Would very much appreciate any help.

I can afford about one lesson a month, and I really want to try and stick with my studies--the more I can learn from my friends here, perhaps the more I can take with me to the next lesson.

Grateful, but fogged in,

Hoganfan.

A Hitter, Actuallly...
 

...thanks for taking a minute rwh--any Yoda gems on the same for a hitter?

HF

Your AI?
 

HF,

Was your lesson with Rick Nielsen? At the indoor facility?

teach

Yep. Since my daughter was born 20 months ago, I really shelved the clubs and my game. Just getting back. About a month ago I started working on a chipping motion (living room carpet) really focusing on pp#3, flat left/bent right. I taped myself w/a mini vid camera and was pleased to see after awhile my L wrist was still flat and my R wrist still bent until my hands were well past my left knee.

At the lesson though, I looked terrible on tape. Clubhead throwaway, L wrist bent. And of course, after the last two weeks of nipping Titlests off my carpet and on to my couch 10 feet away, I got in front of Rick and shanked two chips. Rick asked "What were you thinking prior to impact?". I replied "Don't shank this in to Rick's eye and blind him".

He told me to get an impact bag and work on moving it away by using my pivot, not my hands. Also took me through the alignments on Ben's mat, which is always mind-blowing. My positions are so ingrained, making a move according to any alignments feels completely awkward and instantly forgettable.

Rick's a cool customer--very patient as you said. I'll try to get to him once a month, supplementing what he instructs with what I can learn here. If he's wearing an eye patch next time you see him...sorry.

HF