The Machine is alive and well in Westchester

[6bmike]

Mike,

Thank you for the kind words. It was also a pleasure meeting you for the first time. I am sure glad we have a forum to talk because my voice is gone after last week. Giving 120 lessons in four days was a first for me. I just got home and I think I lost weight because I didn't get a chance to eat the lunch you kept getting for me. Thank you very much for your help and I can't wait to see all of the video you shot.

Rob

Here are a few of you at work, Rob, including the after and before pics of the older and honorable man who went from bent chicken wing flipper to Flat and Level in a very short time. Nice stuff. He was grinning all day.

I'll post more pics of the others later and a short free video shortly.

btw- I gained weight, the food was outstanding.

[Yoda]

Here are a few of you at work, Rob, including the after and before pics of the older and honorable man who went from bent chicken wing flipper to Flat and Level in a very short time. Nice stuff. He was grinning all day.

6bmike is on the money here, folks. This student made tremendous progress in just 15 minutes. For proof positive, click on Photo #5 and check out the radically different impact alignments.

This is The Gateway (4-D-1).

Great job, Rob!

[EdZ]

Indeed, the 'Machine' is alive and well at Westchester. And not just with Ted and me, but with our whole crew. Manning the Barclays Classic Golf Academy, Jeff Hull, Ben Kitts, Rob Noel, Ted and myself. At the PGA TOUR's The Golf Academy Presented by Gillette Fusion Power, we have Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Henning Lundstrum. In a volunteer capacity, we have Ed Zilavy (EdZ), James Leitz and Mike Plunkett (6bmike).

Our days have been starting with 6 a.m. departure from our hotel and 'on the grounds' at 6:30. In the past two days, we have done some 250 swing analyses and clubfittings and conducted four 'max capacity' Fundamentals clinics on the greens at Westchester CC. Happily, The Golf Channel cameras rolled yesterday in our Academy.

And in the toughest league in the world, Brian Gay has made the cut easily at -4 and is T24 for the tournament.

Life is good.

Truly a pleasure to be part of such a top notch, world class, crew again this year at Barclays and to meet more of 'Team LBG' in person. A great group of gentlemen to be sure!

Clinic after clinic, lesson after lesson - TGM came alive for so many. Flat left, bent right and the unmistakable sound of compression.

Looking forward to seeing 6B's wonderful work, no doubt he captured the 'magic'.

- EdZ

[6bmike]

Truly a pleasure to be part of such a top notch, world class, crew again this year at Barclays and to meet more of 'Team LBG' in person. A great group of gentlemen to be sure!

Clinic after clinic, lesson after lesson - TGM came alive for so many. Flat left, bent right and the unmistakable sound of compression.

Looking forward to seeing 6B's wonderful work, no doubt he captured the 'magic'.

- EdZ

It was great working with you EdZ. Hope we can play golf sometime although your swing will leave me in the dust- but I like hitting first.

I just FTP a short video (7 mins) over to Bagger- a teaser sort of speak. Rob Noel works with a student's End position, Ted works a student's Impact and Impact Fix and some things from one of the fundemental clinics by Yoda with Jeff Hull. This is not a real instruction video although a lot of good ol TGM wisdom presented by the best is worth viewing. Indoors the sound was blasted by the much needed air conditioner. More to come. Hope you like the preview. Here is picture of Lynn- vertical and Level to the ground.

6b

[6bmike]

Bagger has posted the Barclay video in "Free Video" section of the Gallery and is located under "Video Previews" (corrected-mp)

This 'feature' gives a taste of what the four day event was like. Rob Noel and Ted Fort teaching in the "Bays"- a tough place with hot lights and a loud air conditioner- mixed with Lynn and Jeff Hull outside with the 'fundamentals' clinic. The clip is rich with TGM/LBG wisdom. Later, I'll post a clip of Ben Kitts and Jeff sharing duties in the Fitting Bay.

Lynn calls the Flat Vertical Left Wrist the Key of the game.

To me:
A Flat VERTICAL Left Wrist is the nucleus of the 'machine.'

Nucleus
1. a central or most important item or part that has others grouped or built around it.


The Flat Vertical Left Wrist is everything.

I will get another video up this week from Barclay showing off some of the other guys and then a Premium Video will follow.

6b

[Uppndownn]

Thank you so much for your video.

"Get the flat left wrist down and this game will open up to you like a rosebed on a Spring morning" Yoda

[Bagger Lance]

Bagger has posted the Barclay video in the Preview Section of the Gallery.

I will get another video up this week from Barclay showing off some of the other guys and then a Premium Video will follow.

6b

The video is posted in the "Free Video" section of the Gallery and is located under "Video Previews".

If you have any problems viewing this video, make sure you have upgraded your Windows Media Player to the latest release. A direct link to the video is here http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...1/Barclay1.wmv

Many thanks to 6BMike for the effort. I know from experience how time consuming it is to edit and produce these videos. Great work Mike!

Yoda is in road warrior mode and is out in "The Desert" prepping John Riegger this week. He'll be checking in later today with some thoughts about Barclays.

[6bmike]

The video is posted in the "Free Video" section of the Gallery and is located under "Video Previews".

If you have any problems viewing this video, make sure you have upgraded your Windows Media Player to the latest release. A direct link to the video is here http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...1/Barclay1.wmv

Many thanks to 6BMike for the effort. I know from experience how time consuming it is to edit and produce these videos. Great work Mike!

Yoda is in road warrior mode and is out in "The Desert" prepping John Riegger this week. He'll be checking in later today with some thoughts about Barclays.

Corrected my post, Bagger. I shot a lot in HD with a Canon XH A1- a lot of camera that takes a lot of hard drive space. I already have four 500 Gigs and a few portable Lacies and still need another. Well, there is always the one at work. . We do a lot of video for our 'online' web site.

[YodasLuke]

It was another awesome LBG Academy.

There are times that golf schools have simple modes of transportation.

But, the courtesy car for an LBG Academy: BMW 750 LI

It was devastating....when I had to return the keys.

[6bmike]

And you loved to drive it fast, Ted. It was a great car. You kept it, right?

Here are a few pics from The Gillette side of the clinic along with a pic or two of Ben Kitts who taught and gave fittings on the Barclay side. I'll post another short featurette video from the Gillette side this week. I'm looking to put the stills in a slide show or Powerpoint.

1- Henning on the mats with a student and Bill Castner reviewing tape with a student.
2- Steve Ferguson looking at the computer during a Henry-Griffitts fitting.
3- Bill Castner- my new Jersey neighbor and friend with students.
4- Ben Kitts fixes a lie issue
5- Ben Kitts teaching

6b- your LBG historian.