I truly see your point of view. Caps, Italics, Bold, and color is used to emphasize because those techniques make words and phrases stand out in comparison.
But if everything is emphasized, then what stands out in comparison? Perhaps judicial use.................
Ah, what the hell. Life's too short. Have at it.
I wrote the summary after realizing that quote has a ton of info in it. It dawned on me that the ball is not the issue, maybe never the issue, but the plane is the highway whether hitting or swinging!
The sweet spot must stay on plane whether driven or swung!
Thanks for the help! Kevin and Jerry worked a lot with me on the Pivot but the ball was my target. Now, the BLP is where I will throw or derive the club! Lots to learn!
YBGF
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Considering you've been at this for only a few months, you're learning very fast. It must be difficult at your age.
I had one beer. This morning at 5am, my right ankle was twice it's normal size and my right toe felt like Godzilla had gnawed on it.
Golf is easy. Gout is brutal.
There is a medicine that melts the uric acid crystals. One pill 3x a day. It also melts everything else. I took two pills at 5am and a third at 7:30 when we teed off.
Standing on my left leg mostly, I was 12 over for my first 9 holes. I was 5 over for the next 3. and finally 2 over for the last 6. I missed the cut by 2 strokes shooting a 90. Leader shot a 79 and most players shot between an 85-88.
I set my vertical left wrist all day and simply threw it down through the ball. I couldn't pivot with my right foot so I RFT'd as much as possible on the front 9 though that was only less painful on the downswing..
The course had standing water everywhere due to the 5 " of rain it took on Thursday and Friday morning. We played "lift, clean, and place," which I could not hardly do on the front 9. I can't really do that left - legged. Drives plugged. No roll anywhere.
I saw and understood Lynn's "David and Goliath" sling on his video. I understood the TSP with a level left wrist. I understood VJ's "Missing Piece," Daryl's reminder of the vertically uncocking wrist, Kevin and Jerry's Pivot work, Jeff and Ted's positions at address positions.. My round was like one 5 hour meditation on hitting and throwing down with TGM and swinging. I tried hitting at the range but could put much pressure on my right foot.
I just couldn't do it until the back 9 holes.
On the back 9, I was able to march back and through and even put pressure on my right toe in the follow through. Drives cracked and wedges started to plug close to the pin on the last 6 holes.
There were several instances of blatant gamesmanship in my foursome. I have to learn how to respond to that in an effective way without losing my cool. One of our foursome insisted on standing opposite the hole as I putted. After I told him to move on a fifth hole, I threatened to call the pro and inquire about his being DQ'd for "player interference." I had no idea what I was talking about, but he got the message. I have to know the rules of golf in competition. Another player started telling me what to hit on two of the tees. I thanked him for his concern the first time and asked him not to speak to me when I was selecting a club. Then I just told him to mind his own business.
My club is a small public course. There were 35 guys in the "A" flight championship. 80 guys in the "B" flight, and about the same number in the C/D flights. No big deal, right? Both those guys shot 86's. (Why pull that crap on such a minor venue?) SO WHAT? TALK TO US WHEN YOU QUALIFY FOR THE US AMATEUR OR AT LEAST A REGIONAL!
I should've shot an 78 at least! Next year, my stroke will be even more solid and I'll have Ice water and Salmon for dinner, the night before! Next challenge: regularly shooting par or better!
YBGF
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
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1) TGM is very, very useful as a set of templates accurately describing the forces of an effective golf swing.
2) Even a casual knowledge of TGM can help almost any golfer, a lot.
3) Shooting par is do-able for a non-professional in general, and for a person with an artificial hip in particular, given the insights offered by TGM.
4) After 67 rounds this year, and several hundred buckets of balls, there must be a more efficient way to study TGM and apply its insights.
5) Next Spring, I will reach the "par shooter" designation by "front-loading" my training with at least one 3-day trip to see Yoda, if possible.
I'm sorry Yoda, for not seeing you sooner. I enjoy Westerns and I have discovered that the journey is sometimes as intriguing as the destination. Sometimes, however, there are hostile natives and terrain that is better avoided.
I will be rooting for the Twins and Phillies in the MLB playoffs. I'd love to seethem play baseball with snow packed along the sides of the stadium!
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 10-04-2010 at 12:26 PM.
Considering you've been at this for only a few months, you're learning very fast. It must be difficult at your age.
Ok, I have been searching around the driving range trying to feel Axis Tilt. I have watched the Barclay's video and other videos Lynn has done.
What I think I know is that I can feel the Axis Tilt by dropping to the Elbow Plane. I think my right hip clears and the back shoulder comes down plane. My hands speed up and it seems like I automatically hit the ball on the inside quadrant, straight and longish.
I also tried shooting my left shoulder up as a way of inducing the Pivot, dropping the shoulder and elbow on a sharp angle on the ball with good results.
Is that how other people do the Axis Tilt? I guess I could also pop my right knee toward my left, roll my right ankle back and through, or turn back and through around my right knee. I could also pop my left knee forward but that makes me imagine the metal rod in that leg and it just doesn't seem like a long-term solution.
???
YBGF
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Ok, I have been searching around the driving range trying to feel Axis Tilt. I have watched the Barclay's video and other videos Lynn has done.
What I think I know is that I can feel the Axis Tilt by dropping to the Elbow Plane. I think my right hip clears and the back shoulder comes down plane. My hands speed up and it seems like I automatically hit the ball on the inside quadrant, straight and longish.
I also tried shooting my left shoulder up as a way of inducing the Pivot, dropping the shoulder and elbow on a sharp angle on the ball with good results.
Is that how other people do the Axis Tilt? I guess I could also pop my right knee toward my left, roll my right ankle back and through, or turn back and through around my right knee. I could also pop my left knee forward but that makes me imagine the metal rod in that leg and it just doesn't seem like a long-term solution.
???
YBGF
Stand erect with your shoulders level and your head centered. While keeping your head centered, move your hips two inches to the left and notice how your right shoulder lowers. That's it. Set up that way before take-away and forgetaboutit.
Thrust is aimed at the inside-aft quadrant of the ball. The Clubface is hook faced so it will hit the Back of the Ball. If your thrust was toward the back of the ball, the clubface may contact the outside of the ball.
Anyway, now that Winter is approaching, you'll begin to have Golf withdrawal symptoms.
Stand erect with your shoulders level and your head centered. While keeping your head centered, move your hips two inches to the left and notice how your right shoulder lowers. That's it. Set up that way before take-away and forgetaboutit.
Thrust is aimed at the inside-aft quadrant of the ball. The Clubface is hook faced so it will hit the Back of the Ball. If your thrust was toward the back of the ball, the clubface may contact the outside of the ball.
Anyway, now that Winter is approaching, you'll begin to have Golf withdrawal symptoms.
Thanks, Daryl.
When I pivot down, the back hip will slide out of the way, automatically, then, with no particular trigger needed?
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
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