[golfbulldog]

Day 1 apprentice probably can't handle the myriad options available and needs to be told what to do - item by item - a master craftsman can appreciate the joy of options. As a day 3 apprentice this is was i have found i needed to be told to try and make it work - not sure if its right but....


12-5-1 BASIC MOTION ( by the book ! )

"2 feet in both directions
ZERO OUT THE PIVOT, shoulder turn and accumulator 3
Concerns body alignments ( ie. zone1) , power package component ALIGNMENTS ( ie. FLYING WEDGES ) and arm motion power accumulators ( # 1 and #4 )"

consequently:-

Here are two items which are not expressly identified in the 12-5-1 section

As swinging is so often associated with centrifugal force, flywheel and pivot it is hard to work out what to do when you try to swing BASIC MOTION but you are not allowed to pivot??

A key for me was realising that swinging is PULLING - and you can use pivot to pull OR the left arm

"10-3-D. PULL
The term "Pull" indicates that the Club is being accel¬erated by either Arm (1-F) but always with a Rope Handle procedure, per 2-K, 6-B-4 and 10-11-0. It is always a "Swing," per 10-19-C. (Study 7-1.) When used with a Major Basic Stroke, it can produce Full Power (10-11-0)."

ALSO read

"6-L-0. NON-PIVOT STROKE DELIVERY
In a "Non-Pivot Stroke" the Arm motion begins immediately and proceeds toward the Release Point as independently as possible of any incidental body motion. Monitor slow shots for "Clubhead Sag," i.e. dropping Below Plane in either direction. (See 2-N.) However, for a Zero Pivot Stroke, see 10-12-D. And be sure to locate the Ball well aft of normal to avoid "running out of Right Arm." "

12-5-1 mentions 10-3-A for the right elbow position but in making it happen i think that 10-3-D is the only way i can make a non-pivot pulling motion!

Maybe i just don't get it but i am sure i have read something from Yoda about this - just can't find the thread!


So my understanding of BASIC MOTION swinging is that as a non pivot stroke you have to move the ball back in the stance and your left arm ( without shoulder motion/turn) moves across the chest to power the PULL ( ie. swing)

BUT NOTE THAT PP2 and 3 are listed - there are to be sensed as passive pressure AND THAT PASSIVE PRESSURE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

In the video with Lynn and Ben Doyle - Ben talks about using the pivot to move the hands - this seems to be an extension of Homer's original BASIC MOTION to the "chip pitch". No harm in that as long as you distinguish it from the pivotless stroke that 12-5-1 requests.