[Martee]

12 handicap....surely suffer from most of the basics...Where do we start?

What approach should I take in terms of "building from the ground up"?

What do I focus on first, second, third, etc? Pivot, hands, set-up?

Or if thats too much to ask, what 4 areas should I "get under my belt" before tackling other areas? How should I go about it?

Thanks

This might be a bit painful in terms of time, but it seems to me that Homer gave us a three step approach to developing a G.O.L.F. stroke

12-5-1 Basic Motion
12-5-2 Acquired Motion
12-5-3 Total Motion

Initially before jumping in a review of
a. Swing Geometry (Plane Line, etc)
b. 12-1-0 & 12-2-0 (components)

Of course to accomplish each of those steps requires digging out the drills from the book as well as getting some help from the forum experts.

For example the Grip, which most golfers seem to think is easy to master usually, IMO has proven to be the root cause to a great number of swing faults. Today, we just had a post regarding PP#1 and how a hitter should position it and use it.

As each step is done, I would suggest that learning the Flying Wedges, Hinges occur as the components appear.

I know that probably for every 3 balls I hit with the three days with Yoda, at least one was from the Basic Motion. Wedges, Hinges, Right Forearm Tracing, etc. Had one heck of a lot of balls less than 50 yds out. But the accuracy of alignments, the power of the alignments sure came out as the balls began to land in one area out about the same distance. It would have been a piece of cake to shag those vs when I first started.

Granted what I have just outlined is my opinion and it is not a short term undertaking.

I would suggest that having an AI either in person or via some means. Having a qualified trained eye being able to review your progress is priceless. In fact I would find an AI (Yoda would be my 1st choice, acutally any of those at MGC would be good) and have them put together a 12 week plan. Then have periodic reviews and lessons to move to the next stage.

You know, IMO, this sounds like a great way to get into the Internet Lessons for Overhauls.

Can't remember the poster but we have one here who uses a mirror. maybe he can share how he uses it. I have been research this topic for a while. It is one thing to look to see if the wrist is flat or the club is in this position, but what I am trying to identify are reference lines and check points that can be applied to the mirror so with multiple mirrors you can keep you head in place and see the face on as well as down the line.

I could ramble on but I have probably taken up more space than I should have.