[12 piece bucket]

Both of these pictures were taken on the first day about 2 1/2 hours apart. Unfortunately, it became really overcast and ruined the lighting.

The flying wedges were a major point of concern. We started with the grip and right forearm alignment. In the grip, I wanted him to have the #3 pressure point exactly on the aft side of the shaft. I gave him a couple of ways to feel it.

When his hands and right forearm were in place, we started with a couple of extreme feelings. In order to change the top, I told him he was allowed no cocking of either wrist (feel, not real) or that he had to keep both wrists uncocked (feel, not real). As expected, when he felt uncocked, his left wrist still cocked. And, as a bonus, when he felt uncocked, his extensor action was much better. Additionally, he felt as though he was using an acquired motion in the after picture. That's where the camera serves it's purpose.

Also, the clearing of the right hip had to be accomplished in start up. This changed the look of the pivot drastically.

The last important point was the finish swivel. Steering was present, and at the end of the second day, he was well on his way to feeling the swivel. His total motion became much more controlled and simple. He was able to generate plenty of force, and the finish swivel gave him an exit. I loved the way he looked when he left, and I was very proud of him having the guts to stick it out with the extreme changes. It took a little suffering with not so perfect results for some of the strokes. But, in the end, I felt the progress was impressive.

In two 4 hour sessions we changed the grip, ball position, forearm alignment, cocking of the wrists, extensor action, clearing of the hip, and finish swivel. And the compression was there without all of the previous effort. I thought he did an amazing job in incorporating all the pieces so quickly. With 20 years of doing it the other way, you'd expect him to take a little longer to change all of that.

Super job! First pic looks like somebody let all the air out of 'em. Second pic = STRUCTURED.

Hey . . . could you expand a bit on the "clearing of the Right Hip at start-up?" Do you ever advised "pre-turned" hips?

Nice job!