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Originally Posted by rwh
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For my Swinging Procedure, I'm having a lot of success "dragging" the club back at start up. I use the Classic (Mid-Body Hands) Address. The bend in the Left Wrist actually increases and the Right Wrist arches. When the Wrist conditions reverse, I'm feeling a ton of Lag that I haven't previously experienced -- a much more satisfying and "heavier" feeling that I'm better able to drag back down through the ball.
This "seems as if" it should be a good thing, but I can't locate where the book speaks to the technique. Am I on the road to ruin or is this "drag back" technique acceptable?
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This is absolutely correct, Bob. Homer discussed this move extensively during his January 1982 Masters Class, a discussion I am delighted to have on tape and which I'll share with this Forum as soon as that capability is 'up.' Meanwhile, let this summary suffice:
In the
Lagging Clubhead Takeaway you can let the Clubhead
gradually overtake the Hands (
Random Sweep Loading per 10-22-B) or you can let the Hands lead literally all the way to the Top (where the Pivot reverses the Motion and
Snap Loads the Club into its Downstroke alignments per 10-22-C). This procedure is not specifically addressed in published editions of TGM, but it is the "Swinging Motion" to be set up at Address per 7-9 (on page 98 of the 6th edition).
The Good News is that Homer Kelley sought to codify this procedure in his still unpublished 7th Edition. Get your book and make the following revisions:
Page 161, 10-9-A, paragraph 2, add: "This arrangement encourages a Lagging Clubhead Takeaway for Lag Loading per 7-19-3 and 7-20."
Page 162, 10-9-B, paragraph 2, add: "This arrangement encourages a Non-Lagging Clubhead Takeaway for Lag Loading per 7-19-1 and 7-20."
Yes, even after 42 years of research and publication, his was still a 'work in progress.' And "Never," said he, "did I feel I was more than a week away from finishing."
Sobering words for those of us engaged in the building of this site!
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