Close Encounters Tape - A Lesson With Lynn

[6bmike]

You go ahead and watch poor players, I'll watch good players.
Play with dogs, good chance of getting fleas.

I'm with you Frank. I think MJ is challenging Yoda into something we both know is bogus.

Lynn's job is to unlock the yellow book, something he has done marvelously close to two years now. Having been to two workshops with Lynn I still marvel at how he teaches the hands through the brain as he explains The Golfing Machine concepts before heading to the practice range.

I got to watch Ben, Lynn, Brian and Ted teach in Canton- each are different in approach (a wonderful thing btw) but each are at the top of my short list of talent.

Maybe Lynn is not the instructional guru via video that MJ needs. I suggest then, buying a video from Brian or renting a tape from Ben and asking him for a beginner.

[MizunoJoe]

...watching a flipper getting converted by Yoda would be very interesting.

You want it, MJ? Okay, you got it!

I had just such an encounter Saturday a week ago with Vickie Lake. LBG Members know Vickie as moderator on our Fit For G.O.L.F. Forum. She is also a trainer and physical therapist with many golf clients. Nevertheless, she herself is an absolute beginner at the game.

At my request, she did attend (as a Special Invitee) the Pine Needles Workshop last summer. The goal was to help her understand the alignments of our system so that she would be better able to custom a fitness regimen for our students. She told me then she wanted to learn how to play golf -- mainly to enable her to better serve her clients through a personal experience of the movement -- but we both knew that my attention had to be on our students. Thus, I was not able to work with her there.

Well, fast forward about a year, and she is now my personal fitness guru. For months now, I've been pressing her to get together with me and learn how to swing a Golf Club. Finally, our stars lined up, and we agreed to meet for an hour before a scheduled Private Workshop. She had no shoes -- you'll like her red boots in the video! -- and no clubs (so I loaned her my Sand Wedge). Most of all, she had no Flat Left Wrist. As her first few Strokes reveal, she had absolutely no control of this mandatory alignment. With all due respect to Vickie, her beginning efforts were as un-golflike as any you will ever see.

The good news is that I filmed the entire lesson. I wanted her to have a record of her beginning and a visual standard against which to measure her progress in the coming weeks. There was, however, a slight technical problem...

I have just purchased a new microphone for my camera -- you've heard the static from my old one on Collin's tape -- and, uh, I forgot to turn it on. Which was unfortunate, because the attached external mike disabled the internal one. Hence there is no sound on the video. But not to worry, because there is plenty of 'hands on' help and demonstration, and members will see the magic unfold over the hour.

And, indeed, it was magic!

Get ready to que it up, Bagger. It's comin' your way today.

lb

[MizunoJoe]

You want it, MJ? Okay, you got it!

I had just such an encounter Saturday a week ago with Vickie Lake. LBG Members know Vickie as moderator on our Fit For G.O.L.F. Forum. She is also a trainer and physical therapist with many golf clients. Nevertheless, she herself is an absolute beginner at the game.

At my request, she did attend (as a Special Invitee) the Pine Needles Workshop last summer. The goal was to help her understand the alignments of our system so that she would be better able to custom a fitness regimen for our students. She told me then she wanted to learn how to play golf -- mainly to enable her to better serve her clients through a personal experience of the movement -- but we both knew that my attention had to be on our students. Thus, I was not able to work with her there.

Well, fast forward about a year, and she is now my personal fitness guru. For months now, I've been pressing her to get together with me and learn how to swing a Golf Club. Finally, our stars lined up, and we agreed to meet for an hour before a scheduled Private Workshop. She had no shoes -- you'll like her red boots in the video! -- and no clubs (so I loaned her my Sand Wedge). Most of all, she had no Flat Left Wrist. As her first few Strokes reveal, she had absolutely no control of this mandatory alignment. With all due respect to Vickie, her beginning efforts were as un-golflike as any you will ever see.

The good news is that I filmed the entire lesson. I wanted her to have a record of her beginning and a visual standard against which to measure her progress in the coming weeks. There was, however, a slight technical problem...

I have just purchased a new microphone for my camera -- you've heard the static from my old one on Collin's tape -- and, uh, I forgot to turn it on. Which was unfortunate, because the attached external mike disabled the internal one. Hence there is no sound on the video. But not to worry, because there is plenty of 'hands on' help and demonstration, and members will see the magic unfold over the hour.

And, indeed, it was magic!

Get ready to que it up, Bagger. It's comin' your way today.

lb

I didn't see this post til just now - this video will be what it's all about! Thanks to Yoda, Bagger, and Vicki.

[Bagger Lance]

You want it, MJ? Okay, you got it!

Get ready to que it up, Bagger. It's comin' your way today.

lb

Tis the season!

[MizunoJoe]

I'm with you Frank. I think MJ is challenging Yoda into something we both know is bogus.

Lynn's job is to unlock the yellow book, something he has done marvelously close to two years now. Having been to two workshops with Lynn I still marvel at how he teaches the hands through the brain as he explains The Golfing Machine concepts before heading to the practice range.

I got to watch Ben, Lynn, Brian and Ted teach in Canton- each are different in approach (a wonderful thing btw) but each are at the top of my short list of talent.

Maybe Lynn is not the instructional guru via video that MJ needs. I suggest then, buying a video from Brian or renting a tape from Ben and asking him for a beginner.

Why didn't this post get deleted along with my reply?

As I pointed out originally, I don't really "need" it, because I can already keep the clubhead below my hands.

[Bagger Lance]

Why didn't this post get deleted along with my reply?

As I pointed out originally, I don't really "need" it, because I can already keep the clubhead below my hands.

Joe,

Nobody on our end deleted it. Takes a lot to get Sheriff Bagger riled up and I usually send a PM if something needs to be addressed in a post. As long as things don't get personal, all is good.

I've said it before, we value your contributions and in some cases, it helps bring out the best in us.

[MizunoJoe]

Joe,

Nobody on our end deleted it. Takes a lot to get Sheriff Bagger riled up and I usually send a PM if something needs to be addressed in a post. As long as things don't get personal, all is good.

I've said it before, we value your contributions and in some cases, it helps bring out the best in us.

"...we value your contributions and IN SOME CASES, it helps bring out the best in us." Maybe it's those OTHER CASES that get mysteriously deleted.

[Bagger Lance]

"...we value your contributions and IN SOME CASES, it helps bring out the best in us." Maybe it's those OTHER CASES that get mysteriously deleted.

PM Sent.

Bagger

P.S. I'm moving the Doyle discussion to the appropriate thread.

[wanole]

Yoda,

Ignore Joe's unappreciation and rudeness. After all this is YOUR site and you can do as you wish. The rest of us truely appreciate your and Baggers efforts.

I, as a low handicapper like to see changes being made from someone in my handicap range. Many of us suffer from the same problems. ie..getting stuck. Sitting there watching a hacker getting frustrated and not listening isn't as useful to me as this series was.

On to my question. What did you change in his setup? I see where it's been mentioned that changes in his setup cured other problems. What were they and what did you change?

Thanks.

[Yoda]

What did you change in his setup? I see where it's been mentioned that changes in his setup cured other problems. What were they and what did you change?

The major change in his Address Position was that we put his Right Forearm On Plane. When he arrived, it was pointing well inside the Plane Line. This change was not done in a vacuum. We also worked hard on the Right Forearm Flying Wedge Concept -- establishing it, maintaining it throughout the Stroke and Tracing with it. Also, using the Right Forearm (via the Bending Right Elbow) to take the Club away (as opposed to his ingrained Shoulder Turn Takeaway). This work is ongoing.